u/jac5087

We had a great day with our 4 month old puppy yesterday. Took her on a walk around the neighborhood, went to the park, did some training in the yard. She loved it and it was one of the best days we have had with her. She wasn’t trying to constantly bite me, took lots of naps, listened very well, was very sweet, giving kisses, snuggling with us, etc.

Today was nearly the complete opposite since she woke up and it’s been really overwhelming. She has been constantly biting me, stealing everything, lunging at me, barking at me, constant whining, zoomies, just relentless. She had the same exact walk as yesterday, same amount of training in the yard, we took her to a local pet store for some socialization, I’ve given her everything I can think of. Toys, treats, bully sticks, pupsicle, tug toys.

She had all the same food and a special dinner with bits of salmon! I keep trying to redirect her when she’s biting me and leaving the room but she just wouldn’t stop. Took her outside repeatedly to go potty to make sure that wasn’t an issue. She took two naps earlier but I just cannot get her to settle at all. I made her a lick mat that’s in the freezer now and may try the crate if I need to but she usually whines like crazy and won’t actually sleep in the crate.

As I type this she is now focusing on her bully stick so I hope she is finally done with the last 4 hours of being a manic evil possum. Puppyhood is a roller coaster and not for the weak. Especially when your pup is a mix of two high drive working breeds.

EDIT: She is FINALLY asleep for now. I’ve got the lick mat ready if she starts being crazy again. Phew!

We just adopted our beautiful red Dobie mix last week. She is 11 weeks old and has a very strong personality and is teething. She is mouthier, stronger willed, and more vocal than any puppy we have ever had and we’ve had German shepherd and cattle dog mixes before. If she isn’t sleeping she is biting, chewing and trying to eat (and destroying) everything. I’ve tried frozen teething toys, nylabones, ice cubes, kongs, rope toys, stuffies, tennis balls, etc. and she just seems to prefer to bite either us or the furniture.

When we say no or ouch or try to redirect to something else, it only works for so long. If anything she tries to bite us more sometimes if we react, it’s like it excites her 🤣 My husband is literally bleeding every day and we joke we need to get some suits of armor lol.

Exercise and training wise she is getting two 10-15 minute walks on leash per day although she is very stubborn and only walks for about half of it, the rest she is carried. Going out to potty at least every hour sometimes every half hour , playing in the yard a few times a day. We taught her sit and down and we practice every day. She gets lots of physical engagement and play time with us daily.

As she is not fully vaxxed yet we have to stay mostly in our own yard and house. She seems bored and like she needs more mental engagement or like an entire obstacle course to be built in our back yard by tomorrow. I don’t remember feeling like this with our GSD as a pup, but he was also 16 weeks when we got him and she was only 10 weeks.

Any advice appreciated to this newbie Dobie mom!

Hello! I am looking for recs on wearable carrier bags. My pup is 11 weeks old and 16.5 lbs. Most wearable carrier bags (like sling bags) I am seeing only go up to maybe 18lbs so won’t work for long as she gains weight.

Anyone have success with a wearable carrier with their slightly bigger pups maybe up to about 20-25 lbs? Any specific product recs are appreciated! Looking for something I could use with her both in the house while I’m doing chores and stuff and taking her on outings. Thanks!

Lost our soul girl a little over 3 months ago now (17 year old cocker spaniel mix, Zoey). Every day is different but it’s still hitting me hard at random moments. When I look at pictures of her sometimes I feel this terrible emptiness, sadness, longing, and unshakeable feeling of wanting to physically hold her / this hollow grasping tingly feeling I don’t know how to describe.

Another thing I’m struggling with is not always knowing how to support my partner with his grief while dealing with and honoring mine, and feelings of resentment and loneliness when he can’t be there for me. He’s also struggling with other issues on top of this with his family and his job, and while initially when we lost her I felt it brought us closer, now I feel more alone with it and a distance growing between us. We are both in individual therapy which is helping a little.

