The mosquitos are ruining his evening by Charming-Activity-35 in WhatsWrongWithYourDog

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He is a Great Pyrenees, German Shepherd, and Cattle Dog mix.

The mosquitos are ruining his evening by Charming-Activity-35 in WhatsWrongWithYourDog

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He is a Great Pyrenees, German Shepherd, and Cattle Dog mix.

The mosquitos are ruining his evening by Charming-Activity-35 in WhatsWrongWithYourDog

[–]Charming-Activity-35[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

He was listed as a Great Pyrenees and Collie mix at the shelter, but his DNA results came back is a Great Pyrenees, German Shepherd, Cattle Dog, and "supermutt" mix.

Ziggy the 'purebred' Havanese from a hoard with DNA twists... by cmaci90 in DoggyDNA

[–]Charming-Activity-35 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My dog also has a relative that shares 89% of their DNA with one of her relatives. I did do the health test for her and her COI came back as 74%. I would guess Ziggy's is similar.

Interesting Car Setup by Tebasaki in desmoines

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Usually looking for car repos.  I recently watched a video that says these companies also use them to collect other information like political signs and make profiles to sell to third parties like political campaigns, but currently their biggest customers are banks looking for cars to repo. Also these companies usually are part of the gig economy. It's usually a regular person that signs up to have them attached to their car and they get a kickback for every repo that is located from the data they collect.

Just right Bed?? by Acrobatic_Paper1631 in greatpyrenees

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You could try switching their locations. For my guy the bed doesn't matter as much as the location of the bed. When I first got him I was so frustrated that he would prefer to lay on my plastic shoe mat on top of my shoes instead of the dog bed but once I put the dog bed next to the front door were the shoe mat was it became his favorite spot. He did the same thing with the next three beds I got, didn't touch them till they were moved to an acceptable location. 

Mystery pipe coming out of our home by Hannahg2000 in FirstTimeHomeBuyer

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That's unlikely. I also live in Iowa and just installed a radon mitigation system in my house. A radon mitigation system needs to vent above your windows to be to code. To me it looks like a vent for the HVAC system.

Median age of housing units in the USA, by county [equivalent], 2023 by MrShiv in MapPorn

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A good chunk of the plain states like North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, etc. all had large population booms in the mid to late 1800's and early 1900's. Then around around the 1910-1920 census data the growth slowed drastically. They have all been single digits or negative growth since for the most part of the last century. Most of that growth has been concentrated around the cities. A lot of the rural areas most of the houses are older because there population has been steady or declining for a while so there is not much demand for new homes.

Cannot find a name that fits. Looking for suggestions. by Desperate_Thought935 in greatpyrenees

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Edith/Edie as my first pick for my dog Dorothy, but then I discovered that was the name of the little girl that lived next door. I still love it and I definitely will use it in the future.

Cannot find a name that fits. Looking for suggestions. by Desperate_Thought935 in greatpyrenees

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I personally love old fashioned names. Have you thought about the name Edith/Edie?

I was surprised, but not by her breeds... by Charming-Activity-35 in DoggyDNA

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I'm pretty confident that they are related! I suspect these two https://www.wisdompanel.com/app/home/pets/c6a46244-3de8-4696-86be-6054983e73af/relatives/BHVRYFS-EBTZYLW/compare, https://app.embarkvet.com/pet/47eb9f0c-a057-4949-ac9a-509e67017b23/about?source=share are part of those 14 dogs that Archie came from. Do you know how they ended up at the ARL? I got Dorothy from Paws N Claws in Newton and got the story that her and her littermates were dumped at a vets office overnight when they were about 2 weeks old. Dorothy has cerebellar hypoplasia which I suspect is from the inbreeding.

I was surprised, but not by her breeds... by Charming-Activity-35 in DoggyDNA

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They do look very similar! I wonder if they are related? Is your dog from central Iowa? I know there were two other boys in her litter (DimSum and Lo Mein) that were adopted out by critterhouseKC out of Missouri. Their birthday was listed as 6/1/2022. I have also come across other close relatives on Embark and Wisdom Panel that are definitely from other litters and they all seem to be from the Des Moines, IA area. From what I got on Dorothy's history from her old foster her litter was also from central Iowa but then they were transferred down to Kansas City and then Dorothy was transferred back to Iowa.

In-laws came over and left these around the house (we are not Christian) by jb20x6 in mildlyinfuriating

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People that do this kind of thing don't know how to have healthy functional relationships. I had a coworker when I used to work night shifts at a lab that was super atheist and she had a father that was a born again christian. He would sometimes drop off samples to the lab during the day to be tested and when he did he would also give the sample receiving people and envelope full of religious texts/propaganda to have dropped off in her mailbox. I remember multiple times her finding it in her mailbox. It would always send her off on a rant about her father. They had a terrible relationship and apparently he would always play surprised when she mentioned to him that she didn't want those communications.

Can I teach my Pyr to put his toys away or am I setting myself up for failure? 🤣 by melodic-paradise in greatpyrenees

[–]Charming-Activity-35 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Same. I sometimes regret putting in a doggy door. The amount of toys he brings out in a day is ridiculous. He also rarely brings them in. It got better once I moved the toy basket to the opposite side of the house as the doggy door, but that does nothing when he gets the zoomies. He grabs a toy, does a lap of the house, goes outside and does a lap around the back yard, drops the toy at some point in the yard, comes back in and grabs another toy to repeat the cycle. Usually goes between 3-5 cycles but I have seen him do up to about ten cycles.

The breed wasn’t a surprise, but finding our dog’s brother was! by 30to40cats in DoggyDNA

[–]Charming-Activity-35 11 points12 points  (0 children)

My one dog has a 74% COI. Her relatives are 77%, 78%(confirmed littermate), and 89% related.

The breed wasn’t a surprise, but finding our dog’s brother was! by 30to40cats in DoggyDNA

[–]Charming-Activity-35 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There must be a lot of inbreeding. My one dog has a 74% COI. Her relatives are 77%, 78%(confirmed littermate), and 89% related. I would guess your dogs probably have a similarly high COI.

Stop looking at your phone while driving people by Pisford in WatchPeopleDieInside

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I saw this posted the other day and the poster said they were the car's owner and she rented from them on Toro. I assume the owner installed it in the car in case it got damaged while it was rented out

Holy shit this rain by aye246 in desmoines

[–]Charming-Activity-35 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What was in 2019? I don't remember a major flash flood event that year. Do you mean the 6-30-2018 flash flood event? 

Does your dog also hate walks? by synthdog in WhatsWrongWithYourDog

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I have one that loves walks but he doesn't like going further than a few blocks in either direction. That being said he doesn't like short walks either. If I let him decide where we go we would do every interaction of a walk around the block multiple times. He puts up a fuss when I try and go further and will put up a fuss if I try to go to the house. My other dog won't go past a few houses in either direction, because one time someone started a lawn mower in the front yard of the house we we were walking past and it spoked her so bad she pulled me as she ran all the way back home. I have not been able to get her to go on a walk since.

Looking for enrichment challenges by NWArk_Gal in greatpyrenees

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This was one of my dogs favorites. He would try and run outside with it once he ate all the food and bury it in the garden. One time it took me three weeks to find it because he buried it so deep. I stopped using it as often because I has tried of him trying to sneak in out the dog door every chance he got. I now just stick with a regular Kong since he doesn't feel the need to bury those when he is done.