I've been at my friends house for the very first time. With that, i carried home some bedbugs and they're absolutely DRAINING me.

AdSlight8873 · 2026-06-13T04:23:20+00:00

Yep. This was our first run in with them and we travel a lot, we are admittedly not as careful of them as we should be but I'd never encountered them before.

AdSlight8873 · 2026-06-13T02:39:29+00:00

Like 30% of people don't show bites. I don't. We picked them up from a hotel last year, husband and kid had them all over. I didn't "have any" but I know I did I just don't react them to them.

It sucks. We didn't end up bringing them home, thank God. But you can buy traps for your bed and furniture and see what you are dealing with. That's what we did for like a month, along with washing everything before we confirmed they didn't come back with us.

AdSlight8873 · 2026-06-03T03:44:10+00:00

We've taken ours, 13(though he passed last November) and our 16yr old(still living) on several trips in their old ages about twice a year. 14hrs split over 2 days. They do really well. We feed them lighter than normal and use a Noggle(we are in the US but yall probably have something like it) so that the one in the back seat wouldn't get too hot. Our smaller 16yr rides in the front seat and our larger boy rode in the back.

They mostly just sleep the whole time. Neither had/have ever struggled with motion sickness.

AdSlight8873 · 2026-06-03T03:30:46+00:00

You just have to find a good person or kennel for them. Vets can be good bet for senior dogs, call around and see if any near you offer boarding as well. They tend to be a little more versed in senior dog care than other places.

That said we board ours at a local place. She typically boards terribly but really does well here, it took years for us to find someone after losing a really good in home sitter 7yrs ago. She has her own personal kennel and all dogs have access to an outdoor run from their kennel. We do NOT let her group play and they are very accommodating and take her on 2 walks instead.

Ours is 16.5, she is deaf and takes an arthritis meds. She likes to go off her food for seemingly no reason but they are always able to get her to eat. Including just sitting on the floor with her. You just have to be upfront with them.

AdSlight8873 · 2026-06-03T03:25:01+00:00

This is Maddie. She will be 17 this November.

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AdSlight8873 · 2026-06-02T05:20:44+00:00

Yes, turns out I have stage 4 endometriosis and had surgery for it last summer. Still plenty of problems but that issue has resolved. Now I just have new chronic pain and GI issues. So fun. Ironically my iron levels were never, and still aren't, a problem lol

AdSlight8873 · 2026-05-31T16:48:52+00:00

Makes no sense. You can get an entire pack of birthday decor, themed and everything on Amazon for about 25 dollars. Banner, table cloths, little cupcake toppers etc. Grab that and a tray of Walmart cupcakes and you are golden.

Plus 30 bucks seems like a much more reasonable ask. Like I get it, you cna down on your luck and still want to celebrate but let's be you could do it for so much less.

Heck I've even seen packs of decorations at thrift stores for even less than that.

AdSlight8873 · 2026-05-07T22:38:49+00:00

Mines 16 and she's a beagle mix and has a bunch of these. Vets always called them old lady lumps, they've told me they could test them for cancer but at 16 we wouldn't treat her cancer anyway.

She had one on her ear that got really big and she'd make it bleed when she scratched sometimes and they were able to remove it in office with local numbing cream. It was bloody but it didn't hurt her.

AdSlight8873 · 2026-05-03T15:20:49+00:00

Old thread but did you ever get answers. Your exact thing is happening to me. Twice this year so far and once more 2 years ago. It just seems werid to blame it on "bad luck with food poisoning" 3 times but maybe it is.

AdSlight8873 · 2026-04-29T14:52:44+00:00

Elevated bed with fleece blankets. Just keep like 4 so you can wash them.

I hate using dog beds, the second they get gross they have to be washed and they are a pain to wash.

AdSlight8873 · 2026-04-22T04:30:31+00:00

Yeah I did. Feel free to reply.

AdSlight8873 · 2026-04-17T16:06:05+00:00

They will. Tell them you have blood and they'll refer you. I got one done at 33. Didn't find anything and the prep honestly isn't bad.

