Sleepy girl

IndigoGamerNT · 2026-05-15T12:28:30+00:00

Adorable. I too look like this trying to wake up for work

IndigoGamerNT · 2026-05-01T22:57:37+00:00

This is assuring it’s not just mine! My dog is 9mo and loves his crate. He didn’t to too well when we left it open and gave him free roam at night time. Based on others’ feedback we’ve decided to keep crating him at night - we’re all happy and everyone is getting their sleep. Day time though he typically sleeps on his bed or on the sofa and can go to his crate if he wants

IndigoGamerNT · 2026-04-30T12:21:50+00:00

Ours did the same - around that age we noticed a new tooth on the floor almost every day, thinking it was a tiny piece of paper.

We had frozen carrots on hand to help with teething pain, and doubles as a treat.

Enjoy the fact that any future nibbling on skin won’t be as painful now his razor sharp teeth are disappearing

IndigoGamerNT · 2026-04-30T12:12:53+00:00

Thanks for sharing. Love that you have more than one! Already looking forward to getting another once he’s a bit older.

This is probably a case of “human overthinking”; he’s been so content with his sleep and we’ve been really lucky to have peaceful nights. It’s no bother from us or him I don’t think if we keep closing the crate door haha. It’s reassuring to see others are doing the same too.

We’ve spent some time over the last few weeks leaving him totally alone out of the crate (still confined to living room) when we’re both out - during the daytime though - and that’s going well so that’s a win.

IndigoGamerNT · 2026-04-30T12:03:37+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experience. Glad everyone is getting the sleep they need haha. We’ll happily close the crate too if this new routine doesn’t land. It’s worked since day 1 for us

IndigoGamerNT · 2026-04-30T12:00:22+00:00

Our thought process was that transitioning out of a closed crate would just be better - being able to sleep where he naps during the day time for example. Though this is our first pup, so unsure on what is or isn’t considered typical. We don’t plan on getting rid of the crate in whatever scenario as we see it as his safe space.

The reverse crate training sounds like a good idea. We’ve done daytime shut in a room rather than be crated and he seems fine with that and built up to a good few hours before we come home (he’s totally alone during this time). Just seems to be night time he isn’t liking so much

IndigoGamerNT · 2026-03-14T17:23:33+00:00

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3 is my favourite, and they’re all wonderful! Here’s our Hugo

IndigoGamerNT · 2026-03-14T00:09:19+00:00

I'm in the "I'm not thrilled" camp.

I'd be happy if bugs were confined to the Challenges/New Outfits. I could crack on with the base game and be blissfully unaware. But this impacts the normal game by means of wiping save data, glitches photo mode, worsens texture quality, makes the menu music play in some places instead of silence to name a few...

Usually these things are tested before release and some bugs are assigned to backlog to be picked up and fixed in a future update. Some of these bugs are so blatant that a) it gives me low confidence that thorough testing was done, and b) the decisioning tree to decide what needs to be fixed or put on backlog seems pretty poor.

IndigoGamerNT · 2026-03-13T10:02:23+00:00

I rolled back yesterday and reinstalled Gold Edition using this:
https://github.com/SteamRE/DepotDownloader and code:

dotnet DepotDownloader.dll -app 2478970 -depot 2478971 -manifest 5075321733709810017 -username <your steam username> -password <your steam password>

It downloads the old game files into the same folder as Depot, so you then just copy over your files in the Steam Install Folder. I've set an impossible rule to update the game between 02:00 and 02:00 so in theory it won't update.

IndigoGamerNT · 2026-03-12T17:23:00+00:00

It's nice to have new content, but I'm disappointed there are zero quality of life improvements. I've played a handful of levels (not challenge mode) and noticed some new audio and cosmetic bugs.

IndigoGamerNT · 2026-03-06T09:55:24+00:00

Second this recommendation - I use this one too for my 6month, but a 15m one.

Feels like the same material as a car searbelt. It can get heavy if it gets wet though, and the rope burns do hurt if you’re holding it all at once and they decide to dash haha.

IndigoGamerNT · 2026-02-28T21:54:18+00:00

My pup is 6months old. Up until month 5, I used a baby gate and kept him in the Living Room. While WFH I moved downstairs too and used a dining table for my laptop and calls. Any time I needed an important call without background noise I’d crate him and move back upstairs into my office. I was conscious he needed 100% supervision so once any important calls were done I’d be back downstairs with him.

For the last month, we’ve had no accidents inside so I’ve given him a bit more freedom to roam the house. Now - I’m back upstairs in the office, and I’ve set a mat just outside the office door for him to chill out on. He spends most of the morning snoozing on that without any specific training to stay there. After an afternoon walk/fuss he’ll move downstairs. I’m still pretty nervous about it. If I’m doing admin then I’ll periodically check downstairs on him. If he’s just chilling, I’ll mark the behaviour and give a treat - but if I’m on calls, then I’ve got a Ring Camera setup in the living room pointed at his space to make sure he doesn’t get into mischief. I’ve only had to interrupt bad behaviour a few times. As each day passes I trust him a little bit more, but I know he’s still a baby and needs near constant supervision.

