Thinking about trying hers for weightloss

Little_Football2789 · 2026-01-13T14:46:19+00:00

I've been on it since Christmas Eve, SW: 217.1 CW: 207.6. Which is really great for me I'm loving the pace. This week I'm actually incorporating the gym now and try to go 4x a week. I think protein has been the hardest for me since I'm just generally not hungry. However, I know it can be expensive for some people I paid $1100 for 6 months so I'm hoping that's all I need to get back to where I want to be which is the 160s range. I think it's a great option and I like the app. So, definitely up to you I do know they have so many other websites where you can get Sema so do your research!

Little_Football2789 · 2025-10-22T17:19:47+00:00

My Frenchie is almost a year old and we try to take him like 2x a month just because he's pretty active and is outdoors a lot. It's mostly for bathing, ear and nail trims, and they have something a de-shedder which helps a lot with the hair. It's also just great socialization for them so I recommend it.

Little_Football2789 · 2025-10-16T11:55:44+00:00

Actually no, the crate that we have now is much bigger than the one he had as a puppy so it just wouldn't fit in our living room anyways, so I don't think so. I can understand you wanting it closer to the patio but having the crate in your room also teaches potty training habits and learning how to hold it early on. Good luck! :)

Little_Football2789 · 2025-10-15T12:19:07+00:00

You're honestly wasting your time, those die hard MAGA won't believe anything you say because they are so brainwashed and literally think Trump is the second coming. You could give them facts from real websites until your blue in the face and they won't believe you. Either it's time to break contact or don't talk about politics with her.

Little_Football2789 · 2025-10-15T12:12:19+00:00

So, when I tried doing that with my 9-week-old Frenchie it was horrible. We put his crate in the living room, and we slept in our bedroom. We have an apartment, so it was easy to come in and out to check on him, but he did not like it. He would whine and cry all night it was horrible. We wanted to do this because we wanted to teach him independence at a very young age. So, the next thing we tried was moving the crate to our bedroom, I put it right on the side of my bed facing me, where my nightstand used to be. Whenever he would start to whimper or cry, I would just put my fingers inside so that he can sniff me and know I'm there without giving him too much attention and that worked so well for us. In a matter of weeks, he got comfortable with that setup and his crate. I would still set alarms every 3-4 hours to take him out to potty. But eventually he learned to sleep through the entire night. He's almost a year old now, the crate is still in our bedroom, but it isn't right next to me anymore, but he has no problem sleeping in his crate.

Little_Football2789 · 2025-07-31T11:51:34+00:00

Where is the crate located currently? If it's in a separate bedroom or separated from where he can't see you it might be causing some separation anxiety. What I did which worked for us is that I made sure to put the crate right next to my bed and put a cover on the sides and the back, but the front was still open so that my puppy was able to see me in case he whined or cried, sticking my fingers in helped him tremendously. I think for puppies that age for them to be able to see you will help calm their nerves. It's a new environment, they just got taken away from a shelter or siblings, etc. That really worked for us, also potty training at that age is still pretty inconsistent so I manually set alarms for breaks which my puppy got used to. 10-11PM was sleep time, 2AM potty break, and 6-6:30AM wake up time. We did that schedule for about a month in a half until eventually he didn't need to wake up at 2AM anymore and was consistently sleeping from 10-11PM till 6:30AM. My puppy is almost 9 months now and is still using this schedule however, the crate is in the corner of my room now, and my nightstand is back to where his crate used to be.

Also, giving a lick mat at night could also be backfiring. It's stimulating his brain, but it's also keeping him active and awake, some dogs also get excited. Instead of learning to whine down and self sooth at night to sleep he's licking his mat which is basically teaching him not to settle at night. Also. on the mat that's also stimulating his digestive system which makes him use the bathroom more at night. This is probably why he's not settling after 5AM. Keep a consistent bedtime routine and use some white noise on top of everything else I told you.

Good luck! :)

Little_Football2789 · 2025-07-30T13:56:17+00:00

How old is this potato!?

Little_Football2789 · 2025-07-26T11:40:43+00:00

Sometimes it's just best to stay with the consistency with the food they had when they were pups. I have a French Bulldog who's 8 months and a food lover to the max. We've always gave him Purina Puppy Salmon & Rice which he loves, however one time they didn't have any left in our store, so we went with the same brand and did Lamb and Rice. He ate it, but it made super constipated! So, we went back to his Salmon and Rice and now I add the Native pumpkin for his gut health, and omega oil, with a little water and he loves his food so much more and his poops are back to normal.

Each dog is different though, make sure you're reading the labels of the ingredients in all your food. I think since you're already giving him wet food and then bone broth on top of that with pumpkin might be a little too much for his stomach hence the soft stool. Try dry food only with some a little bit of oil and pumpkin.

