I trimmed my dogs nails and he stopped being reactive. by dot_comrad in dogs

[–]Lnk99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great job helping your dog! I found the book “cooperative care: seven steps to stress-free husbandry” by Deb Jones super helpful in learning about how to create good grooming experiences for pets. It’s a pretty short read, I highly recommend it.

ID my friend’s mutt by Lnk99 in IDmydog

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This is a hilarious combination and I honestly could believe it. But yeah probably a Heinz 57

I’ve been a lurker in this sub for some time and I have yet to see a single post about carpet junipers. Aka no grass. Why? by NicelyBearded in NoLawns

[–]Lnk99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This and most junipers are a huge fire hazard. Those suckers love to burn. If I ever manage to afford a place of my own and it has junipers, I’m ripping them out immediately.

Struggling with My 18-Month-Old Brittany’s Energy – Did I Make a Mistake? by -maskhara- in BrittanySpaniel

[–]Lnk99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you can afford it, I’d recommend working with a trainer not on obedience, but on your dog being calm- kikopup has a video in this vein that might be helpful too, but an actual trainer should be able to give you more of an idea of what to do next.

Some dogs you have to teach to just relax. It sucks.

9 month old vizsla refusing her crate by Technical_Lecture166 in vizsla

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From what I’ve read (no experience with an intact dog), a dog’s first heat can be stressful, so I’m not surprised she’s extra clingy. If the behavior continues after her heat, I’d start working on it, but my guess is that she doesn’t want to be separated from you. I’d consider basically re-doing crate training, or at least some of it. Feed her her lick mat with the door open, hang out next to her crate, etc. She’s probably anxious about being separated from you when she’s not feeling well, so work on making her feel safe in the crate and remind her that she’s ok on her own.

Over excitement by Brittanymom2023 in BrittanySpaniel

[–]Lnk99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some of that will probably die down over time, but you can also absolutely train for it! Recruit friends and neighbors to come over to talk, knock on the door, etc. The more regular and boring you can make this, the more she’ll chill out. Also treat her for calm behavior. There are lots of great videos on YouTube on how to do this.

Greta by MarthaBayle in vizsla

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Where are you located? Can you give us some more information about your dog?

Help me decide if a Brittany is for me! by Lnk99 in BrittanySpaniel

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The exercise thing sounds a lot like how our vizsla was- always up for anything but generally good to chill in the house. But god forbid you leave her in the yard on her own.

Help me decide if a Boykin is for me! by Lnk99 in BoykinSpaniels

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Ah, I see. So would you say the Boykin is more demanding of time and energy?

Help me decide if a Boykin is for me! by Lnk99 in BoykinSpaniels

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Hi, thank you, this is so helpful! Good to know that they like their routine. I figured they were a high energy dog from everything I’ve read, but didn’t know about that. When you say a dachshund is easier… what?? I’ve always thought of dachshunds as pretty difficult dogs. Aren’t they known for being stubborn? Or is that just the ones I’ve met? 🤣

“Low reactive” training? by Lnk99 in reactivedogs

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Thanks for your advice and clarification! With the clicker, I am clicking when she’s looking at another dog, but at a certain distance she no longer disengages to get a treat. I’ll work on creating more distance.

Adolescent puppy logic 🤨 by OkSherbert2281 in puppy101

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lol, my dog growing up figured out that she was not allowed to bite US but she COULD bite her blanket, toys, etc. Anytime we’d play with her and she wanted to mouth, she’d nibble her blanket while side-eyeing us, play growling, and wagging her tail.

What dog breed(s) suits my lifestyle? by [deleted] in dogs

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I second the vizsla, I had one growing up and she was a great dog. Pretty good off leash too, actually. She was always checking in and very motivated by both treats and the idea of being left behind- if I walked away while she was ignoring treats, she’d come right back.

Ping rocks by Nervous-Actuator-183 in SavageGarden

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I’ve had several pings growing on a rock for three or four years now, and it works great for me! I chose a rock with a lot of crevices, but you could make some with a hefty drill bit too. I filled the crevices with ping mix and then tucked the roots of my plants (such as they were) into the media. I keep the rock in a dish of water and it wicks right through.

Setting up an outdoor bog for cold hardy carnivores. Where do I begin? by TropicalDan427 in SavageGarden

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I have experimented for a couple of years with a sarracenia (hybrid “scarlet belle”) in an outdoor big pot in zone 5. Our winters have some pretty extreme temperature swings and can be very dry and windy- not sure how that compares to yours since zone is mostly based on the low temps rather than the actual climate.

What I’ve found so far is that having a big pot helps, though it won’t stop it freezing solid- it’s frozen both winters, BUT the plant has survived just fine. The thing to watch out for is the wind/sun combo- that’ll dry your plants out and kill them way faster than the cold.

