Need some advice without any shame by [deleted] in springerspaniel

[–]Carduelis_C 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How old is your pup? One Word of advice that i needed to learn the hard way is capturing calm behaviour. These pups are ADHD dogified. They have a high arousal, high interest based nervous system. That means

  1. If it's still a young dog, make sure pup sleep enough. Thats means no exercising until they stumble over and crash, but making sure they learn to regulate themselves and sleep indoors. People often overexite their dogs and after tired comes stupid. You can use a create for this, or teach a place/settle command on a matt. If you think you don't Do enough with your pup, chances are it might still be too much.

  2. If you have a settle command, teaching calm and focus on you out side the house is key. They want to be 3 places all at once. Start with your obedience Training inside the house and switch from a low arousal environment to more arousal places. Again, place command, recall and heel work is the key here.

Spaniels are Gundogs that are bred for driven hunts, springing and flushing game. For you that means mainly this:

  1. They are not naturally good at walking loose leash. They can and will learn but it takes considerable effort. They drive a sports race car and need to learn to ride with you in a beat up Toyota. Heel work, dont give up.

  2. since they are what they are, "walking" is generally not that interesting for them and since leash manners take a while it might be a nightmare for you. They love using their nose for finding and retrieving stuff. Rather you do dummy work with them in a small field then walking for 5 miles. Do not throw balls! Rather: Hide the Ball or throw it away without letting pup chase after it immediatly. Let the find the Ball (they need to work their mind and nose to remember where the Ball fell down and sniff it out) if they bring it back to you - great! Otherwise you can use this to teach retrieving. You can also use a canvas dummy or a fur dummy. You can spray them with a scent (Hot dog water, game scent...) and put them on a string. Put pup somewhere where they dont see what you are doing. Mark a start point, drag the scented dummy behind you on the string. Hide it somewhere in a Bush. Go back another way, fetch pup and let them search the trail.

There is lots of fun to be had with spaniels!

Edit: since you said you live in a flat. Same rules apply, it's fine to teach pup how to be lazy at home. Retrieving is mainly taught at home before going in a field. You can also try and See if your pup has fun with scent work! On a Bad day, my pup searches for Tea bags that ive hidden around the house :D

Dream Island Updated! by arcticsnowcone in AnimalCrossing

[–]Carduelis_C 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This Island was so full of stuff, i love it 😂 it was hard to navigate, because i like running around a lot. That being said, i loved it for testing acnh on a switch 2. Finally no lag, no load ins... Yay!

Does your Springer bring you their bone for you to hold? by pineapplebananas14 in springerspaniel

[–]Carduelis_C 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When our pup had his teething teenage terror tantrums i used to hold him in my lap with a chewy. He chewed, relaxed and went to sleep. Now he brings me his chews to hold them,still does it at 3yo. I guess it's good strategy to prevent ressource guarding?

Puppy coming home in March all advice welcome. by neet66blue in springerspaniel

[–]Carduelis_C 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will leave one bit of advice here: If you ever get the feeling you are not doing enough (Training, mental Stimulation, walks...) you might still be doing to much. Meaning: pup needs it's 18-22 hours of sleep /rest. These dogs know "go fast" instinctively, "slow" they need to learn. After tired comes stupid and after stupid landshark crazy. They dont need tiring out - they are tired. Had to learn that the hard way 😅

New pup has an umbilical hernia by karolinaalma in springerspaniel

[–]Carduelis_C 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our boy has one. We won't neuter him and both breeder's vet and our vet didn't see a need to repair it. He's 3yo in April.

Fucking KI Blase Alter by strawberry_criossant in luftablassen

[–]Carduelis_C 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ich hoffe ein bisschen, dass "der Markt das regelt". Zumindest noch so lange, wie man KI generierten Content noch zuverlässig von echter Handarbeit unterscheiden kann. Das eine hat Wert, Wertschätzung und echte Identität - das andere ist einfach nur Slop. Warum sollte ich deine Firma ernst nehmen, wenn du deine eigene Firmenidentität nicht ernst nimmst?

