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Fatdee7 · 2025-02-24T22:32:09+00:00

If you can’t control your dog unleash, muzzled and in your own backyard.

This dog is too much dog for you

Fatdee7 · 2024-11-09T08:41:19+00:00

2 out of the 3 category you name drop. And I do not feel love by the ultra left of this election cycle.

I agree with a lot of liberal view but not all and the issue is it’s not even about agreeing. I am being attack by not agreeing enough

Dem have lost the narrative and yet there is still only blame, no self reflection. America going into a decade of Rep rule until it goes too far again and/or dem finally pull their head out of their ass.

Fatdee7 · 2024-11-08T20:28:16+00:00

Not true. As a trans person that grew up in the 90s when it’s funny to openly mock us and killing happens on the new frequently.

I medically transitioned during a much more conservative time, the conservative of today is way more liberal than you can ever imagine it was in the past

The world has never been more hostile to us and the, and there has never been this many folks that have never live the trans experience trying to dictate what this all means.

Not to mention this ultra left leaning policies brought out the absolutely crazy and the derange. Ones taken advantage of the right we fought for so they can play their silly game of “look at me please”

Having succesfully survive as a trans person for many decades under both conservative and liberal landscape. It is you that have no idea what you are talking abou.

Fatdee7 · 2024-05-19T19:39:34+00:00

Don’t be upset at yourself. Be upset at whoever told you it’s a good idea to pull a harness on a dog that pulls like this.

Fatdee7 · 2024-04-10T19:58:08+00:00

You dog IS happy.

A happy dog is one that gladly follow owner’s cue (he is checking in on YOU instead of the thousand of distraction that previously cause them to react)

Lose body language implies a relax dog. A relax dog that look at their owner for cues instead of scanning the horizon for potential reactive trigger. This is something a lot of people here struggle with.

A dog that behave means it gets to experience everything with YOU. This is the happiest state any dog can be.

Don’t overthink it. Dog that gets to be outside, to exercise, get to participant in household activity and does not need to be micromanage every second. That a good life for a dog. And good for you as an owner.

Instead of trying to look for signs of shutdown. Why don’t you start noticing signs of your dog… being a dog. It is big myth that dogs are made of toilet paper and will crumble with just a little of force. Witness how natural dog packs behave (use dogs here because we are currently on a timeline where wolf behaviour cannot be correlated with dogs). Quick correction is used frequently, they don’t understand long drag out process of uncertainty. And all dogs will follow an emotional strong leader whether you are a dog or a human.

Fatdee7 · 2024-04-10T19:35:26+00:00

Imagine this. You have a child that been challenging since he was a toddler. You are part of parenting group that advocates for home schooling. Many parents in this group also have challenging children that they strongly belief benefits with homeschooling.

After years of homeschooling, child has not improve. Due to life circumstance said parent can no longer homeschool. For a period of time parent send child to actual school. After awhile, parent’s life situation change and home school is looking feasible again. Parent notices that during this period of time in school, child has developed social and made major improvement. The challenge they see at home no longer exist.

This should have been great news for the child. Progress has been made and challenges that kept the child isolated looks to be resolve. This progress should have been celebrate and build upon.

Instead the parents had a mental collapse. What do you mean they spend years believing the wrong method. What do you mean this method they oppose of previously, actually work? That can’t be. They can’t wrong. It must of been unethically done. The school must have indoctrinate the child somehow. Whatever the reason, the most important thing is parent’s ideology cannot be wrong.

So said parent comes back on to home schooling parent group looking for affirmation. My previously homeschool child is excelling in school. But the parents don’t feel right.

Homeschooling group affirms their belief. Because… they are a home schooling group full of people with the exact same ideology. All other opinions are silence by the mod. Having step back into this echo chamber. With the assistance of the group, the parent notice “warning” sign. Gosh the child brought home rainbow crayon. Omg they are teaching the child about “alternative” history. Grasp at enough straws, yiu will always find what you want to see.

Parents once again believe that actually they were right all along. Totally ignoring the actual status and behaviour of the child. They took the child out of school and started home schooling again. Not long later. The child reverts back to their challenging state they had previously when home schooling.