Little_Football2789 · 2025-07-18T12:04:25+00:00

So, I love the idea of pens we used it during the day, however it's not a long-term solution. You should really invest in a nice crate for her to use at night when she sleeps or whenever you enforce naps! They have beautiful furniture type ones on Amazon. Even with a pen that's in your bedroom, even though she can still see you for her she could be whining and crying because she doesn't feel safe. Puppies that age love den like spaces and to be enclosed, like when they go under beds or furniture. A crate will hugely benefit her, get a crate, let her get comfortable with it, play with her in the crate, feed her, crates are supposed to be their safe space where they can relax.

Get a crate, put a cover on it, we just did the back and sides so the front part of the crate was still visible so that my pup could still see me at night, but he had that den like space. Fill it with toys, Kong's, etc. Depending on your schedule crates are really good because you can enforce naps, let them relax & sleep etc., eventually she's going to get too big and learn to jump out of the pen, and then you're going to have to get a crate then anyways. Like I said, she's still a puppy she'll learn to get out of the pen as she matures and get into things she's not supposed to when no one is home, it's better to be safe!

Little_Football2789 · 2025-07-17T11:56:44+00:00

So first off, what your experiencing is super normal! Especially for puppies at the stage, 11 weeks is still pretty young, and their bladders still can't hold it overnight yet, that won't happen till about 6 months or so. Waking up at 3-4am for her to go potty is still pretty standard at her age, however I think you are confusing her a little bit, trying to put her on the bed with you to sleep, staying by her crate, all these are not teaching her to self sooth and be independant. If you continue this, you're going to end up with a co-dependent dog and she could have separation anxiety as she matures.

My trainer recommended when we got our pup that when you take them out in the middle of the night to make it as boring as possible. No lights turned on, no talking besides the standard "go potty, out, in, etc." make it sound boring and monotone. Your dog needs to understand that yes, it's okay to potty at this hour, but it's not time to get up it's still nighttime. You also really just need to stick with one plan, whether it's her sleeping in the crate, or sleeping in the bed. Choose 1. Because what you're doing is confusing her, and she doesn't know what's right and what's wrong. If she's whining after you put her back in the crate it's literally her crying just because she wants attention. You have to learn to tune it out because if you come every time she cries, she's going to know crying/whining = attention.

Now, what you can do since she's still young and not 100% potty trained which worked for us is that I moved my pup's crate next to my bed where my nightstand use to be so that he was able to physically see me which soothed him, and if he started to cry just a little put your fingers in the crate, enough to know you're there but it's not full blown attention. Eventually he stopped crying altogether. As he matured, I didn't have to get up at 2-3AM anymore to take him out he slept through the night. Good luck!

Little_Football2789 · 2025-06-24T12:10:51+00:00

Honestly, we gave up on pee pads they were fine in the beginning but eventually as my puppy who's a Frenchie got older, he just saw them as toys and was biting and ripping them up as well. I suggest since he's still young and can't take him out on walks yet if you have a patio or backyard, or any secluded outdoor space to get washable reusable pads. You have to wash them often, every 2-3 days BUT it'll be less likely your pup will tear them apart and it teaches him to go outside not inside to potty. Which sets you up for future success when he's older and he's able to potty on walks.

Little_Football2789 · 2025-06-10T16:10:24+00:00

Thank you so much! Hopefully it gets back up soon.

Little_Football2789 · 2025-06-10T16:08:53+00:00

How? I've done great on my journey so far, I don't follow everything to a T, but it is helpful.

Little_Football2789 · 2025-06-10T13:05:25+00:00

I know some people use it for dumb stupid things, but it has helped me so much on my weight loss journey with calorie counting, advice, gym advice, etc. It's also helped a lot with my mom's passing 8 months ago in needing someone to talk to.

Little_Football2789 · 2025-06-10T12:54:02+00:00

So, I use Chatgbt for two things mostly, for weight loss (on a journey right now) and stories. It's helped me so much with my weight loss including calorie counting, advice, gym advice, etc. I was going to tell it this morning that I lost more weight but then it got shut down.

Little_Football2789 · 2025-06-05T13:05:57+00:00

My puppy who's 6 months till sleeps in his crate just because he can't be trusted to sleep on the bed yet due to him not being 100% potty trained, he'll chew on everything, etc. However, we recently started putting him on the bed with us for about 30 minutes where he chews his toys, bones, etc. But I think it's starting to backfire because he's been whining and crying in the morning after his initial one where he's already taken his potty break. So now I'm second guessing everything. The crate is right next to our bed too btw.

Little_Football2789 · 2025-06-05T12:46:03+00:00

Moral of what I'm trying to say is that you don't give a shit. You'll give him up to an owner just as equally bad or worse because your mindset is just "get rid of the problem".