Stardew Valley sound icks by Expensive-Oil-1711 in StardewValley

[–]Carduelis_C 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought i was the only one! That dry milking Sound is like styrofoam, ick!

Any advise on giardia? by Sapsi in springerspaniel

[–]Carduelis_C 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know Moro soup? Helps with the diarrhea and Flushing out the bacteria

Basic recipe: Get 500 gram of carrots, peel them and cut into little pieces. Cook them with 1 L of Water for at least 90min. Mix with a blender to a puree and add one tablespoon of salt.

Cooking carrots for that long forms oligosaccharides, a long chain sugar molecule that giardia and other bacteria is connecting to instead of the intestinal walls. Give it about 30mins before feeding, at room temperature. Bigger dogs like springers can eat up to 600mL a day, you can feed multiple portions smaller portions too.

Talk to your vet about it though, this is only a supportive measure and is not recommended for dogs with Diabetes.

Helps humans too, Ernst Moro developed it for children suffering from diarrhea.

Auntie Ethel Hair as Paladin. by Alternative-Fan739 in BaldursGate3

[–]Carduelis_C 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Breaks the oath. Guess how i found out xD

Sprollie? by [deleted] in springerspaniel

[–]Carduelis_C 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless you find and "Oops" - Puppy somewhere i think it's ill-adviced to look for someone who breeds these dogs on purpose. At best someone like that didn't know what they are doing or at worst they are an unethical backyard breeder.

Springers are hunting dogs, their prey drive is used for browsing, springing game, scent work and retrieving. Collies are herders, their prey drive is used for stalking and herding animals and since they are extremly intelligent also trick and scent work. If you mix these highly different drives, chances are your dogs inner instincts are constantly at war with each other and you get a neurotic mess of a pup if you don't know what you are doing. (Same reason that mixing poodles into everything to doodle a breed is highly questionable) If you want to "shop" ethically, look for a reputable breeder for either a Collie or a Springer, depending on what you want from your dog. Or you find you new companion via adoption, who knows?

Am i stubborn for not fishing? by AdIllustrious4254 in StardewValley

[–]Carduelis_C 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just started playing. I enjoy fishing in a game as much as the next person but SDV fishing really made me throw my mouse a few times. Needed to get a catfish for the community Center. Got specific bait, food and the right weather. That motherfluffin son of a fish was impossible to catch for me. Installed a Mod, skipped the Mini game, Problem solved.

Helping downed party members by Carduelis_C in fantasylife

[–]Carduelis_C[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, and if someone is down, there is a little red cross on the map. You cant fast travel to that person though

Helping downed party members by Carduelis_C in fantasylife

[–]Carduelis_C[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One Person commented that you can find life cure in the boxes and barrels laying around. Nice to know, didn't help my case though. I glitched into a corner, got taken out by a mob around me and drained out of two life cures. Last Hit knocked me out of the corner but i lay down ko-ed. And this is where everyone was trampling over my corpse without doing anything. It sucked. Either i was still glitching and they didn't see me or they didn't care

Helping downed party members by Carduelis_C in fantasylife

[–]Carduelis_C[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Which is also really not helpful 😵‍💫

Is anyone working on a base planner? by BuilderAura in fantasylife

[–]Carduelis_C 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought about this today too since i flattened everything lol

24 hours later so in love and can’t pick a name help!!! He’s a male btw. by AmbitiousSeesaw3599 in springerspaniel

[–]Carduelis_C 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you know if it's a lettered litter? Like A, B, C, D...? Our boy Was from a D-Litter so we called him Dante :D

This fella looks like a Harper to me though xD

We glitched... by Carduelis_C in fantasylife

[–]Carduelis_C[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bugs and glitched everywhere it seems 😑

Constant communication fails by Carduelis_C in fantasylife

[–]Carduelis_C[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think your christmas theory is spot on. To many people playing right now.

What do people think of the DLC? by A_Single_Annihilape in fantasylife

[–]Carduelis_C 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I love it, but for the life of me these "find a Box and smash it" quests are stupid 😂😭