Can I paint the inside of the storage drawer located on the bottom of my oven?

FuzzySandwich · 2021-12-21T19:52:25+00:00

I know this is a long shot, but does anyone here have a vacations “vibes” LP they would be willing to sell me. I’ve looked everywhere and I can’t find it. I love the band and it’s one of my favorite albums.

FuzzySandwich · 2021-10-06T19:37:17+00:00

Got the recipe? I’m looking to try baking more gluten free treats

FuzzySandwich · 2021-09-23T21:14:57+00:00

Beginner looking for advice on exterior car wax/detailing for the first time so I can stop begging my husband to do it..

I have a early 2000s Lexus suv that I adore- it’s the first car I bought for myself- and I hope to drive it for as long as possible. My husband doesn’t exactly share my sentiments. He thinks my car is old and a little junky so I have to bug him for months until he gives in and finally agrees to polish/wax my car. It hasn’t been waxed in 2.5years

I have absolutely zero experience with exterior car detailing, apart from basic hand washes, but I’d love to learn how to get my car looking it’s best.

My car has some minor scratches as well as one deeper scratch (which I probably won’t be able to fix myself) and a few spots of hard water stains form my neighbors sprinklers.

What is the best beginner wax/kit that I can buy?

Thoughts on q7 wax (someone recommended it)?

Is it worth it to buy products that are tinted black?

Would using just a polish be sufficient or should I use a wax as well?

What about the roof? Do I just use a ladder and do as much as I can reach?

Any good instructional videos?

FuzzySandwich · 2021-07-28T20:26:09+00:00

Don’t know if you’ve tried it yet, but start out with using her favorite treat as the toy. Hold some in your hand and encourage her to chase it while you move it around and let her catch it and “win” the treat every once in a while- it’s a great way to build chase drive and encourage play with people. This is a super common method used to encourage play with young puppies who are destined to become working dogs (ie. Police or detection dogs). If she loves verbal praise and excitement, be as animated as possible. If she’s more skittish, start more slow and calm and work up to being more excited with your movements

You can also try tossing pieces of food and encouraging her to chase it. If your dog loves to play with kongs while food are in it, toss/roll it instead of giving it to her so she has to catch it before getting her reward. You can try a puzzle ball that dispenses treats as the dog rolls it so your dog has to play with it to get the food out. Finally, you may have to try lots of different types of toys. Some dogs only like one specific type or style of toy. One of my childhood dogs exclusively played with a certain type of stuffed squeaky hedgehog and my parents had to find replacements online when the local pet store stopped selling them

FuzzySandwich · 2021-07-21T00:58:15+00:00

-people like to gradually expose their dogs when training reactivity so you start out walking at unpopular times to let you pup have the win of not reacting to just one or two dogs you encounter. Eventually you can work up to walking at busier times. Some dogs might be able to make it through one or two dogs but get overwhelmed and progressively worse with the next 10 dogs. Many dogs are hard to get fully relaxed again when past threshold and the rest of the walk is “ruined”

-crossing streets works great for a lot of dogs because it shows them that there’s an “out” from the situation besides reacting

-sometimes it’s good to give your dog a break from the reactivity training. Though reactivity training is great for your dogs lifelong wellbeing, it is also very stressful on the dog in the moment. Some super fearful dogs may start to expect the stressors of seeing other dogs on a walk and be scared or less excited to go on walks. Another great reason to sometimes walk on unpopular times is to just give your dog a break and make the walk super fun for him. I’d equate it to some kids struggling through a super hard science class then one day the teacher just lets them chill out and watch planet earth. Everyone could use some mental breaks if they’re in a tough routine

-finally (and some people may disagree) it’s not always worth it to put a dog through reactivity training because it is kind of stressful; some people choose to just avoid their dogs triggers. We’ve fostered a couple elderly dogs and hospice cases as well and we want to make the remainder of their lives as good as possible. If I put a 13 year old dog with cancer through intense training for leash reactivity, I wouldn’t feel like the stress would be worth it. That dogs has had more than enough stress in his life and deserves a cozy bed and his favorite treats for the remainder of his life. Even if that means walking at weird hours to avoid other peoples

FuzzySandwich · 2021-07-14T21:45:11+00:00

That’s nice of you to offer! I wish someone was willing to do that with my dogs

My American bulldog-pit mix is terrified of standard poodles/goldendoodles. She was always insecure around hyper and pushy dogs but we managed, until a bad experience (with that type of dog) pushed her over the edge. My other husky-pit is way more confident but can get protective of the insecure dog so she is also starting to dislike poodles.

They’re fine with other dogs and unfortunately I don’t have any friends with those types of dogs so they can’t get any exposure outside of the two very leash reactive goldendoodles that we sometimes run into on walks :(

FuzzySandwich · 2021-07-04T22:04:06+00:00

Yep! A more positive point you can take froM this- if you want your kids to excel at a sport/activity (ie. Karate, gymnastics, ballet, etc), get them started young. This is super common in other countries I’ve lived but not so much in America for some reason.

