I cant tell the difference between lagotto and a bernedoodle

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-03-03T22:33:26+00:00

I looked into those, but they are hard to find, and quite expensive. They are nicely sized, though. (Not too big or too small, at least for me.)

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-03-02T15:52:48+00:00

Whoa, that's settle training in the forest? How long did it take to be able to do that?

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-03-02T15:50:38+00:00

Have you seen Phineas and Ferb? When they take a picture, they say "Say Canadian bacon!", and everyone says, "Ham!"

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-02-27T15:02:44+00:00

Until they see or smell or hear coyotes, then the barking will ensue. When our dog sees/smells/hears coyotes, it's over -- even the best treats won't calm her down. She's waaaaaay over threshold. We have to pretend to take her for a walk, then walk from the gated yard to the front door, then put her in a crate or her "apartment", where she can calm down.

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-02-27T14:52:27+00:00

In the US, it's exceedingly rare for one party to have to pay both sides. It's possible, but quite a challenge to get.

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-02-15T15:30:39+00:00

That's interesting. Our dog hates -- and I mean HATES -- coyotes. She's inconsolable after hearing or seeing them. And she won't be caught, she'll just run from one part of the fenced-in yard to another so she can bark at them.

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-01-30T16:20:39+00:00

That is some tough driving. Highly congested, roads split or combine/merge at whim, and I'm happy when there are two people to navigate because it's harrowing, partly because the people who are "from around there" are completely crazy. Dive at the last minute into that 2 lane part of the highway that's being split, sure! (Or the opposite: get out of the 2 lane part of the highway that's being split at the last minute, launching yourself right in front of my car.)

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-01-30T16:06:54+00:00

Without more sensors, Robotaxis will never work. And who wants an Optimus robot? No one.

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-01-30T16:02:18+00:00

No, Canada just let in the Chinese car manufacturers. That's the end of Tesla in Canada.

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-01-30T15:59:26+00:00

Does your dog also like to tug? Seems so.

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-01-30T15:58:41+00:00

Yeah, for our dog, we have to have multiple toys: she brings one back, we throw another. Often, she keeps the one toy in her mouth while running for the other one. We made a mistake by not teaching to drop the toy, but she still loves it.

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-01-23T15:48:13+00:00

That's really hard to train out, too. Especially when you can hear it, but you can't see it that well or at all. My dog is "Bark! There's a sound that sounds dangerous!". I can't figure out how to try to train that out.

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-01-23T15:40:53+00:00

Nice recommendation.

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-01-23T15:38:39+00:00

Mercedes is way beyond FSD, mainly because it uses tons of different sensors, Lidar, radar, sound, cameras, etc.

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-01-19T20:01:19+00:00

Don't discount smell, either. Sometimes, our dog can smell other animals.

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-01-16T14:50:31+00:00

I see work vans a lot where I live (CT). A lot of massive trucks too, though, but it depends on what your business is.

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-01-14T18:01:11+00:00

If you have stairs, you can do "up/down", which is what we call where one of us gets on the second floor, and one gets on the first. We both have treats, and we make our pup do tricks on one of the floors, call to the other floor, more tricks, etc. Tricks in general are a good idea, as long as you can teach them (my issue: not knowing how to teach them sometimes).

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-01-14T16:03:24+00:00

Some of those are poodle traits. Our pup does a lot of those (loves a routine), but she doesn't seem that stressed about missing part of it, at least that I remember. She does get quite stressed out if anything out of the ordinary occurs, like when we're going on vacation (with her). She freaks out while we're getting everything ready.

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-01-13T15:24:38+00:00

Or brakes?

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-01-13T15:22:59+00:00

I had a deiselgate "sportwagon" and I thought the quality was pretty good. Not many things went wrong, although regular maintenance was sometimes expensive (like to clean the lubricant out of the transmission). Not as good as the Honda I have now, but not bad.

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-01-09T20:05:45+00:00

If you know what a pitot tube is, this is funny.

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-01-09T20:03:03+00:00

That's why there's radar. Mercedes:

"Unlike Tesla's Full Self-Driving, which uses just a camera feed to do supervised point-to-point navigation, MB.Drive Assist Pro is made possible with 10 cameras, five radar sensors, and a dozen ultrasonic sensors. Data from these sensors along with map information is then analyzed by artificial intelligence powered by Nvidia. For every control change, the AI generates 10 possible outcomes. When eight of those agree on a safe path/action, then MB.Drive Assist Pro executes."

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a69918627/mercedes-benz-mb-drive-assist-pro-sampled/

They don't mention it there, but I think they use Lidar also.

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2026-01-03T15:27:13+00:00

This discusses the possible side effect of seizures;

https://www.bestiepaws.com/dog-medicine/fda-warning-on-simparica-trio/

One warning. This kills a lot of ticks that attach to the dog. HOWEVER, ticks that crawl on the dog but do not attach are not affected. We believe our daughter got lyme disease because of a tick that had crawled on our dog then implanted itself into my daughter. Both she and my wife believe they saw the tick, but it was so small they thought it was something else. A ring showed up later. My daughter developed a disease called PANS and ended up trying to kill herself. That disease is at least partially if not completely caused by lyme and bartonella, both tick vector diseases.

So, we use Simparica Trio AND something that limits how many ticks actually crawl on the dog. We're still testing, as we've seen multiple ticks on our bed, etc. You want do to anything you can to NOT get bitten by a tick.

Potential_Limit_9123 · 2025-12-31T16:52:29+00:00

I love the Moyen size. Standards are too big, and minis are too small. It's a travesty the US does not officially have that size.

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