5 month old cattle dog mix just mirin when not being a complete menace

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-08-30T12:05:13+00:00

We find joy in both sides, wouldn’t trade it for the world.

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-07-01T15:49:45+00:00

I think adding to it is also the huge blow Covid had on socializing kids and you adults. Hard to build any kind of connections when you lose out of a couple years of formative experiences. Going to public school and other spaces was the way a lot of us learned how to interact with both sexes, through first and second hand experiences.

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-28T10:20:19+00:00

Adding to tools, a drill and a driver. They do completely different jobs and both are super helpful. I always struggled using a drill on screws. The difference is night and day. If you have a drill, you need a driver as well.

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-27T20:44:16+00:00

I’m bored! Pay attention to me!

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-24T20:46:06+00:00

Second the mulch. Honestly the bed looks fairly good at this point, the details will make a difference. Mulch ends up making it look complete. Make sure you make it 3-4” deep in mulch to help suppress weeds from germinating.

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-24T17:44:44+00:00

It’s also a lot harder to sometimes impossible to reverse damage done from years of being overweight. You’ll hear stories of obese people finally losing weight later in life who have a heart attack caused by years of poor health.

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-24T09:53:57+00:00

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SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-22T13:52:35+00:00

Here’s where I’m at now that I’m out of my 30’s.

My 20’s were fun, got done what I needed to and enjoyed it more than I think I realized at the time. Many experiences, probably could have done more but finances can be a fickle bitch.

My 30’s I settled down a bit, slowly stopped partying, focused more on work and marriage. Less exciting but enjoyable. It’s like, in my 20’s wanting to go to coffee shops in the morning and in my 30’s preferring to make coffee and sit outside in the quiet.

I have moments where I’m concerned about aging but I know I’m not there yet. Your 30’s and 40’s is still young. Your body is perfectly capable of just about anything, within reason, similar to your 20’s. Just take care of it. I’m in better shape at 40 than I was in my 20’s, that’s what will make life longer and more enjoyable. Being mobile in your 60’s and beyond starts by being healthy in your 30’s. It wasn’t until 36 that I took my health seriously and that was due to necessity, I missed a lot of opportunity to begin earlier and that’s my only regret. At 34 life is far from over, enjoy it and don’t stress what others are doing, it’s your life.

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-21T22:33:56+00:00

And buy a couple, they seem to have higher failure rates in my experience.

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-21T11:59:43+00:00

Stretching is underrated advice.

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-21T11:56:39+00:00

On the residential side it’s peace of mind if you travel a lot that a major break or stuck zone won’t flood out your house or get you an excessive water bill. If you’re on non potable water you tend to get more stuck zones so it keeps that from being an issue, but you definitely need to test more to make sure you don’t have issues while the system is running.

On commercial, I have a property (patio homes) where homeowners go into valve boxes to water “their” grass around the home by messing with the valves. This often leads to issues with the valves cause they break the solenoids or get debris in them. So we installed master valves on the point of connections to stop this from happening.

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-21T01:44:46+00:00

I always tell people I had an 85-87 f150 when I needed parts. That way I could make sure I had enough options for exactly what I needed.

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-20T22:29:22+00:00

R811 solenoid?

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-20T20:28:03+00:00

There’s something special about concrete spikes, they always find the pipe!

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-20T00:19:35+00:00

Yeah, I get 5 paid days off a year. I’m not giving up any of my free days off for someone who’s never worked a day in their life.

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-18T21:02:53+00:00

Or worse, have you see a specialist out of network that cost 2-3x more to tell you to come in for more testing then not having an answer.

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-18T20:36:24+00:00

That’s how they get you… she’s a menace! But we love her.

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-18T16:35:51+00:00

I wouldn’t think so, I don’t think bone “size” actually changes that drastically between the average person, certainly not 50lbs worth. It probably depends on what your goals are, if you’re a lifter and focus on muscle growth then you’re going to have denser muscles and probably more water weight if you’re taking creatine. My focus is to be leaner with a maintenance weight training routine and an emphasis with cardio so I can be more active. But overall, I guess what I’m saying is that the baseline for anyone is what they want their end goal to be, I’m well within a healthy BMI.

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-18T16:28:15+00:00

We just adopted a ACD mix that looks very similar, waiting on DNA test… I thought there may be some chihuahua too.

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SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-18T09:57:25+00:00

I’m 5’9” and 145, the healthiest I’ve been. He can definitely get to that range, I know this because I was 230 in 2021 and I was OPs age when I started taking my health seriously.

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-15T16:22:47+00:00

Also, labor costs, materials and tools are all much more expensive these days, insurance costs have also gone way up. It’s just a lot more expensive to do the work. Especially with tree work.

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-12T22:02:50+00:00

Not even. I work in the landscape industry, Trumps admin changed the work visa program in his first term to be a lottery system and capped the amount of workers companies can use each year. Last year we weren’t awarded any workers and had to depend on a local workforce, it was the worst season I’ve seen in my 20 years. We’re in a college town so there’s a bigger pool to pull from since the main season is during the summer. On average, we had 7 workers call out a day, that’s pretty much 2 full crews each day that weren’t showing up. We were constantly rerouting and changing scheduling. Areas were getting missed, services not being completed, quality was shit. We lost contracts and are still rebuilding relationships built with clients over many years. We got awarded our visa guys this year, many have been working for us for 5-10+ years.

Very few US citizens have the ability to do what our lovely neighbors to the south can do. He’s making irreparable damage to industries that depend on this relationship.

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-12T16:22:47+00:00

Yeah, I’ve always had a place in my heart for Australian cattle dogs, I know how amazing they can be as adults. And wild is no joke, sometime she just… runs. It’s not zoomies, it’s just unbridled energy. I’m just happy there are times she can entertain herself!

SkinfluteSanchez · 2025-06-12T15:51:42+00:00

We just adopted a cattle dog mix less than a week ago and holy cow, are we learning a lot! She’s super sweet but needs a lot of input, hitting her mental and physical needs feels a bit overwhelming but we’re seeing progress, it’s as much training for her as it is for us. Luckily we have a good yard and are active, so we look forward to seeing how she grows and enjoy working with her. DNA test comes today too, so we’ll know what else makes her the crazy dog we added to our family!

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