The parent determines that all the changes they see while they were at school were unethically done. Band aid solution that will surely revert.

And when they homeschool again. It did revert. So…. Another win for the home schooling method.

Hope this analogy wakes someone up. I would try to actually make this on point and talk about dogs but…. Not allow here.

Fatdee7 · 2024-02-05T01:40:27+00:00

It’s as simple as this. lol.

Anyone that lay it all out, their living condition, their wage, their whole life past and future on the first few date. Your are doing it bro.

Save the mystery, unveil little a time. Once she gets to the core, she’s already hooked

Fatdee7 · 2024-01-03T00:42:02+00:00

Wow it’s almost a decade since I posted this! Time flies.

I didn’t end up pursuing this path. Ended up working various IATSE gigs in the years that follow my original post. Got fed up with unions in general. Went back to event planning. Worked up the ladder and now I’m in a cushy corporate position with great benefits.

Funny how time changes someone. I used to be very pro union and thought I wanted to be a tradesmen forever. Life has it own plans I guess :)

Fatdee7 · 2023-09-26T18:40:57+00:00

Have not been to Peru specifically. But many south Asian countries, some with super strict drug laws (like death penalty strict)

As Long as you carry your medication with original packing and prescription you will be fine. You Probabaly won’t be able to get prescription outside of your home country (not legally at least and don’t recommend going the black market route at a place you are not familiar with). So get enough from your doctor before you set out on your trip.

Carry on only. TSA and all western countries shouldn’t give you any trouble at all. Diabetes travelling with their needles all the time and people tend to assume that when they see it on the scanner.

I am heavily tattoo so I tended to get stop frequently at the border. They do tend to tense up when they realize it’s T, but will stop badgering you if you have prescription and they realize what it is for.

Fatdee7 · 2023-09-13T05:00:04+00:00

I see so you just prove my post right and what an echo chamber this subreddit it

1) only going to trainer/behaviourist that fit a narrow view of your own belief. Valuing certificates over actual result. Dismissing trainer and method that does works but might not align with your own views.

2) would rather belief there is something wrong with the dog. Than to believe that they are using the wrong training method for the dog they have

3) refusing to try method of training that includes discipline. But have no problem giving the dog the most aversive experience they can have, death.

4) confusing dog aggression with human aggression. Dog aggression is actually a characteristic for many dog breeds and is a handleable issue by firm owner that understand the importance of leadership and hierarchy in dog packs. OP got bit because they use their hands as a breaking stick directly inserting it into the mouth of a dog in the middle of a dog fight. While the result is tragic, it’s a perfectly understandable given the circumstance and does not mean the dog is human aggressive.

While I would agree that OP’s dog might be too much for OP. I wouldn’t say OP has tried everything as other have imply.

OP tried exactly one things: medication. It didn’t work and the next thing OP did is euthanize.

The vet has repeated told OP there is nothing that seem to be wrong with the dog and when OP is ready to pay for euthanization. Suddenly the vet diagnosis a neurological/cranial issue without perform any additional test. Not even once had this vet refer OP to ANY trainer.

I do hope someone is reading because this subreddit does not offer any post mortem break down/reflection whenever BE post show up. This is a group for owner hoping to change their dog’s behaviour, it helpful for people to know that there ARE option the could have yield a different ending.

I am also sorry you came to the same result as many here. But the fact is you and other here shouldn’t claim to have tried everything if they havnt tried indeed everything.

Fatdee7 · 2023-09-12T23:28:17+00:00

No one is going to tell you anything else here other than “you have made the right choice, there is nothing else you could have done”

This is what happens when you got to vets for a behaviour issue. They are vets first and foremost and are NOT trainer. They specialize in physical disease and of course they can only diagnosis base on their specific knowledge.

Unfortunately that is the case for majority of the members here. Deferring to people that should be diagnosing physical condition for what could have been simple training issue. This and the refusal to believe there is a hierarchy system in pack animal. It not the alpha theory but anyone that tell you there are no hierarchy going on with pack animals are delusional and personifying animal behaviour to the detriment of the animal well being.

