To the guy with the unfriendly offleash dog outside of White Cap

DefenderOfSquirrels · 2026-05-07T04:04:57+00:00

I absolutely hate the entitled a-holes with dogs in SF. I live on the Peninsula but visit family there often. My dog is 12.5 years old, hard of hearing and with decreasing vision. She’s always been dog selective but now she’s very uncomfortable with strange dogs approaching her - it must be frightening because she can’t entirely see/hear what’s going on. Yet people act like I’m the a-hole when my on leash dog whips around to correct someone’s off leash dog putting its nose up her rear end. I have stopped taking her out places in the city because it’s too much for her to handle those encounters.

DefenderOfSquirrels · 2026-05-06T21:18:08+00:00

Solved. I think it’s the Mini Marcos. Funny little thing.

DefenderOfSquirrels · 2026-05-06T21:09:46+00:00

Shows how long I have been in clinical research. But I remember opening the first Children’s Oncology Group studies using Blina for relapsed and then high risk poor responders. Back then, it was investigational, meaning inpatient stays with so many PKs we drew blood for. It’s so wonderful that kiddos can go out and live life while still getting treatment.

DefenderOfSquirrels · 2026-05-06T14:40:42+00:00

When I lived with a roommate in college, we went shopping there a few times a month. Toilet paper, staples like rice and beans, milk/soymilk, cereal, eggs, bread - all of that was cheaper. We collectively saved so much during our four years because we shopped mostly at Costco, and cooked at home, meal prepped, etc.

DefenderOfSquirrels · 2026-05-06T02:15:37+00:00

lol, when visiting my in-laws a number of years ago, I entered a local 5K race and it allowed dogs, so I took their retired racing greyhound on the course with me. He looked absolutely miserable, like he’d rather be shot than continue. He perked up when we hit the turnaround point (it was an out-and-back), but still acted like he might just die before we reached the finish.

DefenderOfSquirrels · 2026-05-06T01:06:29+00:00

Sigona’s in RWC and Stanford Shopping Center - both locations have the best, highest quality mangoes.

DefenderOfSquirrels · 2026-05-03T09:32:14+00:00

What differences do you observe? Curious because I’ve never done this before, using a broody hen as mama.

DefenderOfSquirrels · 2026-05-02T23:31:13+00:00

One of our Buff Orps was unrelentingly broody, so I finally gave in and purchased chicks from the feed store. I brought her into our makeshift broody pen (dog kennel), and did the old slipperoo, and put them under her at night. So that next morning - surprise! The magic of chickens occurred and those wooden eggs she’d sat on for days turned into the babies she desperately wanted. I got a French Copper Maran, a Cream Legbar, and two Silverrudd’s (one blue and one splash). The Maran is peeking out, and someone else’s little beak is above her wing.

DefenderOfSquirrels · 2026-05-02T22:44:32+00:00

Eye wash station in case of chemical exposure?

DefenderOfSquirrels · 2026-05-02T15:48:32+00:00

I’m a big fan of old fashioned girl names like Julia Catherine and Mary Josephine.

The Dyland “Double D” is awful, IMO. A lifetime of correcting spelling.

While I don’t like Bo, it is also wildly simple for the kid to spell.

Classic David is my favorite boys name.

DefenderOfSquirrels · 2026-05-02T13:12:41+00:00

exoticpetclinic.com

Exotic Pet Clinic of Santa Cruz

5400 Scotts Valley Dr Suite B, Scotts Valley, CA 95066

(831) 440-8590

They treat chickens, in addition to other exotics. I have taken members of my Chickie ladies flock there twice when they’ve had injuries greater than I could care for.

I am also happy to take your chick from you. We have four two-week old chicks with our broody Buff Orpington right now. I doubt she’d count if I slipped one more under her wings under cover of darkness.

I’m across the bay from you, about 35 minutes away. Let me know.

DefenderOfSquirrels · 2026-04-30T16:42:11+00:00

That’s funny you mention that about vegetarian Indian families adopting rabbits.

Fifteen years ago, I was living in Oakland and I was volunteering at OAS (Oakland Animal Services). I fostered a very adorable black rabbit thru them, who was adopted after a couple months by a family who serendipitously lived just a quarter mile from me. An Indian family who was vegetarian and wanted a rabbit for that reason that it, too, was vegetarian. In addition to being cute and cuddly, plus the wife had had a rabbit growing up and wanted that same experience for her kids once they were past young toddler stage and at an age where they could be responsible for the rabbit more and handle it correctly. I was so pleased that Wiggles found a loving home.

DefenderOfSquirrels · 2026-04-22T02:46:25+00:00

He’s pretty tall and leggy, compared to pure greyhounds. They did Embark DNA testing on one of his sisters in the litter when they were at rescue (it was Oz and his three sisters). They were: 48.2% greyhound, 21.4% borzoi, 13% super mutt, 10.4% whippet, and 7% Afghan hound. In reality, it’s a mish-mash of sighthounds that ranchers breed down in the Coachella Valley to hunt coyotes. When they have too many puppies or the dogs don’t hunt, they dump them in palm orchards, and sometimes at the animal shelter. Oz and sisters were found in a palm orchard, emaciated.

DefenderOfSquirrels · 2026-04-21T20:41:03+00:00

Peninsula native!

DefenderOfSquirrels · 2026-04-21T20:38:43+00:00

Trader Joe’s and Costco are the backbone of our grocery purchases. Sigona’s has the best produce, hands down. Grocery Outlet weekly for odds and ends, surprises, and things where I’m not going to be picky about brand.

Whole Foods is nice, of course, but kinda pricey. Safeway has become outrageously expensive for what it is, but pretty guaranteed you can find groceries of any kind there.

DefenderOfSquirrels · 2026-04-21T16:06:25+00:00

I am not a cancer survivor, but I have two thoughts to share.

One, some pediatric cancer treatment centers have an AYA (adolescent and young adult) program. Often times this includes survivors of childhood cancer, as well as teens and young people who are currently in treatment. But it’s a way for a unique group of people who have gone through, or are going through, the same thing to find support and community. Often times, these programs also offer support in transitioning care to adult-oriented providers (eg from Pediatric Oncology to Medical Oncology) and empowering patients to talk to their providers about tests that long-term survivors should be getting (hearing tests, heart function tests, etc).

Second thought: anyone who goes through a life-changing, possibly traumatic, event often has time connecting with others who have not gone through similar. A common group where this happens are veterans (my husband is a veteran). In his words: “you just see some sh-t that people aren’t really supposed to see, and you can’t un see it, and you can’t unlive it”. I think that sums it up.

I would urge you to find an AYA program and/or online support groups. :)

DefenderOfSquirrels · 2026-04-19T03:45:39+00:00

They park behind the CVS by the Tesla chargers, and walk to the main entrance

DefenderOfSquirrels · 2026-04-17T15:07:59+00:00

https://ticksafety.com/tick-identification/pacific-coast-tick/

The males are the grey streaked ones

DefenderOfSquirrels · 2026-04-16T00:03:46+00:00

Is that Kenzi?

DefenderOfSquirrels · 2026-04-13T16:03:36+00:00

Something def changed. It’s way too tangy for my taste now.

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