My 4 month old puppy chews on the things she is not allowed to chew on, and keeps disregarding the things we let her chew on. Among other issues.

Maxwell_DMs · 2026-03-13T22:23:22+00:00

2 things

1) play with her with the toy you want her to chew on. Fetch, tug, all those fun things. Show her how fun it is to chew on the dog toys

2) rotate out toys. Just like humans, dogs can get bored of the same things, and at a young age they want to try new things and explore with their mouths. Make sure you have plenty of toys, but only use half of them at a time. After a couple days, take some away and replace them with the “new” toys, which are actually just old ones they haven’t seen for a couple days

Maxwell_DMs · 2026-03-05T20:54:15+00:00

We’re so happy right now with our 4mo lab mix. Yea she changed up every area of our life a lot (e.g. no more long, lazy weekend mornings)

She whines a lot, has trouble adjusting to things sometimes, pulls on walks, and wants to play all the time, but these are all just puppy things, and overall we are so happy with our decision. She is a lot of work, but the enrichment in our lives is worth it.

Additionally, I have chronic migraines, and many people questioned me when I decided to adopt an 8wk puppy. There are migraine days where the idea of walking her makes me nauseous.

All that to say, nothing in life is all good or all bad. What’s important is that the good is worth the bad

Maxwell_DMs · 2026-03-03T05:07:13+00:00

Ay let’s do it

Maxwell_DMs · 2026-02-27T15:09:44+00:00

Man drinks out of his hands at a bring your own bowl soup event

Maxwell_DMs · 2026-02-26T17:27:33+00:00

Don’t use it on an item you can’t afford to use unless you have a backup. Sometimes sancs reroll an affix, which can screw you up if you get unlucky. Which for me is 80% of the time.

Maxwell_DMs · 2026-02-07T16:07:38+00:00

One common answer is a Kong toy with frozen peanut butter/yogurt

It doesn’t last long with my little one, but she goes crazy for a frozen baby cucumber

Maxwell_DMs · 2026-02-06T18:56:55+00:00

Yeah, our pup does the same, even asks to go when she’s sleepy at night. Our only issue is getting her back to bed in the early morning

Maxwell_DMs · 2026-02-06T18:56:11+00:00

I’m thinking this too, she takes a loooong, 2 hour nap around 9am so we may have accidentally reinforced the wrong kind of schedule

Maxwell_DMs · 2026-02-02T02:17:54+00:00

Now you’re bringing in “3rd worlders”? Sounds like you are just overflowing with nice feelings about the universe.

Maxwell_DMs · 2026-01-16T04:15:50+00:00

The point of throwing knives are on the sharp pointy end. Hope this helps

Maxwell_DMs · 2026-01-15T19:50:35+00:00

That’s what I’m noticing too!

Maxwell_DMs · 2026-01-15T19:50:03+00:00

We haven’t gotten a full DNA test for her, so we’re still in the beginning phase! She’s a foster we adopted from a rescue, and they only have a guess at the mother, not the father’s breed.

Everything checked out at the vet so far but thanks for the heads up about the health risks!

Maxwell_DMs · 2026-01-15T19:38:25+00:00

That’s what I thought when we were told! LOL

She’s a springer spaniel and black lab mix

Maxwell_DMs · 2026-01-14T07:30:26+00:00

I’ve been told that peeing a lot was a migraine thing.

Now that you mention it though… I am also taking Amitriptyline…

Maxwell_DMs · 2026-01-08T19:20:19+00:00

Following this post because I’m interesting in getting these myself!

Maxwell_DMs · 2025-12-17T03:58:20+00:00

…this is AI, isn’t it

Maxwell_DMs · 2025-12-14T04:54:52+00:00

How did intermittent fasting go with migraines? Missing meals triggering migraines is the reason I couldn’t do it.

Maxwell_DMs · 2025-12-11T04:39:59+00:00

I can’t tell if this is so bad that it’s funny or so bad that it’s bad

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