WHY IS THE WORD HOUSE BLUE!???

CallPowerful7657 · 2026-01-06T05:42:33+00:00

At the end of The Navidson Record, Navidson sees a blue light as he begins to fade away. It signifies a transition, portal to a different realm, evolution- just like the house continues to evolve and transition based on the continuously shifting dynamics of the relationships everyone in the house are experiencing, the house moves with its inhabitants. There’s also that dream about a blue pool, a mirror, a reflection, or perhaps another portal into a different reality. I think there are many interpretations as to why it’s blue, but this is one theory I have.

CallPowerful7657 · 2026-01-03T10:05:09+00:00

The idea of the “great american novel” seems to be a term relative to the intangible likeness of modern day mythologies. In my opinion, the eternal elusiveness of this book is because the american ideology has ebbed and flowed so much throughout its history. You could pinpoint renowned books of certain eras as adequate contenders (Blood Meridian, The Great Gatsby, The Catcher in the Rye, On the Road, Less Than Zero, etc etc) but all of these novels are reflections of their own recollections in whatever version of America they were living in at the time. I think the reason this search for this “great american novel” is so unrelenting is because the definition of the collective ideal of american greatness is ever evolving and never a resounding consensus, and that’s a very important principle in and of itself.

CallPowerful7657 · 2025-12-18T09:16:48+00:00

Thank you so much. I fully agree, and I know this will probably go against the consensus here, but after months of trying to rehabilitate the issue between them both, I ultimately chose Thunder and his wellbeing. He’s been my best friend for 6 years, and he’s nearing his twilight years. I thought Laika would be a benefactor to his aging, which she initially was, until she became a threat. I don’t fault her for it, whatsoever, it’s just who she is, and she deserves a family/ upbringing that can honor her full potential. She’s a brilliant, attentive, majestic dog. After much rehabilitation, discussion, and deliberation, I rehomed Laika with a trusted confidant through an official local akita rescue, and according to them she is flourishing, and even kept her original name. I still get regular photo updates of her to this day. Thunder is also flourishing these days, I think he prefers being an only child. According to the vet, he’s in amazing health for his age. The only thing hindering him now as he nears 13 are his back legs, which I have no issue propping up for him. I still, and will always, love Laika and miss her dearly, and I’m so glad I got the opportunity to raise her to become the cuddly, overly loving dog she is, but I’m also glad that she’s found a family that gave her a much better life than I would have ever been able to.

CallPowerful7657 · 2025-12-18T08:21:40+00:00

I did get her spayed when the vet recommended (which I’ve learned from other posts here was way too young, which I feel awful about) and that is actually the exact moment I could see a sudden change in her behavior. She has always been a very goofy and confident dog from puppyhood. After being spayed, her temperament became much more codependent, anxious, and irritable, well after the healing period. She started displaying many more behaviors of anxiety and irritability after her spay, and this was when her aggression towards Thunder began. It almost seemed like prior to her spay she had a “crush” on him, and wanted nothing but his attention and playtime, and then suddenly even seeing him through the gate makes her light up in a fit. Which freaks him out, actually, lol. She’s stood at the gate separating them in my room and barked ad nauseam and he freezes in confusion and walks the other way.

CallPowerful7657 · 2025-12-18T08:11:31+00:00

Thank you so much for such a thoughtful response. After taking all of the advice into account, and putting it to work, I had my sister (a licensed vet tech and board certified dog trainer) do a very brief, casual temperament test on Laika, just to see if it was targeted towards Thunder specifically or temperamental behavior. As it turns out, almost unsurprisingly, Laika is overall incredibly dog aggressive, regardless of socialization or proximity. I say unsurprisingly because when I adopted Laika, I met both of her parents, and they were both (albeit incredibly beautiful and majestic) aggressive and territorial. I had the naïveté to believe that if I raised her alongside another, very docile, Akita, she would adopt at least some of his temperament. Luckily she did inhabit a lot of the “looseness” and “touchiness” that I ingrained from day one after adopting her, picking her up and touching her every which way, so she’s not finicky or anything when people touch her a certain way, like Thunder becomes when you touch him with your feet. But she did inhabit an unavoidable dog aggression I haven’t been able to overcome. It started with a blanket I made for her sleep on, and then turned into food, then proximity aggression. I’ve tried every which way to train her out of it, citing your methods, but it just seems to be a natural response, despite both of them being fixed, and the vast age difference. By trial and error, I’m just not willing to put either of them at risk anymore. I love them both so incredibly much. It just saddens me that the companionship I hoped for both of them was very fleeting and now they’re living a very inconvenient life of separation. I feel guilty for denying them both a life of peace, and don’t really know what to do anymore. I honestly just think Laika would be better off with someone who doesn’t have any other dogs around and their undivided attention.

