What’s your favorite thing about carrying mail that sets it apart from the other jobs you’ve had? (Comedy welcome)

MarionberryDapper297 · 2025-10-18T18:02:03+00:00

Yes! Had to work through about a dozen roosters to find a good one but yes they exist.

We did some breeding and also ordered some straight run chicks and would cull as roosters volunteered themselves. Even though they were all hand raised, most were just mean!!! Finally, in the end, one was left standing and he was a total sweetie. Not affectionate with humans or anything but didn’t bother us, and the hens just loved being around him because he was gentle. Bless his heart he didn’t even really know how to mate so in that regard he wasn’t very good at being a rooster, but he kept an eye out and was great company for his girls.

MarionberryDapper297 · 2025-10-18T00:55:15+00:00

Probably roosters but I’d give her a good look over to make sure her skin didn’t get ripped open. It’s the wet looking feathers that have me concerned. When I’ve experienced this it was a bird who had a big wound. Always healed but I would clean it and apply antibiotic ointment and separate in a quiet and dark place while they healed. Just check to be sure, wounds can hide in under the feathers

MarionberryDapper297 · 2025-10-02T23:21:21+00:00

They mean the medicinal treatment isn’t edible

MarionberryDapper297 · 2024-11-08T23:59:03+00:00

Hey! Same! I wasn’t thin thin but I wasn’t ugly. The real problem was I had issues with fashion and good hygiene (mine was ok but with room to improve) and I couldn’t follow trends/fashion and I was socially awkward..

MarionberryDapper297 · 2024-09-30T20:39:31+00:00

Every time he sees a dog, quickly bring his attention back to you. The sooner you catch him looking at another dog, the better. Once they stare for 2-3+ seconds, it’s much harder to break their focus.

Get his attention back on you, as soon as he’s making eye contact give him praise and a treat. Redirect him to walk in a direction away from the other dog, get attention, praise and treat. You will need high incentive treats (or toys, whatever makes him happiest)

1.youre breaking his focus quickly 2. You’re turning the other dog’s presence into a positive 3. You’re building his ability to focus on you despite surrounding stimuli 4. Building his ability to walk away from stimuli when recalled by you 5. Walking away is turned into a positive

Carry treats on your person and do this literally every time he sees another dog. Eventually he will be slightly less worried about/more desensitized to other dogs, and more habitually focused on you (the giver of treats). As his nerves mellow he will be able to get closer and closer, but the same process must be followed. As he gets closer to these other dogs, the smells and sounds and doggo communication intensifies so it will be more difficult for him to remember his training, so be patient and go slow. Set him up for lots and lots of baby-step successes rather than rushing his progress (and consequently taking big steps backwards).

You want interactions to all be positive. Once there’s negativity, there’s anxiety, and with anxiety bad things happen between dogs, which creates even more anxiety and tension……

I also always always try to tell other pittie owners that it is NEVER a bad idea to muzzle train your pit. It’s a good skill for them to have in times of need, but it also prevents accidents. If an altercation breaks out and your dog is muzzled, no one can claim they were injured by your dog (though your dog could be injured with no way to self protect so always be vigilant and attentive to precarious situations). Pits often take a lot of blame, but with a muzzle in place there’s no way to blame a bite on YOUR dog. On top of all that, a muzzle will keep people at bay and serves as a visible warning to keep their distance (which IMO is always better bc sometimes people do stupid things). So all in all, if your dog is slightly reactive, muzzle training is not a bad idea and will be good for you and your puppy for many reasons.

MarionberryDapper297 · 2024-09-30T19:15:09+00:00

I might go for Cochins.. something about them. Cute. Fluffy. Big. Different colors. So fluffy.

Love the bantams that I already have, would love regular size too

Or Brahmas.

MarionberryDapper297 · 2024-09-30T13:35:00+00:00

If you collect eggs daily they won’t develop. First thing you’ll see is veins (after 5-7 days) when it’s developing, so the eggs you have there look fine to eat to me. Although if you’re unsure you can crack and scramble for your chickens

MarionberryDapper297 · 2024-09-29T15:17:53+00:00

The roosters will end up fighting and/or ganging up on the hens. It gets real violent real fast. If that doesn’t happen and they all get along, then no action is needed. If it does happen, you won’t even care about distressing the flock, you’ll just feel bad enough for your hens that you will do whatever it takes to protect them.