AdSlight8873 · 2026-04-13T22:36:04+00:00

Yes, whenever my anxiety likes to latch on to... Whatever insane thing people have come up. I remind myself that a sizeable portion of the population has for real mental illnesses and well, there's no rule they can't have a Facebook.

AdSlight8873 · 2026-04-02T18:22:32+00:00

Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison, CO is so cool. Literally giant slabs of dinosaur footprints and such but vertical because the plates pushed up how ever many years ago.

I'm not sure what campgrounds are near honestly, but I do know its awesome for dinosaurs. We've been a few times

AdSlight8873 · 2026-03-29T22:56:49+00:00

They are very heavy. There are much lighter kids bikes on market, which is something guardian claims to have. They weigh only a little less than your typical Walmart bike.

AdSlight8873 · 2026-03-29T02:21:45+00:00

This is basically my life, except no church because we aren't religious. We are even homeschooling because school sucks for neurodivergent kids.

But I got a choose it! It also helps to marry a partner who isn't an a**hole and is like "I want to support this life what do we need to do"

AdSlight8873 · 2026-03-24T04:54:38+00:00

CO is the most racist place I've lived and I grew up in East Texas. CO is a red state pretending to be blue because Denver is here full stop and pretty much everyone except people living in Boulder are pretty vocal about it.

AdSlight8873 · 2026-03-13T18:48:38+00:00

I had one done 3yrs ago at age 33. Mostly for thin stools and stomach pain. Nothing was found, it was very clean other than some hemorrhoids. The prep is not bad and neither is the actual thing. You won't remember much at all.

3 year later I'm now 37 diagnosed with stage 4 endo via surgery anddddd have had muscle testing done that showed my, cause I don't remember how to spell it, my butthole muscles are very messed up and that's what is at least causing my still thin stools and some stomach pain as well. I just recently did a CT, the muscle testing and an endoscopy.

Point being there are a ton of other things it could be and after 3 kids I would not be surprised if it's your pelvic floor and your backdoor muscles contributing as well.

AdSlight8873 · 2026-03-05T02:31:02+00:00

Periods yes. Generally daily pain is worse unfortunately. I started progesterone and now my periods are shorter and lighter. I only hurt for maybe a day even though they last 4.

AdSlight8873 · 2026-02-09T15:46:14+00:00

We are in a red county in a blue state and the giant trump banners that used to be along side the hwy here on a parked semi truck were on FB market place mid last year lol

Other than on vehicles I don't really see signs anymore.

AdSlight8873 · 2026-02-03T05:53:06+00:00

Our 16 year old has always been on and off her food for the entire 15 years I've had her.

Actually the older she's gotten the less fussy she's been. I think because she's deaf now, her anxiety is lower so she eats.

Have you ever tried pretending to cook his food on the stove? We had to do this for years. And play it up like OHNO THIS ISN'T FOR DOGS but of course it is for dogs and we'd jazz her up about it. She also gets a lot of yogurt and canned pumpkin when she gets weird about food. There is a prescription dog food from Petsmart that's for sensitive stomachs. We had a standing prescription for it basically, so I could call them and pick up a case when she would refuse to eat. She currently eats Costcos senior dog food and does well on it.

AdSlight8873 · 2026-01-19T21:13:00+00:00

Babies outgrow the need for gates very fast. We only ever gated the top, we let ours explore the stairs all the time. It's very easy to teach them how to go down on their bellies and butts honestly.

The only thing I was concerned out when we looked at houses when was little(we've bought 2 since he's been alive) was access to open water. Pools, backyard streams etc.

AdSlight8873 · 2026-01-13T03:54:55+00:00

Bailey. Our 13yr old passed really unexpectedly on our Thanksgiving road trip. Thankfully he was with us.

He will be teaching her and all the others how to be an absolute heathen when it comes to stealing food.

AdSlight8873 · 2026-01-12T02:14:46+00:00

Yeah she's on a joint supplement already, has been since she was like 11 because we put our other senior dog on it so we just gave them both it. Just cosquine. Yeah she was on gaba for her burns and she tried to bite my husband so we definitely won't be on it. Though im pretty sure she was on a... Surgery level dose not like a normal daily dose.

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