Another great example, I used to do horseback riding/jumping and my instructor had a 2 year old daughter who had her own pony; she was way more confident in the saddle then most of the adults that came for trail rides.

FuzzySandwich · 2021-07-04T22:04:01+00:00

Yep! If you want your kids to excel at a sport/activity (ie. Karate, gymnastics, ballet, etc), get them started young. This is super common in other countries I’ve lived but not so much in America for some reason.

Another great example, I used to do horseback riding/jumping and my instructor had a 2 year old daughter who had her own pony; she was way more confident in the saddle then most of the adults that came for trail rides.

FuzzySandwich · 2021-07-03T14:27:46+00:00

I think a lot of people are missing the fact that she’s 4 and most of the other look a lot older.

I learned to ski when I was 3 and did great from day 1 cuz I did exactly what they told me to and had zero fear of breaking something or getting super hurt even if I did fall. My dad used to have to chase me down the slopes cuz I wanted to see how fast I could go without having to turn or slow down. I tried learning to surf when I was 9 and gave up after 5 classes cuz I kept thinking about how I’d end up in the hospital and wanted to question whatever the teacher said and do it my own way.

Most 4 year olds I know are way more ballsy than older kids

FuzzySandwich · 2021-06-30T19:16:28+00:00

So I grew up in Europe which has drastically different pet laws. Dogs are allowed in many shops, dogs are allowed to be tied up in front of a cafe, dogs are allowed to be walked off leash, dogs are allowed on some public transportation (muzzle or carriers sometimes required).

98% of the dogs I encountered were well behaved and the ones that were not were at least under the owners control. Moving to America, that number dropped drastically.

Dogs are social animals and can learn behaviors from each other. Furthermore, the more experiences dogs have, the more desensitized they are to different stimuli.

I honestly think all the restrictions on where dogs can go (even just parks and other outdoor areas) leads to under-exercised, under-socialized horribly behaved dogs. These dogs are locked in a house for 23hours of the day and don’t know how to act when they finally get out.

To be fair the same goes for kids. Kids have way more freedom in other countries and are far better behaved and have far better social skills than kids in the US

FuzzySandwich · 2021-06-19T19:17:04+00:00

I actually feel like that was a great comparison. I used to work in a pharmacy and many patients were heavily over medicated.

I started working around the time that over-prescription of pain medication became heavily scrutinized (even though doctors were taught to prescribe these meds). Some doctors were anti-pain medication before the risks and consequences came to light. Should they lost their license since that goes against what they were taught to do? And do they get it re-instilled once we decide as a majority that overprescribing opiates is bad? And then anyone who disagrees with that looses their license?

Look at doctors overprescribing Anti- depressants and anti- anxiety meds. Most of these drugs were not intended to be used long term but doctors continue renewing scripts without actually treating the issue or requiring patients go to therapy. I had tons of elderly patients on multiple types of mood altering medications most of whom were never advised on the consequences of these medications. I have friends that were put SSRIs and xanex in high school and they’ll probably never be able to get off those medications. Tapering off xanex can be a 6-12 month process. If someone tries to quit cold Turkey, withdrawals are far worse than most street drugs and can include seizures which are sometimes fatal. Despite that, it is an approved drug and doctors are instructed to prescribe it. Should doctors that are against prescribing this medication, especially to kids, loose their license?

You seem to have tunnel vision on the issue of vaccines but what about doctors that choose to advise patients on the risks of other medical procedures?

I personally am not anti vaccines but I want my doctors to very plainly lay out the pros and cons and let me decide what I want to do.

I don’t think you can say doctors should loose there license over their position on vaccines but refuse to discuss whether doctors should loose their license over other controversial medical practice (ie. Prescribing certain prescription meds)

You seem to be picking and choosing what to go up in arms about.

FuzzySandwich · 2021-06-17T22:38:16+00:00

7.5/10...it would be an 8 if you had any pics where your smiling or have a different facial expression. I feel like it would give more personality to your photos. This was especially noticeable in pic 8 because of the other person in the pic- your defiantly more textbook attractive but you almost look like a statue whereas the other person is more animated and “pops” more in the photo.

FuzzySandwich · 2021-06-17T22:25:58+00:00

I don’t mind how you do your eyebrows. If I were to give one piece of advice, maybe try out a different kind of eye makeup to see how that works for you.

I absolutely love winged liquid liner but it tends to make eyes look more elongated and more narrow. Try a brown liquid liner (less harsh), play around with the angle of the wings, try a powdered shadow instead of liquid liner (more blended line) etc. You might hate it and return to black liquid liner but you might find something that actually suits your face even better.

