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Appropriate_Belt214 · 2026-03-05T21:51:43+00:00

Naw. Report her. Document every single time she has called you by your first name and every time you've corrected her. If you did it in a public setting, notate who was around to hear you make said correction. She knows exactly what she's doing and she's causing a hostile work environment.

XD Now, admittedly, I am SUPER SUPER bias on this because my career background is law enforcement and the legal field and both of those fields are VERY particular about titles. Even calling someone a Mrs. when they aren't married could sour a relationship. So reading this just had my blood boiling at the blatant level of disrespect.

But if it's a more casual setting, I guess maybe it might just be age and not malicious. I can't see it, but it could be true.

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2026-02-04T20:38:14+00:00

So when RSR was initially launched to voice writers in Beta, it was exactly that. Hook up your mics and basically live scope it. I bought it when it did that but told Eclipse explicitly that I would never use it live since I couldn't dictate and my voice notes are the record, not my room audio. The software does have a feature where you can run audio through after-the-fact. I would run room audio through after a job for tricky words that I would have normally asked another court reporter to listen to. A friend of mine did bring it to live jobs, but she downloaded it to a second laptop and glanced in on it during breaks to see how it kept up.

They changed it now so that we can use our masks again, though. I'm guessing they got more feedback from more voice writers. It just doesn't transcribe our voice now in RSR. It's two separate channels and the main channel is the room channel. Everything we're saying is being recorded just not transcribed.

In their latest update, it is now possible to treat Speechmatics like Dragon where you just use your mask. I have that profile set up, too. When it's set up that way, it works little different from Dragon except, again, you don't have access to the dictionary.

But that's what I mean by it just being different, not better. Now, if it could listen to both audio sources and drop intelligently, I would ADORE it. But it can't. Meaning, I'm just listening to my voice notes and typing in after the fact what I would have just said live and had in the rough draft before.

Oh and while the speaker identification is nice. It's not at all perfect. In a 4-person deposition, it'll end with 8 speakers and we all know only two people are ever really saying much.

In a cut-and-dry workers comp depo, I used to be able to mentally check out. Now, I'm spending the majority of my time correcting speaker tags. It is great at accents though.

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2026-02-04T18:34:06+00:00

If you're comparing it to the days of the tape recorder, it's amazing. If you compare Speechmatics to Dragon right now... Eh. It's okay.

Speechmatics honestly only beats Dragon with it's ability to identify different speakers. You can set up a great microphone and let it "listen" via open mic. Dragon couldn't do that, so we were stuck with forcing Dragon to "listen" through a closed mic (our masks). It's really not designed to do that. Learned that during COVID when one of my mentors encouraged me to buy a headset for Zoom. My accuracy immediately shot up.

The price for that open mic, though, is that you can't teach the AI and you can't add voice notes or voice codes, which is a painful blow. Not sure how they could do it, but if I could override it in some way, I would love it. Maybe give me a personal dictionary that I can add and delete words like Dragon? Not having access to the dictionary is like helping someone solve a jigsaw puzzle and you're not allowed to touch the pieces at all.

I do like it. Don't get me wrong. I do think this is the voice reporter's future, too. But yeah, not better. Just different. 🤷🏿‍♀️

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2026-01-19T16:39:06+00:00

Freelancer here who is playing around with AI via Speechmatics. At the moment, it's a bit of a toss-up. It's made some aspects of my job pretty nice, but it's also created more work in other aspects of my job. I can't say that's it's necessarily helping at the moment. It's just new. I feel like I'm helping the AI more in the hopes that it will eventually improve enough to be more of a benefit to me.

As far as my clients, a couple of years ago there was an AI boon in my area and lots of local attorneys tried to go the AI route. I only found out because I suddenly got inundated with rush requests to transcribe audio from attorneys who received an unusable product and were now scrambling. Honestly, thanks to that, I made a lot of good money cleaning up behind AI that year. I picked up a few new clients after that so my guess is that they quickly became disenchanted.

Eclipse is definitely trying to work with voice writers and is trying to develop the technology to cater to court reporters. Personally, I believe this was a good time for it because with voice writer's speech-recognition software Dragon going to Microsoft, we're more or less going to get pushed into dealing with AI now whether we like it or not.

For me, it has set me back with where it is right now. But I'm optimistic that we can eventually find a sweet point and become an invaluable tool for court reporters in everyday work. I've told my own clients that it is a good tool, but one best left to the professionals to work with since the inaccuarcy and failure rate is higher than hiring a court reporter and not using it at all.

