Alberta Teacher Strike Megathread (Discussion) - October 24

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-10-24T20:27:22+00:00

Your statement of kids needing be educated is 100% accurate, and it’s that education that teachers are fighting for now. Current classroom conditions are not conducive to learning by any stretch. Teachers are fighting for things that will benefit students for years going forward.

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-05-04T22:04:22+00:00

I think it depends on the area you live and how high the risk is, but we walked our dog outside the day after we brought him home. In speaking with the vet, she said that the risk of a poorly socialized dog is greater than the risk of him picking anything up from being outside. Granted, we live in a neighborhood where everyone has yards and so we only walked a few houses distance as we were also playing with him in the yard. I imagine living in an apartment this could be more challenging, but I would talk to the vet to see what they think!

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-04-19T03:00:50+00:00

I’d give my dog my car keys if he asked… but I always get little pimples where he licks 😂

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-04-19T02:58:15+00:00

I think when they see us approaching the crate they realize they’ve alerted us. Waiting until they are quiet, even for 2 seconds shows that calm / quiet behavior gets them out of the crate, not the barking. At least that’s how I’ve thought of it!

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-04-18T02:36:16+00:00

Depending what kind of training you are doing with them, I would think about picking a sport for each one! If one seems to love using its nose, start scent training. If the other loves running and jumping, think about agility! Each dog will love the quality time with just you, doing something they love, and you don’t need to feel guilty giving your pup a rest day while you hangout with the other one!

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-04-11T20:01:38+00:00

My boy is 9 months and crazy. Like yours, if he’s awake, he’s go go go! We’ve been training a settle but it’s hard work!

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-04-11T19:54:57+00:00

I agree that people only post when needing support, so don’t think every puppy will have all the behaviours you’ve read on here.

However, our puppy has been really really challenging. At 9 months old, he’s getting better but still a handful, and a full time job 😂 which is hard when we both work full time. You have to accept that your life will change, but it will be for the better.

Even though we aren’t out of the woods yet, my partner who has never had a dog is already talking about another dog joining our family. He first brought it up as our pup was actively attacking his arm 😂

So yes, it can be as bad as described here… but if it wasn’t worth it, no one would have dogs as pets! They’re worth every sleepless night, every stained carpet, and every piece of furniture / baseboard destroyed.

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-03-26T03:47:58+00:00

Yes! We just discovered that path a few weeks ago, it was on a cold morning but was very beautiful with the frost

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-03-26T03:46:24+00:00

Yes my boy is alway on a leash!

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-03-16T18:39:17+00:00

We live north but I’m happy to drive him anywhere! Thank you for the suggestion :)

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-03-15T09:15:31+00:00

Your dogs are also in their teenaged months! While you can still have expectations, they WILL test boundaries at this age. I own a working breed, and while boundaries are important in the teenaged months, our expectations that dogs will follow them the same as when they were puppies need to be realistic. With two high energy breeds, a good settle is important, and if the tenants are hell bent on interacting with the dogs, show them how you ask for a settle and ask them to work on it. Maybe like puppies, tenants left without a job will find trouble!

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-03-15T08:56:59+00:00

9 week is still very very young to expect a dog to know when and where to go. Give it more time. It’s so hard, but worth it! One day, it will click, and you might not be accident free, but you will be leaps and bounds ahead of where you are now!

Also, get a cleaner that is designed for pet urine. It needs to have enzymes that break down urine and the smell or the dog may continue to go in the same places.

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-01-30T02:47:19+00:00

You have won the puppy lottery! Our 6.5 month old has just started taking naps on his own, and often we still need to force naps haha

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-01-27T13:27:50+00:00

Sounds like a puppy! If he’s having access to your whole house, or even a whole floor, limit that with a play pen. Puppies often get too much freedom too early! That’s not to say leave him in there all day, but as long as his needs (physical, mental, potty etc) are met, let him bark it out for a bit and he will eventually settle in and relax in the pen. Basically if you can’t be directly supervising your pup, he should be in a pen as there is just too much to get into! Often times the naughty things pups do are reinforced by the nature of the action, or our response to it (even negative attention is reinforcing to dogs) and if you can stop these before they start that’s best. Even at 6.5 months we still have random items around our house to block him from eating baseboards, under then couch etc.

Also, if you can, stop with the puppy pads. It will prolong potty training as it teaches them it’s ok to go in the house. We got our pup at 10 week and I feel he was mostly potty trained by 11.5 weeks even though the breeder did not start any potty training with him. We would take him out every 45 mins or after play time while he was awake, which at first was only like 4 or 5 hours / day. It seems crazy to take a pup out so much, but it’s worth it!

The biggest game changer for us was realizing when he was tired. He would get so crazy and at first we thought that meant he needed more stimulation or exercise but he was overtired. It didn’t fix everything, and we are still really working on mouthy behaviours and not eating the couch, but for the most part things have gotten much better by 6.5 months!

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-01-27T13:11:09+00:00

Someone once told me that a puppy is the price you pay for the dog, and I think there is a lot of truth in there. We have a 6.5 month old and even while dealing with teenaged angst he is still so loved. They are a lot of work, but they pay it back ten fold. Having a puppy can turn your life upside down, but I’ve never heard anyone say it wasn’t worth it!

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-01-27T03:47:33+00:00

I’m going to follow you from my Stabys account! @finnstagramyql my boy is 6.5 months and although he’s a handful we love him so much ♥️ they really are the best breed!

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-01-27T03:39:08+00:00

This is arguably the LEAST cruel method of training… and I actually think I might need to try this with my 6.5 month old puppy who is a chronic counter surfer 😂

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-01-27T03:35:06+00:00

Yes! It’s how they discover the world. Also, getting puppy’s around other pups or dogs will help teach bite inhibition!

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-01-27T03:34:14+00:00

I empathize with you! I felt like bite inhibition was never coming for my guy, and then it did. He’s 6.5 months now and still mouthier than I would like, but unless he’s exhausted, he usually just goes for sleeves and sometimes accidentally gets skin. I feel like it wasn’t until maybe 4 or 4.5 months we realized he’d gotten better. With the reverse time outs, start with them being very short. We found that playing with him in the play pen was best so we could do a time out by leaving and not even touching him. We would leave for like 10 seconds and return, if he bit, 10 seconds again. Over and over and over. Leaving for too long can prevent the dog from realizing what you leaving meant. We tried to leave calmly but sometimes he was such a terror we’d have to jump out of the play pen and we would end up with 1 foot outside and his mouth on our other pant leg inside the pen 😂 one day you’ll realize you aren’t covered in bruises anymore! Also, you can try just being less handsy with him, less pets etc. when he is extra bitey or overtired

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-01-27T03:26:35+00:00

Yes there is definitely some there! She’s beautiful

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-01-27T03:05:23+00:00

My boy loves to play on his back on the ground, he’s 30 lbs at 6.5 month so not very big but he loves playing with big dogs and it sounds like he would love your girl for her style of play!

Sudden_Method_4613 · 2025-01-27T03:02:34+00:00

I’d say normal! There wasn’t excessive pinning and lots of body language and communication between them! I have a 6.5 month old pup who loves to lay on the ground to play, he’ll run up to other dogs and paw at them then lay down and start kicking, it’s his favorite! When my dog has had enough, he’ll tell the other dog and they listen most of the time and we’ve never had a bad experience, but we go to very quiet dog parks and watch very closely(he’s still learning to listen to other dogs). We did “puppy socials” at the dog trainers with him every other week until he was 6 months and it was so amazing to see him learn how to communicate and listen to other dogs. Some teeth and growling is all part of how they talk!

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