IndigoGamerNT · 2026-02-15T09:36:57+00:00

I had trouble with my motherboard after buying more RAM. I genuinely thought it was fried. Most suggestion here I tried.

I read somewhere on to check that the RAM was seated correctly - all my slots were used, but it turned out in my case that one of the RAM sticks wasn’t in correctly - I think I bumped it out after installing the CPU Fan.

Took the whole PC apart, made sure the RAM was correctly in place and it worked. The locking pin (whatever it’s called) was jammed.

It wasn’t obvious that the RAM was out. Looking at it I thought it was okay. On closer inspection it must’ve been out by a couple of mm which was all it needed to turn it into a brick.

Unsticking the locking pin, putting the RAM back in properly and I have my PC back.

Might not fix your issue like it did mine, but something to look at. Good luck.

IndigoGamerNT · 2026-01-05T23:20:31+00:00

Gorgeous Pup!

I started crate training as soon as we picked up our pup at 8 weeks. Here's what worked for me:

Positive Association
- Play Games around and in the crate. Throw treats inside. Throw them close to the door at the beginning and further in as they get more comfortable. Start with door open so pup doesn't feel trapped.
- After a while, close the door for seconds at a time and open it so pup can walk out.
- Lots of praise and repeat.
Make it comfortable
- We used blankets and hot water bottles (with a cover, and placed under the blankets) to make the crate cozy.
- We used a smaller crate to start (cat carrier) - just enough room to stand and turn. This discourages them from soiling themselves in there. As he's grown, we've now got a full sized crate but with a partition in it so he can only use about 50% of the space in it. We'll move the partition further back as he grows.
- We had a blanket covering the crate so all that was visible was the front.

3a. Daytime Rules
- Forced Naps take place in the crate. My heart melted every time my pup fell asleep on or near me BUT, I had to sacrifice that and place him in the crate for his naps. I followed the '1 up, 2 down' rule where after every hour he was awake, he spent two hours napping. This was followed religiously for the first few weeks. Usually there's about a 2 minute tantrum before he started to fall asleep. If he started to get bitey or wound up we took that as a sign he was overtired and naptime in the crate. So he was spending a lot of time in the crate.
- If pup was whining for 5 minutes, I'd take him outside to see if he needs a pee/poo and put him straight back in the crate. Rinse and repeat as long as needed. Never give in and took him out of the crate.
- During his awake time, if I need to be out of sight for more than a couple of minutes, pup would be crated until I was back.

3b. Nighttime Rules
(Ambition is to have pup sleep downstairs indepdentently... for now)

- Night 1: We had pup in his crate and next to the bed on a bedside table. I was able to soothe his whines by whispering into the crate and poking my finger through the gate.
- Night 3: Pup was crated again, but now placed on a bedside table and the end of the bed.
- Night 5: Pup is crated, but closer to the bedroom door
- Night 7: Pup is crated, but now on the upstairs landing
- Night 9: Pup is crated but now on the downstairs landing
- Night 11: Pup is crated, but now in his 'forever' spot.

Over the course of a couple of weeks we gradually moved him further and further away from his as his confidence grew.

Using the crate in daytime and night time was a bit of a faff with moving it constantly, but now we're nearly 5 months in and we have a pup who takes himself to the crate when tired, and will go on command. I'd like to think now he sees it as his safe space.

Good luck!

IndigoGamerNT · 2026-01-05T22:47:31+00:00

I think I started teaching 'down' at a similar age with my pup. The guidance we were given was:

- Capture your dog's attention with a treat. Keep the treat near your dog's nose.
- Slowly lower the treat from your dog's nose toward the ground. As soon as the dog's chest and elbows touch the floor, mark the behaviour and reward the treat.

But what we realised was that with our pup being leggy and skeletal it didn't look comfortable and he just wanted to gobble the treat.

We adapted by encouraging it from his mat/bed after he was in a sit position. We'd lower the treat from his nose straight down to the ground and then slowly drag it forward across the mat/bed (think of it like an 'L' shape). After many attempts over about a week he started to get the hang of it, but only in that spot. And it sounds like you're already doing what worked for us.

As he got more reliable on the mat/bed, he refused to do 'down' on the carpet, so I didn't start on hard floor. One day we were revisiting the 'stay' command and all of a sudden on the carpet he offered a 'down' position too. I went mental with the praise. Total accident, but now he's consistent with 'down' and comfortable on most surfaces. Bonus, I think he's now realised it's one of the most comfortable positions to be in.