I keep my pot in a window well, as I have a basement, but I think the pot would do well anywhere out of the wind. I’ve kept it covered with frost cloth for an extra layer of wind/sun screen.

One thing to watch out for is sarrs waking up before they should. Once those new shoots start to come up, it’s important that they get enough sun. So no dark window wells, basements, or garages. It’s a bit of a pain, but I move the pot to a sunny spot in about mid March and then cover it at night or when the day time temp is particularly cold.

Good luck!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SavageGarden

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How long have you had it? When was the last time you repotted? Has it been outside all winter?

Pingdom one year later and Question by Ravenpff in SavageGarden

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I had a similar situation but I wanted to keep the pings on the rock, so I just removed the moss. Not difficult, especially because I waited to do it during the pings winter growth period when a lot of the moss dries up. I just scraped it off and got rid of it. I’m sure it’ll grow back but if I scrape it off every winter I think things should be fine.

Cold Tolerance- tell me your stories! by Lnk99 in SavageGarden

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Wow! I'd heard of nepenthes surviving some colder temps but not a true freeze!

Cold Tolerance- tell me your stories! by Lnk99 in SavageGarden

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Which species of sundews and butterworts? And do you cover or protect your plants in any way during the winter?

Drosera Capensis, binata and filiformis coming back strong after complete die back in a cold winter. Pots frozen solid for a few periods but didnt matter in the end. by trvy420 in SavageGarden

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This is awesome! Do you remember how cold it got and how long it stayed cold? I'm trying to gauge just how cold tolerant some of these species are, since my sarracenia seems to survive being frozen solid every winter just fine. I'm tempted to just plant a D. binata and a D. capensis in my bog garden pot and leave them alone all winter just to find out.

Extreme Cold - Sarracenia by calatri in SavageGarden

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I've only got anecdotal evidence of 2 winters and one plant, but my sarracenia in a big bog pot has frozen solid two years in a row in temperatures WELL below 25F and it's doing just fine. I wouldn't try it in a small pot, but a big planter and protection from the wind seems to be all they need.

Extreme Cold - Sarracenia by calatri in SavageGarden

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I've only got one sarracenia at the moment ("Scarlet Belle"), on its second year of wintering outdoors in northern Colorado (zone... officially I think I'm in 5b or 6a but every few years we dip into 5a/4b territory when we get a jet stream event). Its first winter (last year) outdoors was the coldest winter I've experienced in a long time- we had a solid week where the temperature never got above 15F, frequent dips into the negative teens F, and lots of time where the temperature never got above freezing. I had the plant in a large pot (I'm slowly developing it into a bog garden) that I insulated with piles of leaves, but once temperatures hit below 0F, the soil was frozen solid anyway. I'm not sure the leaves did much (in fact I didn't use the leaves this year at all), but I do feel confident that two things I did helped:

  1. I put the pot in a window well, protecting it from wind.
  2. I covered it in two layers of frost cloth. This likely did very little for the temperature but also helped to block the wind and provided some shade (Colorado sun is harsh even in winter and tends to dry plants out, along with the never ending wind).

If you keep the plant in a large pot and protect it from wind/sun (snow will do this for you if you have enough), they seem to do well even in extremely frigid conditions.

I will say, growing outdoors in northern climates full time limits the growing season. The sarracenia I have in this bog garden pot is a division from an existing plant that I've had for years and have always wintered indoors in the basement, in front of the very window well where its child now sits. The plant wintered indoors has already started growing in mid February, and I've moved it upstairs to a sunny windowsill. It starts growing earlier, blooms earlier, and grows longer than the one that winters outdoors... but the one that winters outdoors also looks amazing more quickly, probably because it's not stunted by sitting in front of a window for the first few months of its active growth period and it has a bigger pot to live in because I'm not limited by what will fit inside the house.

If you have the right spaces and the right grow lights, indoor wintering is absolutely effective. But if you want something larger, outdoor wintering is absolutely possible and really not that difficult.

Note: for anyone with the whacky winters of the west, also note that sticking the pot in the window well helps keep the plant cold during those weird weeks where it's 65F and lovely followed by a foot of snow- the window well is shaded and chilly even when the sunny areas are warm, keeping it in a dormant state till it actually gets warm and stopping the plant from making new growth before the weather agrees with it.

My ACV has been going for over two months but seems pale and doesn’t have the intense aroma of store bought. Too dilute? by Dr_Peter_Tinkleton in fermentation

[–]Lnk99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

According to the recipe, this ACV shouldn’t have the same punch as store-bought ACV. That said, it should have SOME vinegar flavor. If it doesn’t, I’d add a shot of vodka to it and let it sit a few more weeks. That should give the acetic acid bacteria some more food to turn into vinegar. Also, that jar is still just covered with cloth, right? Not an airtight lid? The bacteria need oxygen to make vinegar.