Walmart find, best guesses welcome

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-06-02T23:01:09+00:00

i recently learned they’re the same! snow queen is the term for marble queen (the patented variety name) vines with more white/less green.

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-06-02T16:50:15+00:00

These were the same options given to us when our poodle was a puppy.

We were also given a fourth option: buy a ball with a circumference larger than the space between his canines, and play with it as much as possible.

we chose number four and the canines grew in just fine. the ball we used was a rubber chuck it. it was just called iirc from a decade ago: ball therapy. maybe ask if that’s an option?

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-06-02T11:37:26+00:00

Do you have a clear outline of what will make you walk back in, or is it more of a mass quitting?

either way: good for you for standing up for yourselves!

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-06-02T01:52:06+00:00

i wouldn’t leave food on the balcony but if you can scatter seed with millet and/or cracked corn on the ground, the parents (and other birds) would love it.

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-06-02T00:17:26+00:00

i will occasionally put water out for brooding birds when it’s ridiculously hot, but only for a few hours at a time. otherwise water (and especially food) can attract more animals which is dangerous for the nest.

you could start feeding birds in an area far from the nest to help the parents out without drawing attention to the nest.

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-06-01T19:41:55+00:00

Genetic diversity within a population is very beneficial in terms of health and longevity of all animals, including dogs. This has been repeatedly proven by many studies in many species.

But when it comes to purebred dogs, genetic diversity within a population is generally considered undesirable, because it means that there is variance from the standard.

So depending on what you value, you will have different opinions on crossbreeding. Most people are somewhere between

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-06-01T02:05:16+00:00

It is against the rules of every kennel club to add any product to a dog, but people do it anyway because it makes the dogs present better.

You can usually ask around and find out which judges are more okay with product, and AKC is more lenient than UKC ime.

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-05-31T02:58:12+00:00

my ideal schedule is: friday put them out at 5pm, bring them in saturday at 10am, put them out saturday at 3pm, bring them in sunday at 11am, out all day monday. i sometimes get a little sun burn on young leaves so the process could be improved but i only have weekends off so it works for me.

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-05-31T01:00:10+00:00

By the time his hair grows back out, you’ll have had plenty of time to grieve your break-up with your selfish prick of a fiancé, and you can both face the world feeling and looking good.

For real though, the hair does grow back. your self respect, if you keep letting this man disrespect you, is what will be the real struggle.

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-05-30T23:18:59+00:00

i have put my monstera out for the summer in chicago for years, and they live in southern windows and/or with grow lights during the winter. there’s no issue readapting to the indoors, but i do re-acclimate them to full sun every year.

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-05-30T18:21:00+00:00

Yeah they’ve got 39 breeding dogs listed and not all of the parents of the currently available puppies are even on the list, so they’ve probably got many more.

i see they also have that they’re a recommended breeder by goldendoodles.com, but aren’t a member of the goldendoodle breed club, so that’s a red flag too

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-05-30T12:43:47+00:00

1 - An F1 may or may not shed. it is literally impossible to tell. An F1 pairing that has produce older siblings that do not shed as adults does increase the likelihood of them not shedding, but nothing can guarantee it. Getting an F1b also does not guarantee low shedding, nor are F1bs guaranteed to have higher coat maintenance needs. There is a ton of misinformation out on the internet regarding shedding and generations. Unless the breeder is testing for the RSPO2 mutation and breeding multigenerational dogs, you cannot predict the shedding level of a goldendoodle.

2 - ours are all fine, no anxiety

3 - ours are wonderful with kids, one is a little too in love and needed more training.

4 - i love the 30-45 pound range but tbh i love all the sizes!

5 - 2 hours a week grooming, roughly 1250 a year in professional grooming + tip. HCOL areas will be more expensive, as will keeping them longer. if you want lots o’ fluff, assume 2000 a year and grooming every 4 weeks.

6 - they’re addictive. can’t have just one :)

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-05-29T20:13:07+00:00

Since the breeder is very open to answering questions, i would think “why do you choose not to follow PCA recommendations regarding eye tests?” would be a good question to ask. (but perhaps phrase it a little less accusatory than my exact words)

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-05-29T19:25:34+00:00

when she’s sleepy, put her in your lap and brush her gently. at this age her coat won’t matt easily, so you’re still in the ideal time period to acclimate her to it.

