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My pup luckily never swallows forbidden snacks, but any chance she has, she will chew on anything metal… zippers, hooks, keys, scissors, etc. 😫 why are they like this?? 🤣

Edit to add: I forgot, mine is a mix w some small breeds so she’s short and 20lbs. She hid from me that she could get on tall furniture for months and I only realized bc I left some cherry pits in a bowl up high one day and left for a bit and came back to her having chewed up all the cherry pits!! That’s when I learned dogs are particularly resilient with cyanide poisoning 🥲 as I mentioned in a comment, my late Shih Tzu spoiled me by only getting into spicy foods

Hi everyone, I’ve been clashing a bit with my PI lately because one of my projects is out of her area of expertise and aligns more closely with a committee member’s expertise. That other committee member recently emailed that he will be too busy to be in contact for the next several months, but I work with living subjects and cannot wait that long for my experiment. I have been reading up on this project extensively but everything I am saying to my PI is getting ignored. They keep making decisions that are completely jeopardizing final results of the experiment despite me repeatedly explaining my concerns and reasoning. At this point I have to stop fighting them on it, but I am really curious, how does a defense process work if I think there is no valid reason for these choices? Like how am I supposed to defend work where I don’t believe we did things the best way?

Edit: Thank you to those who offered advice!

just a few notes to address some things people were commenting:

*My PI has a long history of berating or ignoring students or other faculty members. I communicate very maturely and effectively

*My PI has openly told me and other students that she doesn’t care if we pass our defense or graduate

*I am an MS student not PhD. I will not be applying to PhD programs, entering research professionally, or staying in academia. My degree is a professional masters and I had to petition to complete a thesis because I knew I’d learn more than in a capstone project. I am returning to industry roles after graduating

*Uhh my PI gets to make all final decisions on the projects, I understand that some people don’t have control freak PIs who allow them to make decisions, but mine doesn’t. There is literally nothing else I can do

• Unfortunately, I’m American and funding is shit currently. We have one small grant from a previous student that is only keeping the lights on. I don’t even have a research assistantship bc funding is so tight. I designed my entire experiment to be less than $25, arranged to borrow equipment from other programs, and even pfund raised a couple thousand dollars for my program. My PI and I refuse to accept any private funding and will only research open source

*Since I am not on a research assistantship, I live an hour and a half away and work a full-time job. I can only be on-site one day every week or two. I cannot physically do anything if she disagrees with me

*She is going against all literature and has no reasoning backing this decision other than wanting to see if it works, I was also curious but wanted to try a proven method at the same time because there have been many unnecessary delays and any further delays will impact my results negatively. Her decision could potentially set me back another 4 weeks

*The method she wanted to try failed miserably yesterday, so yes I was right. I am a very humble person and very honest when I am not certain or wrong about something. All literature pointed towards this result and I repeatedly warned her. She ruined hours of my work again.

Hey fellow Sags, I’ve hardly dated any fire signs and always had a very strong affinity towards air signs. I recently started seeing 2 women though, one a Sag, and the other an Aries. They are both sooo cool and lively. They are both so down for random fun plans. The Sag is so spontaneous and adventurous and we are sooo like-minded. The Aries is so assertive and bold in such a cool way. They are both so hot and genuinely trying to make the world a better place. I’m really enjoying getting to know both of them but will probably try to get serious w the Sag in a couple months. I feel like there’s such a huge connection energy-wise and I never got the same vibe w the air signs. What are other people’s double fire sapphic experiences? Also happy pride babes! 🌈

I am at my wits end and have no idea what to do, please please please give advice. My puppy is 8 month old rescue and she’s a blue heeler, dachshund mix that is partially blind. She was terrified of everything when I first got her and I took her everywhere with me in our small town. I exposed her to as many environments as possible in those first 6 months and introduced her to many people and dogs. I had he walking in heel, she was more food motivated, and generally pretty well behaved. We lived in a small town and moved to a big city a little over a month ago. She is insanely reactive now. Our neighborhood is full of dogs on walks, squirrels, rabbits, and birds and she chases, growls, and barks at all three. She pulls so hard that Im worried about her breathing. She stalks other dogs as we are on walks too. She isn’t treat motivated whatsoever nowadays (yes, I’ve tried shuffling to higher value rewards, but she ignores everything once we get outside). She is constantly overstimulated and I hoped that she’d get less overstimulated once in a routine at our new place, but I feel like there’s no end in sight. She sometimes listens well to verbal cues for the pulling part, but nothing helps the reactivity. She was such a good dog and this installment of the puppy blues has been so difficult. I’m an insanely busy and stressed person and going on 6+ walks with a highly reactive dog each day is destroying my mental health. Please tell me how you guys trained through reactivity and overstimulation

I was recently diagnosed with ADHD and prescribed adderall and oh my god it’s so much easier to stay present. I used to get sidetracked non stop and start dreaming, but now I am sooo much better at focusing, so I feel like I can actively confront things when my thoughts start drifting. I previously couldn’t understand how people could quit or consciously recognize when they slip into dreaming, but now it is a feasible task!!

Hi Folks! I am pretty suddenly moving to west Seattle for a job. I have a 6 month old puppy and I’m planning on getting a dog walker for my work days. What apps/services are best for finding one in the area?

Also, I’ll definitely need to make some local friends when I move… are there fun events or organizations that anyone recommends for meeting people in their mid 20s? Same with dating, any fun singles events or something that you’d recommend?