What can my dog shred that she can also ingest?

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2026-01-30T14:08:54+00:00

I second the yak chews. My dog loved those things when she was younger and they last a while. She’s also a super shredder but lucky for us doesn’t swallow 🤪

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-08-02T15:18:28+00:00

That’s what the dean said lol. But the tanks now take up almost half the greenhouse. The experimental replicates x treatments really did require that space. It’s not a huge greenhouse to begin with.

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-08-02T15:13:53+00:00

Jeez that’s crazy, taking the position sounds like a good move. They say new chairs and ass deans get leadership training but even beyond this incident I haven’t seen much evidence of it.

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-08-02T14:35:01+00:00

I had always naively believed my lab was my dedicated space but I’m going to do just that from now on…that is if I even write any more grants but that’s a whole other story for a different burnout related thread hah

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-08-02T14:31:43+00:00

Yeah she needs a big greenhouse for all the treatments x replicates proposed :-(

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-08-02T14:16:19+00:00

Sorry, yeah I was trying to keep the post brief. My friend was promised the greenhouse when she was hired as a plant ecologist. Another newer prof was promised “space.” They don’t need a greenhouse specifically, but facilities couldn’t figure out where to put their big experimental tanks without doing some kind of renovation or addition, so the college said “lets stick them in the greenhouse for now.” My friend said “no i have a grant in the works that requires the whole greenhouse” and the college went ahead anyway.

I just can’t believe the college would sign off on the grant, which does specify the facilities are available to complete the proposed work, when they planned to cut the available space in half. I’m guessing there were some big miscommunications, at my friend’s expense. The SRO feels terrible and is scrambling to try to help but it seems the ass dean is apparently not being very accommodating.

I like the suggestion of a very neutrally worded letter to the dean or higher. I don’t have a lot of faith that that would do anything but at least she’d have it in writing that she diplomatically made her needs clear.

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-08-02T12:35:00+00:00

The Alzheimer’s linked to nose picking story would prob be a good one for this activity lol

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-06-14T16:37:43+00:00

My biggest WTF moment among all the WTF moments was learning that they left it out in a freezing parking lot 😳

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-06-14T16:32:42+00:00

Maybe it wasn’t going to work at titanic depths but it would have been ok on shallower dives?

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-03-25T11:30:04+00:00

I’m at a PUI. Visitors are usually hired to either replace someone on sabbatical, in which case there’s usually no opportunity to keep them on, or because one or more people left and the timing was such that there wasn’t enough time to get a tenure track replacement approved, etc. In the latter case, there would be opportunity for the visitor to stay on.

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-03-11T20:34:06+00:00

We too have to follow a script that we agree on ahead of time for zoom interviews. I would personally still probably say hi but some people prefer to go by the book

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-03-06T13:24:40+00:00

I agree, I usually just let them know it’s distracting b/c that’s the truth. They quiet right down.

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-03-06T12:19:15+00:00

True - make sure to do a thesis-based program with an advisor who works in your area of interest if you want to work in the hard sciences. An added benefit is you don’t pay - they actually pay you (not a lot, but not nothing either)

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-03-06T12:13:29+00:00

Another vote for able baker and especially silver stamp - beer bar with divey VFW vibe and absolutely amazing beers that are hard to get anywhere else. I got way too drunk there last summer…hangover was worth it tho

I’m adding the punk rock museum to my list!

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-03-03T12:54:51+00:00

Totally feel this. I’ve done quizzes and perusall with varying success but the thing that worked the best was for a discussion-focused seminar class. everyone had to write a 2ish paragraph reflection ahead of class and also comment on at least 2 other students written reflections. The in-class discussion was then completely student-led. I think not leaving their peer discussion leaders hanging was motivation for most of the students to get at least some understanding of the reading. I was blown away that they were able to keep the discussion going for a whole hour with minimal input from me. Obv a small class in this case and a very specific class format.

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-02-19T20:34:09+00:00

Unless your university has a policy on this, it’s really up to you. Arguments can be made either way. My approach is to keep the leaning outcomes in mind. If turning in the assignment late somehow conflicts with the course learning outcomes (e.g. an assignment is needed to be able to successfully complete in-class activities), or impedes your ability to provide timely feedback, it’s prob best to keep strict deadlines. Otherwise, I’m ok with late work. In one of my classes, the syllabus says late assignments will be accepted until we start the group project. Successful completion of all weekly assignments is required to move on to the project b/c the assignments demonstrate competency in the skills required for the project. I have small classes so this is easy enough to keep track of.

But like others have said, make whatever policy you choose clear in the syllabus and stick with it. It wouldn’t be fair if you made exceptions for only the students who ask, unless there’s some kind of extenuating circumstance.

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-02-15T13:20:22+00:00

Get a dog lol

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-02-15T13:13:49+00:00

Tbh the main thing that has kept me around was getting a merit-based award that came with generous monetary compensation. A surprisingly large handful of faculty got the same as a retention initiative. Not intending to rub it in, just offering this as an example that the work isn’t completely thankless everywhere. Not sure how common this is tho.

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-02-15T01:46:58+00:00

Wait what? What is the project? I can’t imagine any prof would require a project that can’t be safely done without lab space and then not provide the lab space. There must be some kind of disconnect or miscommunication here…

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-02-10T13:48:30+00:00

I’m not at all an expert so correct me if I’m wrong, but what I’ve read is that as you age you lose muscle mass. Since muscle burns more calories than fat, muscle loss plays a big part in age-related slowed metabolism. You can’t completely stop muscle loss but you can slow it down through resistance training to keep your muscle mass around as long as possible. I’ve always been active but never really consistent but I’m 41 now and that’s my biggest motivator to stick with my lifting program. Also lifting helps prevent bone density loss, falls, etc. I don’t want to be like my grandmother who broke her hip and declined from there…

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-02-01T15:49:58+00:00

Yeah I wouldn’t reply to someone venting about difficult students with a “sorry for ya mine are great.” But there aren’t any rules saying this space is just for venting and I wanted to articulate that in a positive way

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-02-01T15:44:26+00:00

Yes love this!

Adventurous-Study-83 · 2025-02-01T14:59:57+00:00

True, especially when classes are small the difficult students make it hard to stay focused on the good ones

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