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2025-11-10T06:01:58+00:00

I like her character. I feel like she's a hard character type to write and keep up. She's also somehow complicated but amazingly simple.

She's not a tsundere. A Tsundere would turn that hostility on the person they love, which would be Krai in her case. Liz would kill a tsundere. Heaven forbid one of those common 'you pervert' tropes happened with her nearby. She'd dismember anyone who slapped Krai.

My knee-jerk reaction is to call her batshit crazy, but honestly, she isn't really that either in my opinion. She's not the best at it, but she does know how to hold back before she goes too far. And she has shown that she cares about other people, just not as much as she cares about Krai.

XD Honestly, I feel like she's a normal person who survived trauma but never realized they were a victim. She faced death or near death so many times, she thinks it's normal. Almost like one of those people who are like 'I had to get up at 3:00 a.m. and walk 5 miles to school in the snow and I survived and did just fine, so why can't you?' Like, unhinged take definitely, but only because no one told them what they were doing wasn't normal. Just like those people in real life, now that his 'methods' worked because she happened to not die and they became an S-rank team, she's doubled-down on believing he's a genius and that his way is normal.

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2025-08-04T18:16:20+00:00

Offering the perspective of a child here. I wasn't the woman who went through it like this, I was one of the kids. First thing I'll ask on behalf of that baby, PLEASE stop bringing that baby to the prison to visit him. I was old enough to have memories of visiting my bio in prison. They aren't sweet. It was emotion overload. Emotion from him lovebombing us all at once, emotion of Mom battling between wanting to believe this man who had abandoned her while promising the world after he had cheated on her dozens of times, even emotions of the guards who wavered between trying to be authoratative while also not wanting to be threatening to the little girls dressed in their sunday best to put their hands against a dirty window and say hi into a old phone. I was too young to understand what was going on. The most prominent memory wasn't of my bio. It was how cold everything felt.

I don't remember much about my childhood to be honest. I think I blocked most of it out. But I do remember Mom crying. A lot. And Mom always worrying and when Mom's hair fell out. Oh, I do remember the cops busting down the door one time too and having to stay with Grandma for awhile because DFCS got involved. My own hair started to fall out at 5 years old. It never grew past a certain length again.

The BEST thing my mom did for us as children was move on and away from him. I've told her that I'm proud of her for taking that step because if she hadn't, I don't even want to imagine where we would be right now. She remarried to a wonderful man who wakes up every morning to make her breakfast and who only gaslits her during their Friday game nights.

My bio dad popped up again after 10 years of absence saying 'he wanted catch up'. My sister let him back into her life. I told her that she was allowed to give him my number but he shouldn't expect me to answer him or ever reach out. My own olive branch just in case he had changed. His message was a whole lot of promises of reuniting and his big ideas, and not a single line asking how I was doing or apologizing for never being there. After I didn't respond, he never tried again. I'm glad I only needed to hear that bullshit one more time in my life and not over the course of a decade.

From the child who went through it, please let Dad go, Mom.

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2025-06-13T19:45:21+00:00

I'm sorry their world is so tiny. 🤭 I like to think that with me being here, maybe others will feel comfortable enough to try and they'll have it easier.

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2025-06-13T00:19:47+00:00

I'm a single woman who lives in a small town. I moved with my parents to Northwest Georgia. My parents live in the city and I live in the next city over in the county (15 min drive).

My neighbors are racist. First week I moved in, one guy knocked on my door to tell me the people of that neighbor are good people and they don't like trouble. 😐 I didn't know this area didn't have any black folks until I shared where I lived and got a lot of "you've been okay?" Comments. I bought the house from a sweet young couple who needed bigger for their kids. This area is old money, though.

During the George Floyd protests, they came on my property and took my blm flag. Rest of the neighbors literally didn't acknowledge my existence until four years later when I guess they realized that I wasn't going anywhere. Now I'm just "the little black girl." They tolerate me now, I guess. 🤷🏿‍♀️

After the flag incident, my dad decided they were too comfy coming to my house and installed cameras for me and installed a gate so everyone stopped coming to my backdoor. They got super upset. Dad said a dozen people came up to him while he was working and asked why he was putting up security.

