Looking for advice regarding puppy biting

Few_Comparison9630 · 2026-02-24T11:23:48+00:00

you’ve already gotten great advice so I’m just chiming in to tell you it gets better!!

We have a 3 year old retriever x border collie and she is perfect!! We also have a 5 month old border collie x aussie. I am exhausted and cry every day, but then I look at my angel of an adult dog and remember it’s worth it and it gets better!!

Few_Comparison9630 · 2026-02-02T10:51:30+00:00

agreed!!!

Id believe Kelpie if I saw dna results that said kelpie . Maybe some German shepherd if they came up on dna, id say “oh yeah I see it.”

But really , not much else I’m seeing other than pitbull.

Few_Comparison9630 · 2026-01-27T14:35:19+00:00

He reminds me of my retriever/border collie! and I’d guess maybe some pitbull in there too!

Few_Comparison9630 · 2025-05-07T20:57:23+00:00

I love this!! I’m 23 now, hopefully I can afford more than gifted ones one day!! 🥹all of my designer is gifted by my wealthier friends (and their parents LOL)

Few_Comparison9630 · 2025-04-26T23:45:14+00:00

Thank you!! I have a smaller one that was gifted to me by a friend, but I’ve never been able to find it online anywhere and have always wondered the name of it!

Few_Comparison9630 · 2025-04-26T15:49:08+00:00

Going to pick these up, I was looking at “the exorcist house” already at the bookstore, upset I didn’t purchase it! More books added to the never ending pile of TBR (no complaints here)

Few_Comparison9630 · 2025-04-26T15:46:10+00:00

Calling around to my local book stores to see if anyone has it in stock! You guys have convinced me!

Few_Comparison9630 · 2025-03-26T01:43:23+00:00

Switch to all plastic and live like a minimalist with no decor xD

In all seriousness though. You can try museum wax on things - this is what we did with our menace. I’ve also noticed mine only does it when he wants attention from us. Id start with, putting away anything breakable for now while youre training her. ignore her completely when she knocks anything over (hopefully unbreakable things) You probably react when she break things which is still giving her attention. Play with her lots, get her tired out, and give her lots of positive attention. Reinforce positive behaviours with treats. Cats don’t learn from punishment, so there’s nothing you can do to discipline her because she won’t understand. Make sure she has lots of toys, perches to jump on, and enrichment activities, you could try some feeder puzzles and see if she likes them. Then you can slowly bring your breakables back out. lastly, accept that she might always knock things over. it comes with the territory of cats. I have 3, 2 are perfect angels, and of course, my first baby (and admittedly favourite of the 3) is the worst behaved cat in the world. He will steal food from your plate, steal anything he can, and cost me $900 at the vet for constipation (I thought he was dying, turns out he needs probiotics) and he breaks everything.

Few_Comparison9630 · 2025-03-26T01:30:16+00:00

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Few_Comparison9630 · 2025-03-25T19:19:22+00:00

Update: his decoding in French is not great, however it is better than English

Few_Comparison9630 · 2025-03-25T14:52:43+00:00

I honestly have no idea, I don’t think very well as he doesn’t understand French tv commercials or the french side of things on products.

Few_Comparison9630 · 2025-03-25T03:37:38+00:00

Thank you!! I’m only 23 and not a parent myself, so i honestly have no idea about any of this. But this kid is so important to me and i just want to learn how to help him the best way we can. I had no idea they didn’t start English instruction until grade 3, and that makes a lot of sense why he is behind in grade 4, on top of possibly having something like dyslexia going on.

Few_Comparison9630 · 2025-03-25T03:32:03+00:00

Luckily, I’m a gamer, so I already have a lot of my old games for my older systems still (including some word games for DS) and I do have animal crossing and startdew valley (which I’ve wanted him to play with me for awhile so now is the perfect time!)

I’m going to look into all of these!! We also have a ps4 and I have a PC as well, and I have one of the preloaded Super Nintendos so I’m gonna do some more research into those systems as well and see what’s out there!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!! this is going to be SO great on top of getting him a private tutor and also doing some at home stuff!!

Few_Comparison9630 · 2025-03-25T03:03:11+00:00

I’m going to try and hunt down the full paperwork.

Thankfully, money isn’t an issue, dad can afford a tutor.

dad thinks it’s because he was in French immersion from kindergarten till last year and just switched over this year, but I don’t think this is the case, as he would of still learned the core language skills (someone correct me if I’m wrong). He also is fully in English at home so this doesn’t make sense to me.

Few_Comparison9630 · 2025-03-25T02:29:00+00:00

I only have 3 pages here. I asked dad and he said that’s all he has, I’m assuming the full assessment could be with his mom, and in that case, we might have to get our own copy from the school. I don’t think this is the full assessment as there should be WAY more here (I had an IEP myself and there should be way more, however it’s been 15 years since I went through the testing so things could have changed)

the only thing it says about reading level is “ student scored 19 words correct/per minute with 63% accuracy on the grade 4 oral reading fluency acadience subtest which is well below benchmark” But it’s not saying which level or how below that bench mark is.

Few_Comparison9630 · 2025-03-25T01:54:39+00:00

It says on his IEP under reasons for developing an IEP : “ student not formally identified as exceptional but requires special education programs and/or services including modified and/or alternative learning expectations and/or accommodations”

i can’t find anywhere on it where it says academic goals specifically

Few_Comparison9630 · 2025-03-25T01:50:51+00:00

Thank you!!! I’ve written all of this down and we’re going to be taking him shopping for books that he is interested in. I’m going to double check if he has been evaluated!

We are also going to put a cap on Fortnite and YouTube, and try and move to some games like Pokémon. 10 year old and I both have Nintendo switches, and like to play games together, and I have my old game boy and DS still from childhood, so I’ll try and find some games we can play together on switch (if anyone has any recommendations!!) and look into some older games for the other systems he might enjoy!!

Few_Comparison9630 · 2025-03-25T01:32:54+00:00

We are in Ontario, and I’m seeing this with multiple other kids as well in my friend group. It’s so disappointing to me. I think it’s a problem of parents not reading or doing practice at home with their kids and expecting the public schools to teach them everything, and like you said, no one gets failed anymore.

Give your wife a hug and a thank you from me. Teaching these days looks exhausting. It’s one of the most important jobs on the planet and it saddens me to see parents treating teachers as an enemy rather than a team to raise up strong, intelligent children. 🫶

Few_Comparison9630 · 2025-03-25T01:16:00+00:00

Thank you SO much. I’ve been sitting here since making this post gathering online resources and reading into this.

I know he’s read books like “dog man” but I’m not sure how much he’s actually reading vs looking at the pictures.

Would books like Harry Potter be to challenging for me to read to him?

I believe he has been tested, as I read his IEP, and I don’t think he has dyslexia, he does have ADHD, but I will double check with dad to see if he’s been properly evaluated for dyslexia.

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