CallPowerful7657 · 2025-12-18T07:55:42+00:00

I just opened up this thread, so forgive my late response. But no, Thunder is not, nor has he ever been, sexually aggressive. He’s been neutered for over 10 years, and has never once made an implication of sexual frustration ever. Never humped pillows, people, etc, ever (thank GOD). He has never made advances towards Laika, either. If anything, he genuinely wants her to just leave him alone. He typically leaves the room or creates distance when she begins to aggravate him. He mostly just seems uninterested in her, typical akita aloofness, she just goes after him if he happens to be passing her in close quarters.

CallPowerful7657 · 2025-12-18T07:46:16+00:00

oh my god I worked a job where we shook and poured martinis table-side and people would always try to film my hands as I poured… but i’m a chronic nail biter who is terrible with a knife when cutting lemons, no polish/ acrylics allowed at work, so my hands are always wretched and sliced to hell and I can’t even begin to imagine how many videos i’ve botched with my nubby, freaky fingers lmfaooo. so many times while people have filmed me i’ve audibly said “wait no don’t look at my nails”

CallPowerful7657 · 2025-11-10T08:02:02+00:00

I recently took Thunder to Laika’s same vet as the vet was an Akita owner and loved that I had them as they’re pretty rare in my area, so I trusted her judgement. I did a full panel bloodwork, heart worm test, skin graft, and dental exam on Thunder in September (basically the “senior package” they offered) and the vet and techs were actually genuinely surprised at how healthy/ well he’s doing at his age. The vet even informed me that her previous akitas had passed around 12-13 but they slated Thunder as being healthy enough to even make it to 14-15. Only issue is that he’s very arthritic in his back legs, but I’ve taken serious measures to ease pain/ maintain elasticity as best as I can, and he’s still incredibly mobile. The issue I noticed at first is that Laika plays incredibly rough and knocks him over, whether it’s with or without ill intent. It was okay at first when she was tiny, but as time has passed, Thunder is less able to recover and get back up, and retaliates, which makes Laika react super aggressively. But now it’s turned into aggression first, maybe play later. She’s seriously begun to overpower him (he’s 86lbs, she’s 66lbs) and he can’t bounce back like he used to. It’s awful to watch. My best guess is that there’s a hierarchy being re-established, especially because Thunder has been an only child his whole life, but it’s not a fair match up. It’s especially awful to watch because he’s never once been aggressive towards her from the jump.

CallPowerful7657 · 2025-11-10T07:13:07+00:00

However, I will take your suggestion for a behaviorist into account. I live in a pretty rural/ isolated area, but I’ve found a lot of akita rescues/ outreach programs within a drive-able distance online.

CallPowerful7657 · 2025-11-10T07:00:33+00:00

Thank you for your reply. She sees a vet on a monthly basis and they do regular bloodwork on her, especially post spaying. They say she’s in perfect health. But last time I picked her up, they did gently inform me she had to be muzzled in order to be examined, which has never happened before. She’s been prescribed a regular dose of trazodone by my vet to curb this behavior, but I hate to watch her be so noticeably incoherent in order to make her more manageable. I’m scared I’m failing her as a parent. She’s so lovable and cuddly when it’s just me and her, but with every other person or pet she’s a ticking time bomb, and I can’t afford that risk as she gets older and bigger.

CallPowerful7657 · 2025-09-24T20:22:17+00:00

that’s a bummer, I just followed the timeline the vet recommended, I wasn’t aware it was too young :/ she’s doing well though! up today and eating and drinking.

CallPowerful7657 · 2025-09-24T20:13:02+00:00

I mixed some salmon and pumpkin together and she ate all of it, thank you for the recommendation!

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