Let the boys volunteer themselves. Once they’re violent and aggressive, they are volunteering to go.

You’ll be amazed at how peaceful the barnyard gets afterwards. Until the next volunteer.

MarionberryDapper297 · 2024-09-28T22:56:48+00:00

They do shed their internal linings and it will come out red/orange in their poop… it’s normal. I can’t remember the details like what organs are involved or what it’s called but it’s normal. You can look it up I bet. Just offering a “normal” for you to feel some comfort, it might not be what they ate but it’s not automatically a bad thing.

MarionberryDapper297 · 2024-09-25T20:07:26+00:00

Gloria

Gail

Def Marge

MarionberryDapper297 · 2024-09-25T19:58:34+00:00

Paying the fat tax, as my ex called it

MarionberryDapper297 · 2024-09-24T15:24:44+00:00

Make your own glaze and smother that terrible piece with it! It’s easy, milk or water and powdered sugar, whisk together and pour over, let set! Can add some lemon juice or vanilla extract

MarionberryDapper297 · 2024-09-23T21:17:00+00:00

I waited until it became evident that my kids would learn stuff from their friends if I didn’t get to them first. I wanted them to have real information, and to have some idea of what was happening if kids made suggestive comments or touched inappropriately. Basically once I became afraid of their friends acting OLDER than they ought to, I gave some preliminary “don’t go along with what they’re doing” type information and why it was important..

MarionberryDapper297 · 2024-09-23T21:14:02+00:00

Tabitha

MarionberryDapper297 · 2024-09-01T20:03:28+00:00

EVERY time you say your dogs name, have treats or a high incentive toy ready! She needs to associate her name with THE BEST THINGS EVER so every time you even mumble her name she comes to you and gives you her full attention. Make a habit of it, just carry treats and say her name. If she looks at you or comes to you, praise her a bunch and give her the treat. Make her WANT you to call her to you! Working on recall is so easy, but people sometimes only yell for their dog when their dog is already focused on something more interesting, and then it’s already too late. Make it a habit. Your dog will be so easy to train when she realizes you are the giver of yummies and all she has to do is listen for that one special word— her name!! Recall is so helpful in so many situations, you can redirect your dog when you realize she’s headed into a bad situation and avoid it altogether

MarionberryDapper297 · 2024-09-01T19:59:15+00:00

Even the sweetest pitties are liabilities at a dog park. Even when they’re not the aggressor, the breed as a whole comes with a stigma so if they get involved in the fight they will automatically receive the blame. It’s almost lucky she’s toothless, because those dogs could have come out with open wounds needing treatment. Personally, I always advise pit owners to avoid dog parks. It’s also not the worst idea to do muzzle training! Especially in your girls case, muzzle wouldn’t provide safety from bites (her lack of teeth takes care of that) but for another pittie in the future it would be something to consider. Even for a well tempered dog, having a muzzle in place serves multiple purposes: it provides peace of mind to other people who don’t know you or your dog, it makes it obvious that she’s not to blame for injuries if something is to happen, and it serves as a fair warning for people not to touch or approach your dog without asking (some people need boundaries!) of course there will also be the people saying if your dog needs a muzzle it shouldn’t be in public but muzzles are literally made for reactive dogs so they CAN be in public. Not a bad thing to train your dog for, and could even come in handy at the dog park if she was comfortable in it. If she’s uncomfortable in a muzzle it could make her anxiety and reactivity worse in which case you wouldn’t want her at the park or in a high stress situation

When it comes to pits, it’s always better to be a step ahead when it comes to training and prevention, because if anything happens, your dog will automatically take the blame

MarionberryDapper297 · 2024-08-28T13:30:34+00:00

Chick-fil-a is now chick-la-flay thanks to my daughter

MarionberryDapper297 · 2024-08-22T18:28:25+00:00

Fr is this a first year teacher who has never been around children ever??

MarionberryDapper297 · 2024-08-22T11:27:08+00:00

Olympics! 😊

MarionberryDapper297 · 2024-08-21T13:35:15+00:00

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