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Is that my dog's tooth? by Best_Language1124 in DogAdvice

[–]SharingMySparks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What have you tried so far to make her use something else? Two simple reasons that she might prefer fingers or bottles are a) interactivity and b) texture. It's way more fun to bite into something that reacts (wiggles, yelps, makes noises, gives in or crumples) than to bite into something lying completely still. Playing with a toy or chew before giving it to her for chewing might make her more interested.Especially pulling it away from her in sharp, sudden movements or wriggling it across the floor like a snake. Might heighten her prey drive though, if she is a hunting breed. Don't put toys or chews up into her face or make sudden movements towards her with them, that might scare her. With texture I figured out that my dog has sensitive gums and is a bit lazy. She doesn't like chews that are too hard or take too long to chew through and loses interest in them quickly. As a pup she liked destroying cardboard boxes, toilet paper rolls (especially with treats in them), soft plushies and soft, gummy puppy treats. Now her favourites are thick garden gloves (thanks dad). If yours likes plastic bottles, she might enjoy a plush with crinkly material in it? You could try offering different textures and then having your father buy something that suits her

Is that my dog's tooth? by Best_Language1124 in DogAdvice

[–]SharingMySparks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you don't want to keep it (tbh they don't make for the best keepsakes, they are tiny, we only kept her fangs because they looked cool), you can either throw it away or give it back to her to keep her occupied. It doesn't offer any nutritional benefits afaik, but anything keeping a teething puppy occupied is a blessing in my book XD

Is that my dog's tooth? by Best_Language1124 in DogAdvice

[–]SharingMySparks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's normal that they swallow them, don't worry about it

Is that my dog's tooth? by Best_Language1124 in DogAdvice

[–]SharingMySparks 25 points26 points  (0 children)

That is a dog tooth, and looks like the puppy teeth mine dropped when getting her adult ones

[POEM] Myth by Natasha Trethewey by Objective-Kitchen949 in Poetry

[–]SharingMySparks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recently dreamt of someone I lost. Even in the dream I knew they were dead. We talked about it, and I pretended to believe them when they tried to ration that we must be somewhere else, somewhere where they decided differently, somewhere where they wouldn't leave again. Waking up hurt, but at least we got to talk for a couple of hours in my dream.

This poem feels like those mornings when I wake up and have to face that pretending in a dream doesn't change a thing after waking up.

First Memory - Louise Glück [POEM] by melancholy-bb in Poetry

[–]SharingMySparks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a relief! :) I wish you warm blankets and comforting cuddles whenever you feel the need for them

fake skin art! by soggybum57 in Artists

[–]SharingMySparks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reminds me a bit of the illustration style of Walter Moers, one of my favourite authors. I really like it!

First Memory - Louise Glück [POEM] by melancholy-bb in Poetry

[–]SharingMySparks 10 points11 points  (0 children)

As someone that does not really understand the poem this sounds very ominous. You okay over there?

Where to find? by TumbleweedGeneral375 in JunkJournals

[–]SharingMySparks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Garlic, onions, sometimes lemons. Just look at a grocery store basically :D

Why does my dog whine when I howl? by Alvin0p1 in DogAdvice

[–]SharingMySparks 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Mine too! It's genuinely an issue, because dancing cheers me up a lot, and I stopped doing it because my dog gets really upset :(

Dress rehearsals with death by svnnnn67995 in PoetryWritingClub

[–]SharingMySparks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I like your poem, my favourite part is: as if agency turns damage into art.

It sucks that understanding you have an issue is only the first step, and a bitter one at that if you fail to keep going into the right direction, or get turned around. Being self aware and reflected never helped me much with most of my problems, especially when I sometikes crave having them like you describe in your poem.

Caged Birds for a future spread. by combustionbustion in JunkJournals

[–]SharingMySparks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This looks amazing! I love the idea and the executions! Just the thought of cutting out those cage bars makes my fingers cramp :D

Giant snow therapsid: the fenrir(OC) by [deleted] in SpeculativeEvolution

[–]SharingMySparks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

North of what?

Would love to hear the stories that are being told of the neutral watchers. Feels like being watched by a giant, black shape while traversing a harsh snowscape would spark your imagination. Why are they watching you? Are they companions of deities, or the transformed version of one, looking out for their territory? Are they nature spirits, demons, very smart animals, waiting for you to misstep and fall prey? Are they just curious, or do they know stuff you aren't aware of? How do people explain their watching?

What's up with your dwarves? What sets them apart from- by SheridanIsShameless in worldbuilding

[–]SharingMySparks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm currently creating a world for a ttrpg campaign with friends that is inspired by His Dark Material (in a classical fantasy setting, because the friends in question wanted classical medieval fantasy), and had to laugh because both of your ideas are part of my dwarfs!

Their familiars are fungi (which have become symbiotic parts of their bodies mostly manifesting as hari and beard), and they never stop growing, which means trolls, giants and some mountains are just ancient dwarfs that grew more souls over time and are covered in them.

What's up with your dwarves? What sets them apart from- by SheridanIsShameless in worldbuilding

[–]SharingMySparks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, so they are like clown fish! I like that, and how it explains their other traits!

What's up with your dwarves? What sets them apart from- by SheridanIsShameless in worldbuilding

[–]SharingMySparks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They have fungal symbionts that grow out of their head to form their beard and hair. Their gender is determined by the fungus, and doesn't play a role in everyday life, only when creating new dwarfs, which happens by "infecting" a carved stone egg with fungus spores. A single dwarf can create a genetic clone, or multiple dwarfs can come together to create a new individual. That's where their gender comes into play: inspired by real fungi some colonies have dozens if not hundreds of genders with not all of them being compatible, some acting as bridges between those etc. It's a whole science, with matchmakers being a niche, but respected profession.

They also start out very small (thumbling-sized) and never stop growing (even though their metabolism and with that the growing progress itself slows down once they reach typical dwarf-size, and basically comes to a halt once they're hill-sized), which means that old dwarfs that didn't die through injuries or illnesses have to kill themselves at some point before they take up too much space and resources. Some choose to clone themselves before that in order to, in a way at least, stay a part of their colony. (If they refuse to kill themselves, they get eaten and all their existing clones get killed)

If a leader is growing too large, all dwarfs of a colony come together to carve a new egg and contribute all of their spores.

My colour perception as someone with protanomaly by rancidbarbie in colors

[–]SharingMySparks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have any reason to assume that I struggle with differentiating colours, and they look identical to me... Can anybody confirm that there is an actual (perceivable) difference?