I don’t know what I need here but it helps me to vent. I miss her so much and am still thinking about her almost every day.

I’m a 39F. I started having VS specifically with blood draws and sometimes with acupuncture as well. The first time I remember fainting from needles was after I got my belly button pierced when I was 18 years old. Ever since then it’s been an issue but in my 30s I started to overcome it a bit instead of avoiding it because I at least need to be able to get bloodwork done.

In the past few years I’ve had several successful blood draws and vaccines with no issues. Then a few months ago I passed out at an event where I got acupuncture (very simple treatment, not many needles), fell out of my chair and hit my head on the floor. Then today I passed out at a routine blood draw and got extremely sick and nauseous, sweating like crazy. I threw up twice. They wouldn’t let me leave for a while so they could monitor me. One of the employees had to stay late after they closed to make sure I was ok. They said I was convulsing like I was having a seizure which hasn’t happened in years. I’ve felt sick rest of the day… luckily had saltines and Gatorade.

I’m so ashamed and embarrassed that this is happening again. I don’t even understand why like the needle doesn’t hurt at all and the lab I go to has very experienced people. My sister who is a medical professional doesn’t help bc she says she’s never heard of this happening to anyone and it feels kind of dismissive.

Does stuff like this happen to other people? What has helped you overcome it?

Hi all. I’ve been taking about 2.5g of the Thorne Creatine MH for about 2 weeks. Unfortunately it seems like I am one of the people who get the GI symptoms and bloating even on such a low dose. I really don’t feel like myself.

Wondering if anyone else experienced this issue and if it’s better to switch to a Creatine HCL product instead or keep going until my body adjusts? I really don’t want to be feeling like this in a few weeks but everyone keeps talking about the benefits of creatine so I don’t want to give up.

Thanks for any advice!

Hi all- Its been about 6 months since my treatment was completed. I thought my teeth would have “settled” more by now but if skip my retainer for even one single night my teeth look and feel very different by the next day.

My ortho only told me to wear my retainer at night which is what I’ve been doing. Is it normal for my teeth to be shifting like this? Should I be wearing rhe retainer during the day?

Just did Alex’s club bangers from 4/25 and it crushed!! 🥵🔥 Is it bad to double up and do the 2pm club bangers live ride too ?? 🤣 I actually was trying to do Emma’s low impact live ride today but it kept glitching for me which I haven’t had an issue with before.

Hello all. I work on a small team at a non profit. I have worked there for over 10 years. I am on a senior management team along with several other senior managers. I noticed some workflow issues with a particular task within my department and created an ad-hoc committee of the people involved in the particular task to work through it.

A few weeks later, I get several lengthy emails from one of my peer managers (who is not at all involved in these tasks) asking to be in these meetings because it pertains to their level of expertise and that they need to be involved for X Y and Z reasons. She also CC’d our boss and others in the working group. The way it was worded seemed very defensive and unnecessary.

I agreed to allow her to attend the meetings as she requested to as I am not hiding anything—but explained the purpose of the committee did not involve her area, and that anything that concerned her area would be communicated and she would be included. However that didn’t seem to help and she continued to take it personally as if she was being intentionally excluded and bypassed.

Later in the day, I noticed she was being CC’d on basic emails to me that had nothing to do with her whatsoever. One of her reports then sent an email to her and CC’d me with a list of any upcoming meetings scheduled with me the next week (these are regular meetings that again have nothing to do with her).

This peer manager has had issues with almost every single employee where I work (many staff have said that she creates a toxic and unhealthy environment) and burned many bridges due to her insecurity and taking minor things extremely personally. We had some conflicts in the past but mostly had a good working relationship - we even had lunch together just last week.

TLDR: Peer manager felt intentionally excluded and bypassed in meetings that didn’t need her oversight or involvement. How do I deal with her passive aggressiveness and micromanaging without being defensive or losing my cool? I also want to protect myself professionally as she is CC’ing our boss.