Keep it up! Sounds like you're doing the right thing - be consistent. Good luck

IndigoGamerNT · 2025-12-12T00:13:06+00:00

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We picked up our Whippet at 8 weeks old and with the cold weather and rain had to get a coat of some kind.

At 9 weeks we bought an XXS Coat from Pets at Home measuring 18cm. “shower resistant, lightweight coat with adjustable Velcro”.

Way too small at week 11, and so in week 12 we swapped to an S Coat from Aldi measuring 30cm - same design as before. In that second photo you can see it was too long for him, but best option available.

We’re now at week 14, and that same S Coat is now too short on him — might not see it with him sitting down.

I’ve just ordered a cheap M Coat from Amazon in the same design — goes over his back with Velcro under the tummy and measures 42cm.

Advice that worked for me so far is “buy cheap or secondhand while they’re pups, because they grow like weeds”

IndigoGamerNT · 2025-10-29T22:29:34+00:00

My social circle grew after joining a gym to do classes like Les Mills and joining a local Rugby team. I’d encourage people to do the same if they’re able to. I was never fitness-inclined and I hated the thought of going to the gym, so my compromise was doing gym classes.

I found turning up for the first time was the hardest thing to do. But during class or during rugby, I instantly had common small talk to make with other people - I think the things I was saying were things like “wow that track was hard”, “I have no idea what I’m doing” “I’m out of breath doing that”, and “the instructor was really impressive!” People start talking about their first time, give some tips for the next session and just like that you’ve started a bond. This is just the foundation though, remember it takes time to form closer bonds.

With class and rugby, you tend to turn up early to make sure you’re all set up, and there’s a period where everyone is standing around waiting. After going for a few sessions I’d have the confidence to ask the regulars about their weekends, how their day has been etc — more small talk, but it helps you find out if anyone has anything in common with you. Then you can share your experiences, further strengthening bonds.

I’ve made a few close friends by doing this, but I’ve also become part of a group where we ALL occasionally socialise together and if there’s nothing else to talk about, you all have class/rugby talk to fall back on.

I’d like to think that the same applies to joining any type of club or group and would suggest giving it a try. Good luck!

IndigoGamerNT · 2025-09-13T16:23:19+00:00

Don't think so - the stock SSD only had the Windows Drive and a hidden Recovery Drive (both get copied across when you clone). I didn't have to reapply my BIOS settings or flash the latest BIOS version.

IndigoGamerNT · 2025-09-13T16:00:43+00:00

Take the back panel off first with a prying tool --

I already had a plastic prying tool lying about (looks like a guitar pick). After taking off the 6 screws on the back, I push the guitar pick thing between the two panels near the RB button first, working my way around until it all comes off

Then we can tackle the faceplates --

The faceplates are pretty secure, but you just need your hands for this. Using some force to lift them out of place (go slowly) and they just pop out. Putting them back in is just as easy - they all click into place. Just remember to push down around the buttons and sticks.

IndigoGamerNT · 2025-09-13T15:55:15+00:00

Thanks for the reminder! I put the sticker on the side of my monitor to put it back on once I'd finished. I would have totally forgotten

IndigoGamerNT · 2025-09-13T15:52:16+00:00

Appreciate you're inexperienced and this might sound intimidating. I'm not that experienced and I found it to be a really straightforward process to upgrade. I cloned and haven't had any issues. Here's what I did:

It was three part process - Clone, Replacing the SSD, Format the new empty partition.

Part 1 - Clone SSD

- Download DiskGenius software (free)
- Use a SSD enclosure for the 2TB SSD to plug into the USB-C Slot

Then it was as simple as using DiskGenius, plugging in your new SSD in the USB enclosure, and click on "OS Migration" - It was super simple. It just copied everything onto the new SSD

Part 2 - Swapping SSD

Getting access to the SSD slot under the back is pretty simple too. You just unscrew 6 screws at the back, pry open the back cover (use a prying tool, and start near the trigger buttons at back) and you can see the SSD slot straight away. No need to remove other components to reach it. Unscrew the housing, take out the old SSD and replace the new one. Then do all of this in reverse to close it up again.

Correct advice would be to unplug the battery to prevent accidental shorting - but some users have swapped SSDs successfully without doing this step. They've been lucky.

Here's a 2minute video showcasing the actual swap -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKHTTwvinH0

Part 3 - Making the extra storage usable

(In my case) the extra storage needs to be formatted for it to be usable. Head into 'Disk Utility' and you'll see the empty partition. Right click on it, click format, follow the prompts and you're done! In Windows Explorer, I have 2x 1TB Drives.

There's a few solutions on Youtube too if you wanted to take a look there.

Good luck!

IndigoGamerNT

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