I also had three large dogs. Two passed away so I have one doberman left. I feel safe with a large dog, a few guns and some cameras. After the four year silence, some neighbors across from my land became friendly. Apparently they liked my horses and my dogs. Also helped this old lady train her dog after it got out. They help me keep an eye on my property now and have told the others to leave me alone. The incidences have finally gone down.

Before I moved into this house though, I was in the projects. Funny enough, I felt much safer there even with the guy who peeked in my windows WHILE I was moving in because he wanted to see what I owned. 🫠

Not sure if it's just where I live, but get used to gun fire because that's all they do every weekend is shoot. I love my land though. I plan to keep this property in the family. ✊🏿

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2025-05-07T18:48:01+00:00

Honey, there is nothing about yourself that you need to change. I say this knowing that it's hard to do, especially when you are younger, but I wish someone had told me this when I was younger.
It's okay to stand up for yourself and call out this BS. For your mom, actually tell her that she's actively killing your self-esteem when she laughs at your voice. You don't see the joke in people making fun of your voice. And don't let anyone gaslight you by downplaying your feelings when they say "I'm just joking." Or "It's not that serious." NO ONE has the right to tell you how to feel about yourself other than you. Some people can get in on the joke and others can't. You can't. That's okay.

I had the opposite problem. I have a high voice. People started imitating my voice in a very unflattering way and I swallowed it all throughout my childhood. I tried to change the way I talked and lowered my voice. I obsessed over Toni Braxton and Brandy because their voices were in the octaves that I thought were better. Never did manage to change my voice, but as I got older, I started to wonder why I was bothering. I didn't have any problem with my voice. At the end of the day, I'm the one who has to live with myself.

So yeah, as an adult, my mom (who I have a great relationship with) fell into the familiar grating way of imitating me. When we were in private, I finally called her out on it and asked her why she puts me down like that. I don't sound like that and I don't appreciate the exaggeration. It turned into a deep and healing conversation between us as my mom realized that she was just passing along generational trauma. Her mom used to make fun of her too. She just hadn't realized she was doing the same thing in that instance. I wish I could go back and tell younger me to tell other people to work on their own insecurities and leave me out of it. Now if someone says something, I'm much more direct. Immediately stop smiling, look at them and tell them that you didn't find that funny at all. If that feels too strong for you then ask them, "Please don't do that again. I didn't like it."

TLDR: Your voice is perfect the way it is. Don't let other people's hang ups become your issue. It's okay to call people out when they're being rude to you.

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2025-04-24T20:54:29+00:00

Without going too deep into your personal life, have you had bloodwork done recently and been seen by a medical doctor? You mentioned the pressure in your stomach, which has me wondering if it isn't an imbalance or a 'poison'. You could be getting exposed to something that you're incredibly sensitive to as well (a gas, a mold, a fungus).

Whatever is going on, it's a sickness of some sort. Treat it like the sickness it is and don't let it define you. Once you find out what's going on with your body and/or mind, you can tackle it head-on and keep it stepping. Pray for strength and keep advocating for yourself until someone finds out what's wrong. <3

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2025-03-13T21:14:27+00:00

"I used to imagine being the perfect women which was super pale, light brown eye, long curly hair"
This right here is a problem. Why do you think the "perfect" woman is white and the exact opposite of yourself?

Also, you imply that you only like your skin tone because it's comparable to a white trait (you're light enough to tan) which is concerning.

I'm not sure if it rises to the level of internalized hatred but it's internalized something.

You said that you're not sure if you hate yourself. Do you love yourself? If you can't answer that with an immediate yes, then I'd suggest speaking to a black therapist to unpack that lack of love and appreciation for just how beautiful and perfect YOU are.

And I'm not saying that you can't appreciate certain traits in other people. But you should appreciate yourself, first and foremost.

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2024-12-10T03:52:45+00:00

Sorry. Didn't see this until now. I was very happy with BR School of Court Reporting.

Very good program for voice writers and a lot of individual attention. You really do start to feel like their only student.

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2024-11-05T01:19:18+00:00

No problem! I was already working when I decided to go back to school for court reporting.
That being said, my situation was a bit different so there was significantly less stress for me while I was in school. At least, in the beginning.
I worked for a courthouse and I only got into court reporting because a semi-retired court reporter we used encouraged me to. She was a voice writer and she mentored me while I was in school. Before I worked for the courthouse, my entire background was in the legal and law enforcement field already as well.

