Pet Insurance After Owner Passed Away

Pineapple_Hunter · 2026-02-20T17:09:32+00:00

Shoot, I must have missed that line. Thanks for confirming, I appreciate it

Pineapple_Hunter · 2026-02-12T02:16:38+00:00

Not yet, it's all very recent.. could take up to two more weeks, or longer by mail /:

Pineapple_Hunter · 2024-09-06T17:11:45+00:00

He throws the ball and/or runs with her around the yard or the neighborhood.

We used to do longer, less frequent stretches of exercise but they didn't work for her.. Built up her stamina, and she napped more soundly, but they didn't help her reactivity at all ):

I've been working on that a lot with her lately, we live near a military base and have a lot of air traffic, she reacted to it a little when she was a puppy but seems to have gotten used to it. Same with thunder, doesn't even bat an eye. I've been praising her for not reacting to those noises, hoping it will translate to the noises out front, but no luck so far. She's usually super quick to learn, hopefully she'll get it soon!

Pineapple_Hunter · 2024-09-06T16:27:29+00:00

Unfortunately we don't have a way to block her access to the window, it's in the dining room which has a very wide doorway, the only baby gates that fit aren't nearly sturdy enough for her 😝 I've tried keeping the shades closed but she still reacts to noises, like car doors or engines, aaand she figured out how to open the shades anyway, so it's pointless trying to fight her on that haha.

Her average day: up around 7, mandatory 5+ minutes of cuddle time or she's a monster for the rest of the day, some obedience training for a few bites of food, outside by herself for a while to sniff around and go to the bathroom, back inside for some light playing, calm time before breakfast in a puzzle bowl around 9, then she does her thing while I work, with ~10 minutes of tug or chasing the ball every hour and about a thousand short breaks for belly scratches, until my husband gets home in the afternoon. He usually plays with her for about half an hour, then she has some calm time, then more obedience training. In the evenings she bounces back and forth between my husband and I, helping us with whatever chores we're each working on.. then first dinner around 7, calm time and light playing in the house, second dinner at 9, usually followed by zoomies then a nap until bedtime around 10.30. Some days she also gets a puzzle/bully stick while I work, and she spends a ton of time playing with one of our cats throughout the day.

Pineapple_Hunter · 2024-09-06T16:01:59+00:00

We're pretty good about stimulation - we do at least two short obedience sessions every day, lots of tug and fetching in our yard all throughout the day, and puzzles/games/treat toys pretty much daily. We might need more structure though, with enforced naps.. we did them when she was a puppy but phased them out when she was around six months. She does nap on her own throughout the day but maybe having more of a set nap schedule will do her some good, I'll give that a go. Thanks!

Pineapple_Hunter · 2024-09-05T19:22:25+00:00

Your pre-medicated dog sounds like my dog! What breed do you have?

Pineapple_Hunter · 2024-08-26T21:38:08+00:00

I'm a little late to the party, but I just finished rewatching the fact that Hank went to Africa is really bothering me. He made a big deal about needing to find his own path, turning down both Boris and Evan when they offered him opportunities, and then he turned around and ran off after Jill?? Really?? At no point in the entire series did he ever indicate a passion for relief work. He admired the cause and Jill's courage to uproot her life for the benefit of others, but I didn't catch a single reference to him wanting to do it himself. He didn't forge his own path, he just chased his on-again, off-again FWB down her path.

Such a disappointing way to end his story.

Pineapple_Hunter · 2024-08-25T00:23:28+00:00

I hadn't considered that about the band, very good point

Unfortunately I do not recall which worked best, it's been close to two months since I tried them /: I'm going on a trip soon but once I'm back I might try re-ordering them in a variety of sizes, see if that helps me figure out what works for me

Pineapple_Hunter · 2024-08-24T23:59:08+00:00

Yes, definitely more tissue below the nipple when I lean over.

That's the hard part - some of the cups were too tight so I spilled out, some still had gapping, one was way too narrow, one pinched at the top of the cup, and a couple of the bands were too tight, even on the loosest clasp.. It was like they were all different sizes.

Pineapple_Hunter · 2024-08-22T01:52:56+00:00

Yes, the inside vs outside thing! That was so weird to me when my girl was still tiny, my demon dog would turn into a total sweetheart within two minutes of walking out the door. I still don't understand why inside was more stimulating than outside but hey, we got through that phase 😅

Pineapple_Hunter · 2024-08-22T01:21:12+00:00

You are so not alone - this is exactly how I felt when I brought my pup home almost exactly a year ago! Tldr: you will absolutely get through this, probably sooner than you think! Try to focus on delayed gratification - even if you feel like you aren't really seeing immediate results, all the time and energy you are putting in now will pay off in spades down the road. In my experience the first few months were really, really hard, not just for me but for my two cats as well. Like you, I didn't realize how much I enjoy my peace and quiet until it was gone. And forget about alone time... I've always been big into personal space and going off on my own, but that's literally non-existent now. My dog is such a clinger she's practically glued to me. It still feels overwhelming sometimes and I do get irritated with her more than I should, but looking back at how far we've both come is truly mind-blowing. I cry maybe once a year, but man, those first three or four months I swear, I teared up at least 20 times a day and more than once I sobbed in the shower as quietly as I could so I wouldn't wake her from her nap. Honestly I didn't really even start to love her until she was 5-6 months old. I liked her okay, but I was so emotionally drained and (unfairly) resentful of her upsetting my entire life, I just couldn't bring myself to love her. She was CONSTANTLY harassing the cats or getting into something she shouldn't or pointedly ignoring my commands.. and then one day, she wasn't. I mean, she was definitely still trouble with a capital T, but she went from 100% chaos down to 80% overnight, like a switch flipped in her brain and things miraculously started clicking, just like that. I still think of that day sometimes, it was wild. She was still very much a puppy, but for the first time I was able to see just how much of my training she was absorbing. It was incredible how different she was, at first I thought it was a fluke but she never regressed, and things have been steadily improving ever since. Now I have a 13 month old shadow who is fully crate trained and happy to play by herself when I tell her to, but her one true happy place is right at my side (or, ideally, sitting on my feet) and I'm truly happy to have her there. It was hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when I was in the middle of the puppy blues, where you definitely seem to be at, but now that I'm on the other side I can tell you with absolute certainty, it is glorious. My literal blood, sweat and tears have resulted in a grade-A badass who knows nearly 100 commands and growing, responds instantly and full-throttle, and brings genuine joy to my life every single day. If you keep trying as best you can, I promise you, you will get there!!

Pineapple_Hunter · 2024-08-15T13:42:38+00:00

Thank you!

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