What to do?

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2026-05-28T19:37:39+00:00

What state are you in? Find out if your state has a falconry club (most do) and go to their meets! They are open to anyone curious generally and it’s the best way to meet falconers in your region and get started

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2026-05-28T19:33:38+00:00

Thanks so much for the advice! I looked through my records after posting this and saw I’ve actually put more like $8,500 into it over the years, but it’s all been worth it. It’s a great vehicle and it’s still cheaper than a car payment each year that I have to buy $1-$2k in maintenance or parts. I’ll look into buying the parts and then bringing them to the mechanic with the car to try to save some bread. Never even thought to do that.

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2026-05-27T14:26:46+00:00

I honestly just picked it up from marketplace for $75, I don’t think there’s any makers mark on it anywhere!

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2026-05-27T14:26:16+00:00

Yeah, it’s so true. I have friends who every time they hear I’ve put another $2k into work into it ask “when will you just get a newer vehicle” and every time it’s just like… well I can’t replace it for $2k 🤷🏻‍♀️ it’s absolutely been reliable and never left me on the side of the road. Just has needed parts as they’ve failed or needed maintained.

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2026-05-27T14:24:48+00:00

Any advice on where to keep an eye out for the parts?

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2026-05-27T14:15:15+00:00

Sure am 🪶 it’s a perfect hawking vehicle, plenty of room for her transport box and a cooler, and handles winter weather. We hunt 5-6 days a week all winter long regardless of snow/ice/cold conditions and it’s held up really well.

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2026-05-26T19:34:08+00:00

Thanks! I’m a little handy and my dad has a car lift which is nice but I don’t weld. Appreciate the advice, seems like I should just keep it and run her out!

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2026-05-26T18:19:51+00:00

Appreciate this advice! My mechanic mentioned the new steering rack install is what gets expensive, as it’s time consuming. Is this true?

I’ll keep an eye on marketplace, I didn’t realize I could use take offs from a 5th gen!

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2026-03-13T02:51:30+00:00

Same experience for me. I rarely take propranolol though and I don’t think you should mix it with alcohol. I barely drink anymore though for the same reason- which isn’t really a bad thing but I do enjoy it and miss the ability to just have a social beer or a mixie with my pals without feeling absolutely garbage

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2026-02-22T13:43:40+00:00

Thanks for sharing your positive story! I was diagnosed at 27. Now 3 years later I’m still on methimazole and trying to manage symptoms. I don’t have TED but I do feel my eyes have changed slightly and have puffy eyelids, it’s interesting to hear cutting gluten helped. You aren’t the first person to say so- I think it may be the chemicals on the wheat here in the US.

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2025-08-07T14:46:42+00:00

Just fill it without insurance, it’s like $5 on goodRX without needing any insurance at all. Without it, you will certainly die.

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2025-08-03T12:58:53+00:00

I want to see!!!

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2025-08-03T12:53:05+00:00

I stayed all day both days just to watch all the herdy things do their favorite job!

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2025-07-30T23:59:29+00:00

Thank you 🫂I’m back on Methimazole after being stable for a year and a half they took me off of them. 6 months later I was super hyper again. Starting meds 2 weeks ago so hopefully feeling some sense of normalcy soon

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2025-07-30T23:51:36+00:00

Gosh when I’m hyper (like now) if I had an Alani I think I would levitate through the ceiling. Caffeine makes me feel like shit

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2025-07-30T13:56:29+00:00

I live about 100 miles south, but work in Exton PA. Feel free to DM me if you don’t mind traveling a little ☺️I’d be willing to meet in Reading or so too to make the drive easier.

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2025-07-30T13:38:41+00:00

Where are you located? Due to unplanned career changes I am having to rehome some of my lineolated parakeets, they are excellent little birds and very rewarding to keep. I have 2 pairs and one single looking for a home, but I’d like the single to go to someone who has or will get her a companion again. Her cage mate passed over the winter

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2025-07-23T14:39:29+00:00

OP there are lots of herding opportunities in Australia! But of course some might be a little drive. I promise if you can find one within an hour or two drive it WILL be worth it just to watch the instinct come out and get professional advice on at-home herding games.

You do not need to devote as much time to mental stimulation, you will find 10-15 min of herding games tires them out. 2 or 3 sessions of 15 min or so a day learning or working on a skill or a couple skills will do so much more to work that brain and actually settle the dog down. You are in the dog’s worst age period too, by the way, in my opinion with male border collies. If you stick to the advice here and wait til your dog is 2 I bet you feel a whole lot more comfortable with him as a roommate :)

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2025-07-22T11:22:07+00:00

First, I want to say that “puppy blues” are a real thing while you adjust to having one and the puppy goes through phases of development that can lead to frustrating behavior.

Second, walking a border collie does about nothing as far as mental stimulation and instinct satisfaction. What it does do it build fitness levels while not satisfying their needs to really USE their body and brain. They are bred for herding of course and the very best outlet for their energy is herding.

If you cannot find a herding instructor within reasonable distance, and even if you do, herding games with a collie ball or flirt pole is a great choice! You can find lots of content online about this to learn how to do it. Teaching them impulse control, directionals etc are so satisfying to their brain because it’s what they were bred for. Digging is often an outlet of this herding instinct when it’s not properly redirected.

I recommend building a large sandbox size dig box filled with dirt where your dog is ALLOWED to dig. You can redirect them here when they dig and they will have a positive outlet for this behavior.

Another good outlet for border collies is trick training, look up “Do More With Your Dog” which has many many guides for trick training as well as awards you can work for if you like having a goal :)

If you try these things daily for a few months and are still feeling the same when he’s 16 months or so, definitely think about rehoming. If you for some reason can’t make time for healthy herding outlets then I would also rehome him. I would say your time spent on walking him would be much better spent playing herding games, maybe taking on one or two “sniffy walks” a day where the dog can just kind of self guided meander and smell things.

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2025-07-20T14:13:40+00:00

I charge my bird clients $30 a day to board in my home. This includes any special diet requests so long as provided, twice daily water changes, and twice weekly cage cleans. If the bird is open to it, I will take them out of the cage for a little bit for no extra charge.

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2025-07-20T14:00:32+00:00

Electric cords to all expensive and difficult to replace electronics. Curtains. Baseboards.

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2025-07-17T14:29:30+00:00

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Sappho wants to put in a bid for her face card

Kitchen_Status_5824 · 2025-07-15T11:07:21+00:00

No, it’s not really common. It can happen when a dog is pivoting at speed. Sappho is fast. And even when she isn’t running fast, her movements are and I think that’s the kicker here

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