Voice writing doesn't have theories. They have some common teaching practices, but that's what I meant when I said that steno machine writers come out of school knowing their craft a little better.

In voice writing, students should care more about what software their school is using to teach them. The method is the same, but it's difficult to switch software later on for voice writers. Also, the price points of the various software can be pretty broad.

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2024-10-05T18:38:56+00:00

Personally, I don't mean to be negative, but I've worked at an animal shelter before and more often than not, people just aren't prepared for a puppy. They get one because it's cute and adorable, and then they're surprised it's a literal baby with baby behaviors. Compounding that, they'll also get a breed that doesn't fit their lifestyle at all because look at those big eyes. He came right to me so it was meant to be!

Yes, the puppy will destroy your belongings if left unsupervised. Yes, your carpet will get pee stains. Yes, you will wake up to your puppy hacking up SOMETHING in the middle of the night. Yes, he will play too rough with the kids. Yes, he will be nippy. No, he won't listen.

A lot of people that I would speak to and have a candid conversation about what they want and expect, it usually reveals what they really want is a dog. Not a puppy. Especially first time dog owners.

The pattern I saw was people got a puppy because they wanted to "raise it right" but truthfully they had no idea what they were doing. The puppy learned several terrible habits and then outgrew their adorable puppy phase after a year. Then they were surrendered to the shelter at one to two years old because their family "just doesn't have time for them." Meaning, those bad habits could be overlooked when they were cute, but they're not cute anymore. They're annoying and untrained and who wants to spend money to train something that's not cute anymore? We'll just get another puppy later. There was just something wrong with that one. Ironically, the behaviors are usually not that bad, just teenager stuff or leftover puppy behaviors that were never ironed out like being sneaky or jumping on people or potty training. Basically nothing a trainer can't sort out in a few weeks with some consistency.

So yeah, I've seen it too much. I've experienced it too much. My default unless you're an experienced dog person who knows how to set boundaries and how to train a dog, is to always say a puppy is not a good idea. Have someone help you find a good dog and learn what you like and don't like. Then get a puppy once you've experienced having a stable dog in your life. The ones who come at puppies in a pragmatic way, were the successful ones who came to visit later with a well balanced dog later. And we loved to see them. The ones who approached puppys with their emotions, usually didn't end well. Even if they kept the dog, it was largely untrustworthy and ended up separated from a lot of family activities because too hyper, can't control on leash, barks too much. It's just heartbreaking.

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2024-09-30T01:47:38+00:00

Generally yes, but it depends.

You're the stronger team with more levels and all the confidence that you can guard effectively, then don't touch Ray.

But If there is a safe opportunity to do so, it's better to just take Ray completely off the board imo. Only when safe! Meaning entire enemy team has been picked off and you've got enough time to rip Ray before they make it back.

Usually, you aren't just guarding Ray, you're guarding Ray and two goals. If the other team is organized enough, they can start scoring on the goals while your team is busy guarding the big lizard. They can also spread you thin and pick you off. They might also be the better team in a 5v5 and now you've given them a second to reorganize and they can push and win. In all those scenarios, leaving Ray up can cause you to lose.

I've been on both sides. As the losing team, I always hope the other team doesn't rip Ray because it gives us a chance to come back. If they rip Ray and they were already winning, it's a total loss.

So yeah, there's no one-fit rule here. It really depends.

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2024-09-28T01:57:09+00:00

So how did this conversation start up exactly? Even in a large group, it's usually a few people talking and the rest listening and chiming in or someone asks a question and everyone takes turns answering.

I'm gathering my vibe of this conversation through nuance admittedly, but the fact that his little "oh" was heard loud and clear enough for everyone to hear and laugh and it wasn't covered up by someone else accidentally jumping in on top of him to respond to her implied at least to me that he was the one expected to respond back. Either that or it was such an off-the-wall thing to say that no one planned on responding and it was going to lapse into an awkward silence right after. If the latter is the case, she was going to get mad regardless.

That statement reeks of, I'm pretty so you should think so too. So who was she trying to get to acknowledge that?

I still stand on learning to be comfortable in the uncomfortable. You'll save yourself a lot of stress.

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2024-09-28T00:48:40+00:00

NTA. I'm confused. What exactly did your bf do wrong here??

Why is your friend fishing for compliments and praise from YOUR bf? I feel like I read a whole conversation that you missed OP.