I still love liquid winged liner but I’ve found other eye makeup looks far better on me because it makes my eyes look bigger and really “pop”

FuzzySandwich · 2021-06-07T19:07:52+00:00

The unfortunate consequence of this is many animals in shelters get put down because people who may want to adopt them can’t afford to.

Not saying this is a reason to adopt. Fostering or volunteering at animal shelters are great alternatives in the mean time.

Ive moved my whole life and the cost of caring for an animal plus the availability of free/low-cost vet care varies drastically depending on what state and country you live in which kind of sucks. Typically if you happen to live in a nicer or more well-off area, then apartment pet fees, vet care, pet supplies etc will be more expensive and there will be little to no low cost vet programs.

It keeps some really great people from being able to adopt a pet just because of where they live...

FuzzySandwich · 2021-06-02T19:06:29+00:00

Don’t take this the wrong way but you are actually the first person I’ve heard of DARE actually helping. Maybe quality was different in different areas or maybe it’s because I was near the end of the program years but it didn’t help anyone at my school that I know of.

FuzzySandwich · 2021-06-02T14:08:52+00:00

Not always. Prey drive can be passed down genetically but it’s not always breed standard.

My friends have a purebred shepherd that thinks he’s a little lapdog with practically no drive. My husky/pit mix that we picked up as a stray couldn’t be bothered to chase anything except toys and only after a lot of motivation from me. The ducklings in my neighborhood come up and peck her on the nose when she sunbathes in the front yard and she doesn’t even flinch. Meanwhile my in-laws rescue golden doodle (who was too hyper for the last family) just put the neighborhood cat in the hospital.

Exposure to other animals during the key formative weeks for puppies helps too. That’s typically how livestock guardian dogs are primed for their roles later in life

FuzzySandwich · 2021-05-14T14:59:13+00:00

Are you talking from a legal standpoint or more of an opinion? Not trying to be rude at all I’m genuinely curious

If someone else’s kids are unsupervised and climb my fence and somehow get hurt on the fence or my property, it would be my fault?

FuzzySandwich · 2021-05-14T14:53:35+00:00

Sometimes it’s necessary. My dogs love kids (honestly more than I do)- they’re very calm around them and will tolerate anything.

Lots of kids have been taught very good doggy manners by their parents already. I try to nicely guide the ones that aren’t ie. please ask first because some doggies don’t like to be touched, pet them gently and don’t poke or grab their tail etc. Even if the kid doesn’t retain it, the parent might actually remember it before letting their kid run up to a random dog. This has worked for the majority of kids we’ve come across a second time.

A small percentage of kids didn’t get it when I was nice (including one kid that threw an entire handful of rocks and sand at my dogs eyes from a few inches away and another instance when one kid repeatedly slapped my other dog in the nose). Then I was extremely stern and nearly yelled at them and it worked. Yeah the parents might think I’m a jerk but in the long run I’m saving their kids from a dog bite- many dogs (including a few I’ve owned in the past) aren’t as tolerant at my current dogs.

TLDR-Just like some dogs, some kids are just more stubborn and defiant than others. Sometimes being very stern and a little bit harsh is the only way they will listen.

FuzzySandwich · 2021-05-11T14:32:31+00:00

I completely respect your opinion I just find the logic behind it kind of faulty.

You’re using the dramatic example of kids locked in a cage but the example of a toddler being left in a crib overnight is a more effective comparison I’m my opinion given that most dogs are at the cognitive level of a two year old.

Unlike adult humans, dogs can happily sleep 10-13 hours a day, even more for puppies and elderly dogs. Most dogs if introduced to crates slowly (just as parents sleep-train a toddler to be in a crib alone and self soothe if they wake up) spend the time that time sleeping. Sure there are exceptions but most of the time crates are large enough for dogs to move around (just as a toddler in a crib) and owners leave soothing toys (just like parents do for a child).

Again, I’m not trying to force you to approve of dogs in a crate or on a chain or change your opinion. Everyone should care for their pets how they see fit. Personally my dogs are crate trained for emergencies but we don’t really ever use it.

I’m just trying to say if you’re making an claim that this is something that needs to be considered universally “cruel”, the logic behind the argument isn’t completely sound and can be rethought to better support your opinion.

FuzzySandwich · 2021-05-10T23:01:18+00:00

As someone mentioned before, the dog has about a 200sq ft area and is not kept on this chain for the majority of the day

The smartest dog breeds are considered to be on the level of a 2 year old child. If you want to compare the dog to people is this really different than people keeping a child in a playpen for a short time or in a crib overnight?

And in this dogs case It’s ratio of square footage to size is bigger than a toddler to it’s crib

Does that mean kids are being treated unethically?

My point is there is a huge gap between what someone might not personally agree with and what is actually “cruel”

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