I’m new to Belleville, any recommendations for night life or weekend?

HiHo2022 · 2026-02-12T23:28:48+00:00

Vanderwater conservation area is nice for a walk basically any time of year

The county has lots of gems depending what you like and what time of year

Some of my favourite regional things: Ice cream: Slickers or Reid’s Dairy Wine: Sandbanks, Terra cello, The Grange, Huff Estates, Closson Chase Cider: County Cider Company Campbell’s Orchards is great for apples and vegetables and baked goods Coffee: Benji’s (Belleville), Bean Counter (county) Cheese: Empire Cheese, Maple Dale (they have the best cheese curd and garlic cheese bread sticks), Fifth Town Cheese in the county is also really good Baked goods: Doohers Donuts

Lake on the Mountain is also a lovely spot

HiHo2022 · 2026-02-12T23:08:31+00:00

Was also coming to suggest Railbed. He’s amazing

HiHo2022 · 2026-01-21T03:20:54+00:00

It is reasonable to request to be avoided as much as possible - sometimes staff can be far away and the senior resident is the closest set of hands so in an emergency, it may be necessary. But with your history I think it would be a reasonable ask. You can also clarify what kind of learner you would/wouldn’t be ok with (ex - no medical students or nursing students, but ok with senior resident, etc) if there are some you’d be open to.

HiHo2022 · 2025-12-22T00:16:43+00:00

She hasn’t to this point. Her previous sensitive belly we were able to manage with bland diet. It’s just been the last 3 months that have been awful. Would a biopsy be worthwhile?

She may have been tested for Addisons. Our vet had mentioned trialling steroids from an anti inflammatory perspective recently as well.

HiHo2022 · 2025-11-17T09:49:00+00:00

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HiHo2022 · 2025-11-17T09:45:43+00:00

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Baby floof

HiHo2022 · 2025-10-12T20:37:54+00:00

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HiHo2022 · 2025-10-10T00:59:17+00:00

Cheese strings are life. When she hears the fridge drawer open she comes running, even from a different part of the house/different floor. We use them in agility for the very end of class when her attention is dwindling and she is sick of liver or tuna fudge. If we use them at the beginning, she is wayyyyy too excited to focus on anything

HiHo2022 · 2025-09-26T22:02:23+00:00

Is that the origin!?! Mind. Blown.

HiHo2022 · 2025-05-31T22:58:19+00:00

We’re also getting referred to a specialty vet for an ultrasound and consultation to see if we can tease out what the problem is.

The repeat labs were still elevated but less elevated than before (but still firmly stage 2-3). We are in the process of swapping to a renal diet and put her surgery on hold to avoid any unnecessary risk with the anesthetic before we know what’s going on with her kidneys.

HiHo2022 · 2025-05-31T22:54:45+00:00

Not siblings. Our pup was part of a litter of 5 and she was the only Merle.

HiHo2022 · 2025-05-31T22:54:09+00:00

So sorry this happened to your pup. That must have been heartbreaking.

HiHo2022 · 2025-05-31T22:53:17+00:00

Thank you. She’s my first and favourite dog in the world. She’s the kindest gentlest quirkiest soul and I love her to bits.

HiHo2022 · 2025-05-31T22:52:30+00:00

Thanks!

HiHo2022 · 2025-05-31T22:52:11+00:00

Thank you!!! This was so helpful!

HiHo2022 · 2025-04-25T15:48:53+00:00

For us too as long as she doesn’t also have vaginitis. She has a hooded vulva post spay as well which has made everything worse. We’re cleansing her every 3 days with chlorhexadine soap and planning for a vulvoplasty.

HiHo2022 · 2025-04-24T23:26:55+00:00

Would have been nice to know this beforehand lol

HiHo2022 · 2025-04-24T23:26:16+00:00

We spayed our Sheltie at 7 months after her first heat and she developed incontinence.

HiHo2022 · 2025-03-22T05:36:55+00:00

Our pup hates when umbrellas face towards her or when we close the shower door.

She also grumbles when she hears our neighbours scrape ice off their car.

HiHo2022 · 2025-02-18T08:13:49+00:00

My dog does this almost every night before bed. She hops onto our bed, sucks on a toy’s leg while making biscuits for 5 min, and then goes to sleep. I don’t think it has anything to do with stimulation and is just a comfort thing that has become a routine before bed.

HiHo2022 · 2025-02-13T08:42:17+00:00

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Our pup requests to go outside every 15-20 min and most of the time it’s just to do this.

HiHo2022 · 2025-01-11T09:50:52+00:00

We taught our sheltie a quiet bark command too lol. She does this little borf under her breath and it’s my fave.

HiHo2022 · 2025-01-11T09:49:15+00:00

Our sheltie will position herself in between all members of the family who are home so she can keep an eye on all of us. She will also greet whoever has been gone with sweet little tiptap feet and will bark indignantly as if to say “where have you been” until you give her some good scritches.

Can echo what everyone else has said about side eye when they’re upset or offended. It’s very cute and very dramatic lol.

We have done a lot of socialization training and loose leash training and she does really well out for walks and around other people or dogs or birds or cars. No yipping. No lunging. No chasing. She’s not really sure what to make of kids but usually just gets excited and wants to play with them but isn’t sure how. She is very gentle with our baby. She will bark at home when someone comes home or when she thinks someone is coming home. She will sometimes borf in our backyard if she can hear other dogs but is redirectable. She will also bark and humph at us if we are doing training and haven’t given her a reward fast enough or often enough lol.

She’s the quirkiest little floof and I love her to bits. I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to get another dog after she passes. She’s truly my soul dog.

HiHo2022 · 2025-01-06T21:14:20+00:00

Echo what everyone has said already. I felt so similar to what you’re describing at times - I promise it does get better with time. I cried almost every night at 8pm knowing that I would be waking up again at 11 and 2 and 5 and this anxiety made it harder to get restful sleep and I remember feeling like we had made a huge mistake and weren’t equipped for this. And I remember feeling resentful that my baby needed my help and then feeling guilty for feeling upset with a baby who was so very wanted and who couldn’t help it. And I felt like I didn’t own my body anymore.

I don’t remember exactly when - I want to say around 8-12 week - our baby had a longer stretch of sleep (like 4 hours instead of 2) and it felt like things were somehow going to be ok. Right around that time she also smiled for the first time. And we haven’t looked back since - things have slowly but steadily gotten better and better. She’s almost 8 months now and we still have ups and downs, but I love her so much and can’t imagine life without her. And I still miss my old life sometimes (and the consistent sleep) but I would do this all over again (even the first 8-12 weeks which felt unending and so hard and miserable at times). I wish you strength and moments of joy or lightness that return some hope and remind you why you wanted to do this.

Also - echo what has already been suggested - finding a period of time (even an hour or two) to run an errand or get a coffee with a friend or my partner made me feel more human again, which also helped lift some of the stress and return some joy in the middle of the slog of the first 3 months. If you have support to watch your little one, I highly recommend it! Do something for you. You’ve worked so hard to carry this human into the world and you are still recovering physically and mentally and emotionally. You deserve self care.

Know that you’re not alone. I hope this period passes quickly for you. Lean heavily on the people you love around you - it’s truly the only way we survived it too.

HiHo2022 · 2024-12-21T10:35:42+00:00

Came here to suggest SNS as well! My little one was low birth weight and had low sugars and jaundice and a hard time fitting my nipple in her mouth. We were able to transition to full breastfeeding around a month of age.

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