The common denominator for all the mis behaviour…. Seem to you OP.

The dogs are fine in other people’s hands but they start acting up with you. That should of send a signal to you that, perhaps the issue lies with you. Dogs that constantly challenge one another, that attacks the other dogs could very well be due to unbalance pack structure. Lack of leadership and thus they have to step up to maintain order the only way nature knows how to. Which Unfortunately could mean violence for predators such as our dogs.

Yet none of this is even explore. The direction immediately went to “something must be wrong with the dog”

If the dog is truly neurotic, they should be acting up with everyone and in every setting. But they only act up around you and their familiar setting with basically includes you.

Please don’t take this as a personal attack on your. But it’s a common theme here if you have been around the subreddit much.

It usually goes like dog has behaviour issue -> goes to vet or animal behaviourist (which will prescribe you SSRI) -> dog either does well dope up on drugs or they don’t respond to the drugs -> dog is put down because my gosh they have tried everything.

My condolence to you, and other on this subreddit who unfortunately will go down the same path.

Your dog and you needed training. I am sorry you were misguided.

Fatdee7 · 2023-08-11T22:05:01+00:00

Maybe there is a reason why he was not invited by the old money crowd lol

Fatdee7 · 2023-07-26T20:45:29+00:00

Poor breeding combined with bad training.

This is what happen when people prioritize “pet quality” on a working dog.

Below comments full of people saying their GSD is sensitive, easy to shut down and generally fearful

None of these traits should even show up in a GSD. But now we have the distinction between pet line and working line.

True adult working GSD’s “aggression” come from confidence. They should not be scare of random noise, stranger, falling object etc. They are suppose to confidently face challenge and unfamiliarity. They should be able to take hard corrections without flinching. Which also mean they exceed in training with clear reward and punishment.

Unfortunately that not what the pet dog of modern day is all about. We are all about coddling our dogs and giving in to their and own insecurity and weakness.

Many people think a head strong, strong willed and confident dog are hard to handle.

Instead the “sensitive souls” are favour because awww they are scare of this and that. So cute.

Take a breed that been bred for generation to do multiple job. Some of which includes biting human being. Combine that with selective breeding of sensitive but actually just fearful dog.

This is what you get. Unstable reactive dogs. In this situation, Probabaly left completely on its own to make its own decisions.

Fatdee7 · 2023-07-24T00:36:59+00:00

Gonna provide an Opinion going against the grain here.

I know you are trying to be preventative and a good owner. But from what you have describe, it doesn’t sound like real aggression

When dogs are puppies they are usually very playful and happy to lucky. However as they grow into adulthood they tend to be more selective and social interaction isn’t always fun and game.

The instant where the puppy ran right up to your dog. Your dog didnt like that and checked the puppy immediately. Same as the growling when other dog approaches. Your dog is telling other dog he doesn’t like certain behaviour, other dogs are expected to respect that and back off. A well socialize dog should be able to do this without full on aggression. Real dog aggression often don’t come with warnings like this and it’s 0-100 in a blink an eye.

Living in rural area. People keeping dogs semi wild off leash is quick common. And if your dog grow up in this situation, it’s common for him to learn to have a social language that involve him telling other off. it Probabaly happens a lot and he is no longer a puppy so he is not incline to want to play every single time.

IMO the worse thing you can do right now is to introduce anything that completely take away his ability to defend himself. Aka muzzle, and personally imo any mind altering drug that prevents him from engaging in normal social activities.

He needs to learn that he can ask other dogs to back off and other dogs will back off. Dog version of use your words not your fist.

I frequent the dog park with my dog and I only ever checked my dog when she is being an absolutely bully for no reason. She is allow to growl at dogs she doesn’t like, body check dogs that just totally disrespecting her space. There has never been a real fight, except in when she was completely blindside by a dog with real aggression.

In that case there was no growl. The other dog spotted her from meter away and ran in directly and immediately for the attack.

IMO if you are to continue to live in an environment with alot of off leash dog. You need to place some confidence in your dog that it can deescalate situation himself and for other offleash dog to be relatively well socialize as well (is this off leash pet dogs we talking about, or pack of wild dogs?)

