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Hi! I’m wondering if anyone can recommend a danmei/light novel where the main character is an unreliable narrator in the sense that they seem sane at first but after a bit you start to realize through their actions or otherwise they’re either unraveling or already insane/unhinged. I’d prefer if it had a physical copy as well!

There‘s a rattlesnake training program visiting my area for a month, it’s one class for an hour with live rattlesnakes and professionals that are supposed to train your dog to stay away from rattlesnakes. This would be pretty important as we have a good amount of brush and rattlesnakes are prone to my area, they’re the only venomous snake here, however they are insanely deadly to dogs.

My auntie decided to do this program and has asked if I want to as well. I am a minor so she’d have to go with me, no problem, the problem is they use shock collars as a way to deter your dog away from the snakes.

I am against the use of shock collars, I think they’re unethical and have seen people use shock collars at the dog parks that have seemed to cause their dog genuine pain and distress, which I would never want to do. It just comes down to one hour, never see that collar again or having to possibly bring her into the ER or it be fatal if she does eventually get bitten.

I’m so torn on this, I’ve trained her to do many things with just treats. She is my responsibility, I feed her, trained her, pretty much everything, but it has been said that if my mom chooses to do it, which she seems on the road to, my auntie will take my dog by herself to the program anyways even if I’m against it. Everyone keeps saying to do it, but the thought irks me a bit.

Does anyone know if this would be worth it or actually do something? I don’t want to traumatize my dog or cause her pain and I want what’s best for her in the long term. Would it just be uncomfortable or be painful? My dog is a very curious girl and would 100% try to play with a snake if she saw one, she’s still a puppy as well (1.5 years). I love her, I just want to know if it would be best to not do the program or best to do it. If there’s any information I missed to give a full insight, like behavior or previous training, I’d be happy to provide it. Also, if anyone knows of a program like this that uses treats or positive reinforcement instead please let me know.

Hi, for reference I frequently visit my grandma who’s in her 80s. My grandma is in very good health, but for the past year and a half, she’s been stressing about how to get her grandson’s girlfriend (Kylie) and her son off her property.

They live up in the shed and her grandson is an alcoholic who’s getting help and has been immensely improving along with being helpful and pays his parts of the bills. My grandma is happy to have him there and he was the one who offered to pay his portion of the bills in the first place.

His girlfriend, Kylie, came to live with him for the past couple years. she’s a addict and clearly does hard substances. She also has a 15-16 year old son, who’ve I’ve known personally since were were both little, and got expelled from all the local middle schools he’s been two, one which I went to as well for 2 years, and recently the public high school. It has been for being high on school campus and harassment. He’s also brought weapons to school regularly and while he went to a different high school than me, I have multiple friends who go there. My grandma’s car also stunk of cannabis for weeks and we found a small joint in there, none of them should’ve been in her car, let alone smoking in it. Did I mention his mother always made him walk to and back from the other side of town to go to school, which took hours one way? He’s also been arrested once and ran away a lot.

there’s been police knocking on the door multiple times, one because a neighbor overheard yelling and arguing and the other times because Kylie called the police while high as hell.

This all has put my grandma under so much stress, to which she’s tried to get her to leave multiple times and she always comes up with excuses. Her grandson has always supported her decision and even before was trying to get her out. The law can’t do anything apparently because she’s already been there for so long.

This all has made me irritated at Kylie and my grandma doesn’t deserve to put up with her, she already deals with so much. What made me snap was when I was staying in while my grandma went out of town for awhile and Kylie and her son came in my grandma’s house and used everything as they wanted, taking things from the fridge, the pantry, etc. and watching her tv without her acknowledgment. They didn’t know I was there, so when the rustling woke me up, I went downstairs and saw them and Kylie started getting mad at me for being there. Her son just gave me a slice of pizza and i kept telling them both that they can’t be here and that they shouldn’t have been here in the first place. Kylie always shows blatant disrespect towards the person who lets her in her house and we exchanged some not so kind words, but I had enough of seeing my grandma put up with her.

Kylie eventually left crying and when my grandma got home, I told her everything, but said I shouldn’t have got involved. I just don’t know what to do because this has all been impacting my life as well.