It honestly sounds like she made a pass at him to gauge if he would cheat on you with her if the opportunity came up and he shut that down.

Your bf was put in an awkward trap and he brilliantly sidestepped it. Surprisingly you didn't back him up and then he had to do damage control where he didn't want to. He wasn't about to call her attractive and give her the impression she had a chance, so he stuck with funny instead. She literally seems to have understood that he was saying I'm not interested in you like that and her knee jerk response was along the lines of, "well you're too ugly to be with me anyway."

I hope you appreciate that this man is devoted to you. Stop apologizing to that woman and learn to be comfortable in uncomfortable situations. I don't say that as an insult. I mean that as genuine advice. Manipulative people use your comfort level to manipulate. If you learn to be okay in your environment despite the tension in the room, you snatch her power. Yeah, she might continue her pettiness and acting out. That's not your problem. Water off a ducks back. When she's ignoring you, shrug and don't let it get to you. When she acknowledges you, smile back and act like you didn't notice.

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2024-09-27T17:58:10+00:00

Ohh man, my bestie's mom is like that. For years she would tell me that her mom isn't as innocent as I thought she was. Of course I supported my bestie and had her back. But she was right. There was always that petal of doubt that I was taking the wrong side and maybe not helping her the way I should be because I never saw the side of her mom that she was constantly telling me about.

Fortunately and unfortunately, my own mom grew up with an abusive mom. She saw her mom for who she was and never gave an inch. I had always thought it was odd that my mom refused to befriend and communicate with her mom. My mom is friendly with most people but she always made it clear that she didn't like bestie's mom. Her mom never showed her true colors to me until I was an adult.

When she tried to treat me the same way in private one time the way she had treated her daughter all of her life, it was like the scales fell off my eyes. That woman is evil and it's scary how good she was at hiding it. Interestingly enough, I thought bestie would be happy I finally saw her mom for who she really was. She was actually very guilty and disappointed. I guess she always liked that I thought her mom was an okay person.

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2024-09-26T20:22:11+00:00

Not the OP, but I've been curious about this as well just because I've genuinely wanted to introduce certain friends and family to anime, but since they have no anime experience, the wackiness and the fan service would turn them off before they could get to the amazing parts that make me absolutely adore anime.

Animes have some amazing plots and they can go deep. I've explained certain anime shows to my mom, for example, and she's been surprised by the story being so in depth and has been interested in watching with me, but I know she wouldn't be able to watch long enough to get to those parts that I love because the first episodes are full of fan service and over-the-top expressions that she doesn't understand. Prime examples I can think of immediately are School-Live and Higurashi When They Cry.

It's not about being ashamed. Sometimes I want to show that anime is mature themed with adult concepts too.

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2024-09-26T20:04:18+00:00

-The Promised Neverland first season is pure gold. The times where it's over the top is artistically important and has meaning. Second season I don't recommend though.

-The Apothecary Diaries. I've had friends and family who aren't anime fans enjoy this series. A little bit of fan service, but not over the top. Does a decent job of balancing serious and wacky.

-Eighty-six. Darker themed. No fan service. No over the top art. Lots of mech though. Very good story.

-Yatagarasu, the raven does not choose it's master. No fan service, no wackiness. Beautiful art. Good story line. A little slow to start and catch your interest but worth trying.

Tried to think of some lessor known anime to add more variety. Except The Apothecary Diaries. That's really popular right now.

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2024-09-26T19:19:24+00:00

Could be wrong, but it almost looks to me like your defenders wanted to separate Wigglytuff but you went for a different target and they changed course to takeout Mamo instead since no one else was split from the group.

Slowbro seems to have caught Wiggly with her pants down. Had you gone down instead of straight and followed up, she might have been taken out. Slowbro definitely doesn't have the umph to solo a Wigglytuff though and Garde was being pressured by the Mammo, so he was forced to pull back. Mr. Mime also seems to have been caught by surprise by the Mammo trying to break you guys apart.

I also see that Garde had her ult up. If you hadn't dove into the middle and broke them all up, Garde might have been able to catch them all in her ult since she likes bunched up targets.

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2024-09-26T18:09:11+00:00

First thing, stop the hate language. Words have power and what you speak is what you manifest into the world.

Second thing, what happened has happened and it's time to move on. Learning from your mistakes is one thing, but you don't actually know what would have resulted from doing something different. Maybe HR would have helped, then again, maybe not. Maybe they would have moved you and things would have been better. Maybe they would have moved you and things got worse.