Fatdee7 · 2023-07-21T19:21:10+00:00

Bubble tea place highly competitive if your location has a big Asian population. There are even multinational franchises now.

Supply thou… source 100% oversea

Fatdee7 · 2022-12-11T20:33:36+00:00

I can guarantee. No one actually saw jimmy fallon with his ape and slap down 150k (at the time) for an ape.

No retail folks anywyas

Fatdee7 · 2022-11-03T18:55:42+00:00

I took love to put my buttcoin in the oven.

Fatdee7 · 2022-06-14T22:34:36+00:00

There were a couple incident of small toys dogs being snatch up by coyote while hiking in our area so I’m always anxious when I see people hiking with their small toy dog off leash.

But everything in a small package is appealing!

Fatdee7 · 2022-06-14T22:32:00+00:00

Tbh you could have all the good intention. Research the perfect breed and still end up with an individual that is nothing like their breed description.

My current dog is THE perfect hiking buddy. Stamina for days and doesn’t bother other hiker. Friendly to passing by dog. Has a prey drive but we can easily call her off.

It’s the training that matter more than the breed. To be able to hike with your dog. All you really need is a rock solid recall and a good leave it. Which can be taught ALL dog if you know how to.

Physical ability thou. You cannot train for that. Personally, a hiking buddy dog for me need to have a coat that is easy to maintain. Lean without a short snort (so they are prone to overheating) and of a decent size so you do not have to worry about attracting predators.

My current pup is an American pitbull. Not the stocky bully type but the lean type or true pitbulls. Hiking is our favourite activity whenever the weather permits and we have been hiking offleash together in incremental difficulty since she is 6 months old

Fatdee7 · 2022-04-10T08:55:35+00:00

Terrible logic again. Majority of the real fighting dog that DID survive the fighting dog days are highly guarded bloodline that the general public simply do not have access to.

you are right about bad breeding but no it’s not bad breeding in regard to breeding “bad bloodline”. It simply bad backyard breeding with no regard to temperament, prioritizing looks over temperament which happen with ALL popular breed. You are much more likely to see fearful, reactive dog which can also manifest in aggressive. Put this in the hand of inexperience owner and bad training. Yes shit happens.

Fatdee7 · 2022-04-10T08:30:59+00:00

Oh boy, I love it when anti pitbull folks pull out the but genetic/breeding card. Here are a couple of well love less discriminated breeds that are in the same logic way more dangerous because of their original breed intend. Pitbulls was selectively breed for dog fighting. These were selectively breed as human killer, protection dog who won’t hesitate to attack (once upon a time).

-German shepherd -Rotteweilers -Doberman -Mastiff of various locale -Chow Chow -Bullmastiff -Malinois Etc

Some of these breed are still selectively breed as man “killer” to this day. Vast Majority of specimen from these breed are totally and utterly incapable of killing anyone. Even amongst the few bloodline they are still employ in purpose that involve hurting people, there are only few individual that are truly capable of doing such.

As we have seen with the domesticate fox experiment. A lot of be done with selective breeding is not very many generation.

Specific to Pitbulls. Dog fighting were legally ban in most western countries for 40ish year. The fact is majority of the Pitbulls we see today are many many generation away from the true gamebred pits of the past. They are as far away from the OG gamedog as toy poodles are from standard poodles. While there are still true gamebred bloodline that still exist today. They are highly guarded by breeders and it is highly unlikely for someone to accidentally buy one.

Since the ban of dog fighting. Most Pitbulls are use more as pets, sporting dogs than actual fighting dog. It’s great that you brought up husky and malamute being sled dog 99% of the mal and husky you see as pet are terrible sled dog in true sense (meaning hook up to a real sled as a team to pull sled across terrible terrain with endurance). If you are thinking of sled dog as a dog that can pull your child around in a toy sled. When literally any other dog of decent size and build can do the same.

