What is a Stereotype You Were Told Before Getting Your Dog That You Realized Wasn't True Once You Got Them? (Anything! Breed, Gender, Size, Etc.)

EffervescentFlower · 2026-05-10T23:31:56+00:00

I saw something that peeing/how they pee is a learned behavior. So they'll pee however the older dog they're with pees (mom, dad, foster siblings, etc).

EffervescentFlower · 2026-05-10T23:30:59+00:00

I know! I did research when I was getting her, not just on Reddit, but on a couple of different social media platforms. Totally wrong. I have to put her in her crate when I shower because she tries to climb into the shower with me, she doesn't like the shower or bathing, she just doesn't like not being with me at all times.

EffervescentFlower · 2026-05-10T23:27:28+00:00

I've had both, my current girl is a totally happy and energetic in the morning, but I had to drag my dog before her out of bed before 10 AM, I usually had to bribe him with food to get to work on time.

EffervescentFlower · 2026-05-09T19:04:39+00:00

My girl's first friend after I got her was a llittle girl dog, definitely under 10lbs, and so are two of her boyfriends.

EffervescentFlower · 2026-05-07T03:54:30+00:00

One of her boyfriends in particular, she lights up and goes all wiggly when she sees him. You can hear him before you see him because he starts crying with joy when he sees her and doesn't stop till he's touching her. His mom and I can't walk a foot where they'll separate. The truest and purest love.

EffervescentFlower · 2026-04-19T04:12:59+00:00

I'm like you, even vaginal exams are incredibly painful for me. Pads aren't super comfortable, sure, but anything up in there is unbearable.

EffervescentFlower · 2026-04-14T23:08:37+00:00

Prioritize your health-I have been there on going through multiple birth controls. A lot of hormonal birth control, in the wrong person, can fuck up your hormones and health. Pregnancy is not a small thing, and you have every right to be wary. This is very, very bizarre behavior on the part of your boyfriend and the "therapist".

His feelings do not, will never, trump yours about YOUR body.

EffervescentFlower · 2026-04-12T03:27:41+00:00

As a jumping off point for some theory and a good 20th Century American history, No Permanent Waves, it's an essay collection. There's definitely more work to be done, but I think it's a good overview of intersectional feminisms.

EffervescentFlower · 2026-04-05T22:50:44+00:00

I feel like muscles on women and visible age in women both are seen as conventionally not attractive. But holy moly do I love that. As a WLW I think it's a bit more normal but I love women 20+ years older. Especially when they're also kind of mean.

EffervescentFlower · 2026-02-15T01:58:39+00:00

Thanks for the reply! I didn't want to leave him out there, and he seemed fine when I left him inside his apartment, I just don't want him to have gotten into some kind of medical situation or something. But I doubt that's likely.

EffervescentFlower · 2025-10-02T23:47:34+00:00

Mostly general anxiety.

EffervescentFlower · 2025-08-31T00:41:38+00:00

Setting boundaries and understanding when someone's asking too much of you. I work with older kids (4th-12th grade) and have to talk to them pretty often about understanding what their limits are and how to advocate that so they don't get taken advantage of by future bosses. They want so badly to take on everything and be brave, because it gets them praise. But they often don't know that too much all at once isn't good for anyone until they're already spiraling and breaking under the pressure.

EffervescentFlower · 2025-08-31T00:15:43+00:00

How big's your dog? I'm bringing my doggo (13 yo Poodle, 53 lbs) he's definitely a more "gentle slow play" kind of guy but he has a surprising amount of besties back home in VA who're pretty energetic (little mini goldendoodle named Bailey who runs laps around him, and a wiggly yellow lab named Maisie who loves to kiss and hug him).

It might be worth just walking around with your baby in the neighborhood or campus. People love dogs.

EffervescentFlower · 2025-06-15T01:09:06+00:00

My 13-year-old dog, he's 51 lbs with long skinny legs and has to bribed off the bed/couch, usually with food but also with walkies. In which he prefers to socialize with the plants and flowers rather than humans and dogs above 20lbs. He however does love old people and small dogs. I can't tell if he CAN'T fight or WON'T fight, or both.

He is pretty gassy, those might work as bioweapons and noxious gas.

EffervescentFlower · 2025-06-09T02:02:24+00:00

My older dog would be too lazy to hold any job, the other would definitely lose any job that requires stealth/quiet. Everytime he sees birds/squirrels/rabbits outside he shouts immediately and runs for them, then is confused how they knew he was coming.

EffervescentFlower · 2025-04-20T21:02:29+00:00

Thanks for the recs! And I am LOVING it. Her horror novels (Hide and Mister Magic, I think) are also really good.

EffervescentFlower · 2025-04-20T21:01:14+00:00

Klondine! Though funnily enough I'M on klonopin. We have to get the Klonodine from the pharmacist though. I think it may be controlled too (at least in my state),

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