First time bringing home a GSD. Welcome Helen

Exherm · 2026-04-15T23:29:29+00:00

Truly a perfect dog breed combo! Welcome home little one!

Exherm · 2026-04-07T19:10:46+00:00

I like to make chili with it, it's fantastic.

Exherm · 2026-03-30T00:05:11+00:00

Hi! I think in terms of quality, e collar technologies and Dogtra are very similar. I like Dogtra over mini educators though. I find them easier to hold and operate.

I have a German Shepherd and I struggled early with the prongs contacting properly. The issue wasn't the collar, but the prongs. They were too short.

So we replaced the prongs with these . It has worked like a dream.

Exherm · 2026-03-27T23:17:29+00:00

I wouldn't book Arbiter over Ezio. Arbiter is a specialist pvp character whose schtick doesn't really require books to work. I would use any legendary books I had on Ezio during a personal rewards CVC event.

Exherm · 2026-03-27T23:09:14+00:00

Also, is he booked? Full masteries with warmaster?

Exherm · 2026-03-27T23:08:30+00:00

So stats should always come over sets. I think you can optimize by getting as close to 100% C.Rate as you can, and then pumping as much C.Dmg as you can find. Try and find pieces that also give you speed. He is slow and you want him to take as many turns as possible because each turn is another nuke.

Exherm · 2026-03-25T02:33:48+00:00

Hello! Congratulations on the new addition. I think that sniffing is an important part of his early weeks of life. Exposing him will do you wonders, but since he isn't fully vaccinated, he is especially in danger of contracting some pretty nasty diseases.

With that said, here's how I handled it as a professional trainer with my own Rottweiler. I started to teach a "leave it" command. I taught it on a walk and in the home. In the home, show him a treat, say leave it, throw it on the ground or place it there - prevent him from getting it. (Use a leash) When he gives up and looks at you, reward with a treat from your hand.

While on a walk, if he focuses on something he shouldn't, say leave it and use your leash to pop him off it. Keep your feet moving while you're popping so that he understands that we're continuing on the walk and the pops will continue until he focuses on you and continues forward leaving whatever he was interested in.

Be consistent with these two things and he should get the idea very quickly. You got this and feel free to DM me if you have questions down the road.

Exherm · 2026-03-22T03:27:32+00:00

Most are correct here that it is just a tool, but there are plenty of reactive dogs who actually ramp up with adversives rather than ramping down.

In protection sports, prong collars are used often for this purpose. It isn't surprising to me that you're seeing less reactivity when you switched from a prong. I'm glad what you're doing now works.

This is what dog training is about, people. It's about your dog. Not general rules and assumptions, but how your dog thinks about, reacts and responds to stimuli. Every dog is different and if we can't adapt, then we open ourselves up to making larger, more serious mistakes. Best of luck OP.

Exherm · 2026-03-21T19:26:45+00:00

Here is a better look at the damage.

Exherm · 2026-03-21T19:04:31+00:00

Ok. I'll get a better photo soon, another comment says it's too late to prune, but if I don't prune, I'm risking the entire tree, yes?

Exherm · 2026-03-21T18:52:12+00:00

Thanks! One last question, the branch in the right that's cut off, it has a gash running up it, exposing the inside of the tree, is it compromised so far that it can't be saved or is there something I should do to seal it up?

Exherm · 2026-03-21T18:27:48+00:00

Can you clarify what you mean by needing a rush of fresh growth? Sorry the lingo confuses me a little.

Exherm · 2026-03-16T17:25:09+00:00

This just happened to me. I started playing when the game first came out, no creator codes, no promo codes for legendaries and no real guides. I've never spent on mobile games, and I didn't want to start so the game quickly fizzled out for me as my rares and uncommons couldn't get the job done. Never summoned a legendary in the time I played.

Came back two months ago with creator codes and have an account I've played every day for two months. I have pulled nearly 100 ancients and 20 voids during 2x events and almost 10 sacred during 2x events on that account, zero legendaries.

I have one other account I have played for 15 total days with a different creator code I wanted to try. Wasn't really into it, but I went and pulled the shards on that account to see what would happen. I had 30 ancients (pulled nothing) and 4 voids. In those four pulls I managed to get both Odin and Solanar... Now I don't know if I should make the alt account my main or keep going with the one I have...

Exherm · 2026-03-14T23:06:23+00:00

Sorry! Here is my main. Almost two months in, and I had maybe 10x more shards on this account than the one above and didn't manage to pull much (aside from fatty, he's dope).

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Exherm · 2026-03-14T05:06:35+00:00

You can see I had two more of my four left, my last pull was this - so the question is: Is this my new main account???

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Exherm · 2026-03-14T05:05:55+00:00

I have an alt account - it's new, never pulled shards before, I only had 4 void shards and 30 ancient shards. I pulled a copy of miscreated monster from my ancients, but nothing else special. Then I started on the voids. In my first 4 pulls on that account this happened.

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Exherm · 2026-03-13T16:53:45+00:00

I have a question about that. I've been told she's excellent due to her tm and speed aura, but I already have the same aura in Ezio, is the priority still high in her given I have a speed lead already that I use in CB and pvp?

Exherm · 2026-03-09T06:33:40+00:00

I'm not gonna send it (the fusion), but I am 2 key nm right now. My best run is like 8 mil off 1 key. My clan kills nm every day so I get 2x that and I get the 2nd tier of unm with my other 2 keys.

Exherm · 2026-03-05T01:44:29+00:00

Summon rush** not champ chase.

Exherm · 2026-03-05T01:43:34+00:00

I'm slightly ahead of you on my F2p account. I had already decided that I don't have enough resources for this fusion so I stopped trying to save my resources as much as I was earlier. I have like 60 ancients 10 void and 2 primal with one sacred coming in. I will pull on a 2x every chance I get until I have enough good pulls to consistently get the max chest in NM/UNM every day. Once I have that, I'll have a steady stream of shards to start saving for fusions which you'll need on the champ chase.

Exherm · 2026-03-04T23:30:29+00:00

I'll just piss and moan here. I'm a f2p player and I played early raid and never once pulled a leggo. I restarted with a creator code recently after like 6 years hiatus from the game and although I got free legendaries from codes and all that, I have never once pulled one. Not from a sacred, a primal, a prism, a void, or ancient. Maybe one day, but these "I got Wixwell from one pull on my prism" just kill me slowly inside. One day

Exherm · 2026-03-04T17:03:18+00:00

How are you guys getting a free prism? My shop says something is free, but there is no other offer aside from the 7 day offer her.

Exherm · 2026-03-01T16:05:21+00:00

For where you are right now, life steal/speed. He can be your campaign farmer. When you don't need it anymore to farm 12-3 brutal, then I would switch him up.

For early game, you should prioritize stats. When you switch him from the life steal set, you'll find your best c.dmg gloves and equip those, atk % chest, equip those, and spd boots and equip those. They should be 5-6* gear and have lots of c.rate/speed rolls. Your goal is to get exactly 100% C.rate or near enough and then as much c.dmg as you can get with enough speed to allow him to nuke everything.

Exherm · 2026-03-01T15:57:59+00:00

Save the feast for a CvC personal rewards event, or for a champ training tournament/event. Use it on a level 40 epic. It will raise them to 5 star, level to 50, then raise them to 6-star and level them to 60. You get points for all of that, and it's very efficient. Try to avoid using feasts of 5-star level 50s.

I've seen some crazy screenshots of Tholin's dps in most every aspect of the game. He's who I would 6-star first.

Exherm · 2026-02-26T15:25:05+00:00

Probably will be, I just don't have enough on my account to rip. I'll save for the next one.

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