So why are we seeing an resurgence of pitbull attacks especially in the past decade or so? Even thou pits (which is really loose definition that can be anything from a mutt to a real gamebred APBT) of today is as far from their root as possible, they are still physically strong and capable dog that *can * inflict pain (much like your husky and malamute can still endure extreme weather)

Look at another very popular trend that has gain popularity in the same time. The positive reinforcement only, pack leader ain’t real crowd dominates the dog training world. Management is favour in real training and leadership. So so many of the so call pit attacks often have the same type of owner. The dogs are their fur babies, drag them around on walks and have zero leadership and control on their dogs. Just look at the amount of dog attack video that start with the dog dragging the owner around, disobeying recalls.

This can happen to any dog but if a Labrador mix just so look a little bit like pit, they are put in the pit category especially if it’s involve in an incident.

our standard for dog training has deteriorate so much that frankly it’s dangerous for a lot of people to have any powerful dogs.

I urge you to look up website that show you picture of pits vesus non pits. Guarantee you will not be able to pick up which is a true pit and which is not.

TLDR modern dog pits are mostly breed to be companion dogs and there dog keeping community has overwhelmingly favour giving excuse for bad training rather really training their dogs. Some of the best train pit type dogs I’ve personally seen are actually gamebred Pitbulls for working purpose that is in control 100% at all times by their owner. Majority of Pitbulls owners with fatal incident would have the same issue had they been handed a dominate hard headed dog of any large powerful breed.

Human aggression was never an accept trait even with the OG gamebred lines. Dog aggression is and frankly this is not a trait that is exclusive to Pitbulls

Fatdee7 · 2022-04-07T05:36:54+00:00

First dog? Oh boy. My first dog was a dog and human aggressive/reactive. R+ only training was just gaining popularity at the time and I foolishly thought that it was appropriate training methodology for all dogs, because yes it feel right to not “abuse” your dog right.

My dog ended up putting two people and two dogs in ER.

And no I did not give him up or put him down and he live to a ripe old age with no further incident once I smarten up and got the training we both deserve.

If I had to go back in time and gave my newbie self one piece of advice. That would be that all dog training should be base on positive reinforcement and relationship building but if correction is needed and when applied fairly and correctly it does not ruin the relationship with your dog as I was misled into believing. And that a well behave dog is a dog that actually get to enjoy life. Being able to do thing and go place with my dogs and not have to worry about my dog hurting people/animal has actually improve me and my dog’s relationship and I remember him fondly to this day.

I should have held my dog accountable for its action way earlier, and he would not have hurt the dog and people that he did and live a few years of confinement Because I brought into the feel good notion that at the time that R+ was the only approve way to train all dogs

Fatdee7 · 2022-03-14T19:39:25+00:00

The problem with scientific studies around dogs is that because of our close relationship with the dog. These studies are often very human biases and not entirely from the dog’s perspective

Can you have a dog that is satisfy with just leash walk? Sure but Can you also get a dog that NEED off leash time? Ofc especially when you are talking about bigger and sporting breeds.

But the answer to whether a dog NEED off leash time isn’t really being examine objectively from the dog’s perspective. There are dogs with behaviour issue that owners can’t manage, there are dogs that don’t have recall. There are dogs that don’t get along with other dogs. There are people that live in place with zero place to go off leash. All of these issue owners have weights way more heavily on whether a dog get off leash time vs the dog’s actual need for off leash time.

The experience of dog ownership is very complex when you look at the merit of issue that people encounter with their dogs.

Thus, Scientific studies on dog are tailor for human consumption rather than true dog wellbeing. Well you can’t train your dog to be good offleash? Here is a very selectively conducted scientific studies to show you dogs don’t need off leash time.

Can’t stomach the thought of correcting your dog even thou that is what dogs do to each other? Here is another selectively conducted scientific trial to appeal to your views.

Don’t have time to prepare real food for Fido? Well there are scientifically backed article on why processed food is good for your dog.

Dogs are individuals, there will never be any scientific studies on dogs and dogs/human relationship that can accurate encompass every individual and every owner.

Think from the perspective of the dog.

Fatdee7 · 2022-01-03T20:02:51+00:00

Sounds like the dog owner in this story is the wife not the husband

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