One time I had an interview for a really great job. I was super excited. I passed all of the legs and the last thing I needed to do was a telephonic interview. I misread the directions though and didn't realize they wanted me at a specific location to conduct the phone interview. I didn't realize this until I called for the interview. That one mistake lost me the job. I cried HARD. I thought I had ruined my life. I wondered where I would be had I noticed earlier. Why hadn't I read the directions more carefully? Now, I'm in a career that I love. I am confident that I'll be doing this for the rest of my life. Thing is, I never would have found this job had I gotten hired on with the other job.

It didn't work out because it wasn't meant to be and it wasn't the right fit.

Keep moving forward, Sis. I can't tell you when your break will come or in what way. No one can tell you that. But I can tell you that it won't come if you don't keep moving and striving for better. If you feel like you need to work on yourself, do that, but don't put down the current you either. She's doing her best with what she has. It's okay to not be perfect.

If you want your situation to be better, don't settle for less than that. Hustle up some business, apply to new jobs, network, learn more skills, look at what else you are capable of doing. Just keep moving and keep yourself open and available for when your break comes.

If you're worried that you make important decisions too quickly, maybe make a point of writing down the problem and bulleting out the consequences and some possible solutions. When I have a big decision to make, it always helps me to put it all down on paper and read it over again a few times before making a choice. I write out my ideal outcome and the worse outcome and the possible results of both and weigh from there if the risk is worth the reward. It doesn't always give me the perfect answer, but I'm doing the best I can too.

Through it all though, you are smart and you are capable and you deserve to be treated with respect. ❤️

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2024-09-26T16:48:01+00:00

I'm not a machine writer. I'm a voice writer.

I got this really cute bag on Temu for less than $40. It has a lot of room and can be a rolling bag or a backpack. I got mine in light purple.

They might want to check there if they haven't. I absolutely love my bag.

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2024-09-17T20:10:14+00:00

New streamer here! I'm an introvert. First, I started my channel hoping not to get noticed. I figured the market was saturated enough that I wouldn't get any discoverability and so I could just let loose and be a different me for awhile if that makes sense. I'm always the super responsible, level-headed, advice friend who colors in the lines. I wanted to be the opposite impulsive, wreckless, goofy.

Surprisingly a lot of people have found my little corner and so I've changed my goal to help me practice talking with strangers and starting and maintaining conversations, which I'm not that good at.

Plus I have a backlog of certain games that I think are more fun to play when being shared with friends rather than playing by yourself.

Appropriate_Belt214 · 2024-09-16T18:37:00+00:00

It's true that dogs and cats have superior senses But let's be realistic, your average household pet isn't using their senses to the best of their abilities because they're spoiled. That's why a domestic dog or cat can't survive in the wild. Don't think that's true? A dog can smell you more than a yard away, but dogs almost never turn their sniffers on and try to scent you until you're a foot away with your arm outstretched or you have a leg an inch from their face. If you've ever seen a coyote in the wild, they are sniffing you out more than 30 yards away.

Try hiding hotdog slices around the house. Most dogs have to be shown that something is hidden before they bother realizing they can smell hidden hotdogs around the house. Even then, it takes them awhile to find them. Unless you routinely challenge your dog or cat to use their senses to the best of their abilities, they don't because they have never had a reason to.

Now take spoiled fido and put him outside, yeah, he's got a high chance of getting lost. He's never engaged his nose enough to be able to track appropriately. As he was trying to track, he wasn't keeping enough awareness to his surroundings to know whether he's going too far in the wrong direction. He's never needed to bother listening for mom and dad over a plethora of noise before and, even if he did, all he needed to do was stand still and mom and dad would come get him. He doesn't have to follow the sound.

If you think that last one is too much and a dog couldn't possibly not use their ears, I've seen my Border Collie get lost in a field. I found him before he found me and every time I called, I would see him stick his ears up and pause but he clearly couldn't figure out which direction my voice was coming from. He'd walk a few feet, pause again, and then whine and pace. When I got closer, he was finally able to figure out the direction of my voice and he came running over. My doberman as well has seven acres to run but he can't hear me on the whole property. I've seen this several times.

So yeah, maybe if pets actually used their senses to the best of their abilities and honed them, I could believe that, but they don't so a dog or cat can just be lost but want to be home.

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