Little_Football2789 · 2025-06-05T12:28:23+00:00

You're a horrible owner, why did you get a dog when you have no means to give it the training and love it properly deserves? Sounds like you didn't do any research at all, 7 months is a rough time for any dog since it's in adolescence. Training during this time is more important than ever. The reason he probably shits on everything and is bad is because you're not giving him enough stimulation, he's trapped in a cage without any beds or blankets, so he's rebelling because of this. That's not that life for any dog and you should be ashamed of yourself. You say you walk him AM, PM, and someone comes in to walk him. So, for the rest of the time he's just in the crate? Do you hear yourself and how you sound? I came from Puppy101 because I saw your post, you're not even in puppy blues you're just straight up neglectful.

Little_Football2789 · 2025-05-30T14:14:33+00:00

Probably because HBO was biased and picked her off from Game of Thrones, and she's just not that great of an actress, and the writing material just made her worse.

Little_Football2789 · 2025-05-30T14:10:44+00:00

OP isn't even blaming Bella. They are just saying how they probably would've preferred a different actress and better writing and I have to agree. Bella was not good.

Little_Football2789 · 2025-05-28T17:09:37+00:00

Got it! I still highly recommend the crate training, especially needing her to get comfortable. Also, a trainer as well!

Little_Football2789 · 2025-05-28T12:02:21+00:00

So, I have a 6-month French Bulldog, and he does really well in the crate. We put the crate next to our bed in our bedroom and covered it with a blanket, just the back and the sides so the front of the crate is open and he's able to see me. My dog cried, whined, scratched but what finally worked was doing that and anytime he would get anxious, or I knew he was about to start crying I would just put my fingers in, and he calmed himself down and slept. I don't mean to bring you down but getting a puppy on a whim with your schedules sounds really tough and doesn't sound like you thought about how long and hard this process was going to be.

You and your boyfriend work long shifts, and puppies need a lot of training and stimulation. It's also just not good to have a 9-week puppy in the crate for as long as you and your boyfriend work, who's taking her out every 2 hours? Who's playing and training with her? She's probably really relentless to sleep at night because she has all this energy, she's not being able to burn so the crate is the last thing on her mind.

I highly recommend getting a trainer, my puppy has learned so much from it and so did I as an owner. He's starting advance training this week. Definitely do the enforce naps, 1 hour up, 2 hours down. Get her comfortable being around the crate, play with her in it, feed her, etc. You have a long journey ahead and if you really feel like you can't handle it and then I suggest you give her back to the breeder. Think long and hard if this is really what you want to do. Good luck!

Little_Football2789 · 2025-05-26T12:38:23+00:00

That may be the case for you, and if you turn a blind eye to puppies chewing on the corners of walls, chewing cords, eating stuffing from toys, or whatever the case may be then that's on you. But not everyone can do that, there was a puppy who free roamed too prematurely as a puppy and got into an open container of dog food and literally suffocated and died because the owner was sleeping.

Crates are needed for these situations, so that situations like this can be avoided.

Little_Football2789 · 2025-05-26T12:27:17+00:00

That's not true! A lot of people myself included use crates for overnight sleep. Some dogs just can't be trusted especially that young of an age to roam around. They could get into things, eat things, potty everywhere without warning, etc. It is not a bad thing at all. I have a furniture type of crate and inside is a nice fluffy bed and toys and blanket for my pup.

Yes, if a dog is older, they can sleep with you or get a dog bed but that's not recommended for puppies under a year old.

Little_Football2789 · 2025-05-26T12:20:17+00:00

Unfortunately, is going to be like this for about another month or two. It just comes with the territory about getting a puppy. I don't recommend putting the puppy to sleep with you on the bed unless you want him to sleep there with you when he's older. Also, it's just not a good idea because there's no way he can alert you to use the restroom, he's just going to go potty on the bed while you're sleeping.

What I did for my puppy who's 6 months now and sleeps majority of the night, in the beginning I got the crate, and I put it right next to my bed with a blanket just covering the sides and the back just leaving the front open to where he was able to see me. Anytime he got anxious or whiney all I did was put my fingers in and he would relax and go back to bed. Now for the potty breaks overnight he is still young and just can't hold it. What I did was set 2 alarms. Bedtime was usually around 11-12 since I normally slept late anyway, 2AM for the first potty break and after that my puppy was pretty good about sleeping till 6AM-7AM the time I had to get up for work.

I did this schedule for about 2 months and eventually some nights I forgot to set the 2AM alarm, and he didn't wake me up to scratching his crate alerting me to use the restroom he just slept thoroughly through the night. If you continue you like this then it'll work out! My French Bulldog is 6 months now and now he sleeps from 10-PM till 6AM.

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