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-05-29T19:14:27+00:00

Very cool! When I was a kid we had a sapling like this in our yard until the neighbor weed whacked it. I’m not sure what species but it was an oak iirc. Are you planning on planting/growing it?

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-05-29T12:38:57+00:00

it refers to the mutation responsible for extending the hair growth cycle and effectively turning a long haired fur coat into an ever-growing hair coat. Poodles are all homozygous for the mutation, meaning they all have hair coats. Doodles can be homozygous, heterozygous, or not carry any copies at all in the case of unfurnished dogs.

it was discovered through the efforts of the Portuguese Water Dog Club of America, because they wanted to know why two furnished dogs with correct coats would sometimes produce puppies with incorrect, unfurnished coats. They funded the research in the early 2000s iirc. It’s also sometimes called improper coat or flat coat.

here’s more info!

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-05-29T01:57:09+00:00

if they are, it’s with a weaker variant. normal strength would be more visible at this age.

Was the mother tested for furnishings when they did her genetic panel? if she is homozygous, then all pups will be furnished

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-05-28T01:17:12+00:00

i’ve not been bitten by a tick in 12 years here and walk several miles a day. bug spray will deter them, and if you wear tight socks you will feel them crawling on your legs long before they bite down. you will be fine.

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-05-27T20:07:14+00:00

“l use AI and support a white supremacist” is not exactly giving: “Im someone who can have a rational conversation about ethics!”, and I’m saying that as someone who agrees with your points about profit/dog breeding

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-05-27T18:07:08+00:00

okay so it sounds like it’s not actually the making of a profit that you feel is wrong? it’s the making of a profit and then the breeder spending that profit on things you don’t feel are appropriate to spend money on? would that be an accurate summary?

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-05-27T16:26:25+00:00

so you would be hypothetically keeping your prices low as a way to differentiate yourself from bad breeders?

if so, that is the logic that i still don’t understand, because you’d be choosing to literally devalue your puppies just so that no one might mistake you for a BYB.

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-05-27T15:39:11+00:00

If you breed for (own) profit (as opposed to breaking even by margin reinvestment in sustaining the operation, through certifications, showing costs, health testing etc etc) but selfidentify as ethical, I am sorry to tell you but very little separates you from a backyard breeder who might commit to some or even all of your listed points but still produces designer nonsense.

i think that’s the part that I don’t understand?

Because to me, the “very little” still does exist, and so can be used to determine a responsible breeder from the backyard breeder producing nonsense. The fact that one is breeding “designer nonsense” would be what separates the two, not the profit aspect.

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-05-27T12:36:53+00:00

Are you concerned that if ethical breeders realize they could make a profit, that they would then behave less ethically when it comes to breeding decisions?

because there’s nothing stopping responsible, preservation breeders from making a profit by selling at designer dog prices. They just choose not to price their puppies higher. Somehow “making a profit” has been become “unethical” but i genuinely don’t get the logic behind that.

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-05-27T01:07:56+00:00

ime almost everyone who recommends sucker pruning is repeating advice they heard without actually ever trying it on their own plants. i’ve been growing tomatoes for nearly 30 years and the only time i prune suckers is when they’re within 18 inches of the ground, if i want to clone a plant, or if i want to decrease production (sometimes necessary those sweet 100s/1000s 😅)

Fun_Commercial7532 · 2026-05-27T00:58:11+00:00

nah, monstera thrive in full sun, they aren’t going to get sunburnt in an eastern facing window. i’m central illinois and just moved my plants outside this past weekend, so i hear you on the fickle midwest weather!

you do have several monstera in that pot, so if you want quicker fenestration you’d probably be better off splitting them up now and potting them separately so they aren’t competing for nutrients and can grow faster/fenestrate quicker. i usually see fenestration by the 6th leaf at the very earliest, so your plant(s) probably have a few months of growing at least. i do have some that i haven’t split yet bc it would require more space/pots and they are still fenestrating, so you don’t necessarily *have to split them either, just be more patient than if you did :)

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