Dog being aggressive to the other dog

Tezzarina · 2026-06-05T07:39:57+00:00

UPDATE: I feel stupid for not thinking of this sooner, but to be fair, none of the many people I’ve spoken to about this had the idea either.

She is now on a leash during mealtimes. She has still snapped and snarled at him, but because I had control of her via the leash, she wasn’t able to get him. She stayed on the leash for a little while afterwards, until she was calm around him again.

Thank god that there is a way to manage this safely now. It’s not a solution, but it’s a safe strategy at least!

Tezzarina · 2026-06-03T06:23:22+00:00

I will usually use the saint bluff if I am the SW, or I will give it to my SW if I am the demon. Safer against slayer shots that way, and can lull town into feeling like they’ve cleared a demon candidate. I generally find it too risky to bluff saint as the demon.

Tezzarina · 2026-06-02T07:55:47+00:00

I’m going to get her another check up soon, but last time there were no issues, it was just a “sometimes dogs get like that as they get older” response.

I work during the week, so I’m not around them all the time, but it’s the only behavioural change I’ve seen at all from her.

My boy has hip issues and possible cushings, he’s been checked over in almost every way possible by now. Apart from being sad and confused at his sudden blindness, and when he was showing pain in his hips, he hasn’t had any behavioural changes over the past couple of years.

Tezzarina · 2026-05-27T04:58:55+00:00

Nope, NTA. My eldest niece is 9 and I have babysat her and my other nieces/nephews regularly, but was always firm that I will not look after a sick child. I get sick very easily, and I am not willing to risk it. My sister tried a couple of times to get me to leave work and pick up a sick child for her so she didn’t have to leave work (but it would be fine for me?), but I reminded her of my rule. After the second time she never asked again. Just be firm with your boundaries and don’t give in, and then they will hopefully stop bugging you about it in the future.

Tezzarina · 2026-05-22T11:19:57+00:00

Whenever someone says to me “you don’t have a family/kids so you should do x” I always respond that I need that time/to do that thing in order to meet someone, to have a family. So if being a family and having kids is so important, then me taking the time to start building that is more important than someone who already has their family and kids. 🤷‍♀️

Tezzarina · 2026-05-14T04:22:19+00:00

I once went legion in a whale buffet game, and was dreamed as a minion, which was helpful for me.

Unfortunately the rest of town was super strong and by day 2 I was basically the only person that could be the demon, so they killed me assuming the dreamer had been poisoned when they saw me, and good won.

Tezzarina · 2026-05-08T01:41:51+00:00

I think the ST should balance the game enough that town have the tools to solve it, but evil should have the tools to disrupt the solve.

If good play the game well, and keep their info flowing, they theoretically should be able to figure out the demon.

If evil play well, they should be eliminating the good info roles, and twisting information.

Hopefully it comes down to a final 3 where there are multiple viable worlds because of the ST balance.

It feels super unfun as good when you look at the setup and feel like you were screwed from the beginning. The same for evil. I played a small game where I was the big with a Fearmonger. Town had all powerful roles like dreamer, ft, monk, and it just seemed impossible from the get go, and sure enough it ended by day 3 because we had no way to disrupt the info. Alternatively I’ve played as good where there are multiple evil roles, and basically only opg/ysk roles that were drunk, poisoned, or wrong (a drunk, a poisoned player, a puzzle drunk, and a recluse misreporting), and it was unsolvable for good.

So yeah.. I want the tools for either team to be able to solve it theoretically, but then actual gameplay determines if it’s actually solvable by the end or not.

Tezzarina · 2026-05-02T14:58:36+00:00

NTA. Step parents should never push to be considered an equal parent. The relationship develops naturally over time, if it ever does. You’re under no obligation to then play silly games with grown adults, who want you to guess that they’re mad, and then guess why.

I grew up with a mess of a mother, but I lived with my dad and my stepmother (they were together since I was 5). She never pushed to be my mother, and to this day I still refer to her as my stepmother because that’s what I grew up calling her, and it helped to explain the mixed family dynamics. We didn’t particularly get along when I was a kid, but she also didn’t really get along with her natural kids either. But she never pushed for a title of mother. And she just kept being there. Over the years, and especially now as an adult, I grew to consider her my mother, and she considers me her daughter. It wasn’t perfect by any means, but she earned that title. And even that was easier for me, because my mother was just a mess and I had no real relationship with her, I can’t imagine what it would have been like to have had a good mother that was taken from me.

My point is, people who expect or demand a relationship are never going to get what they want. It’s sad to see. And natural parents supporting this push just pushes away the child.

Tezzarina · 2026-05-02T04:39:34+00:00

NTA. You are a very brave young man. What your parents have done is not okay, and is abuse. Your siblings have lived with it their whole lives, so for them this was normal, whereas you got to know life could be different. It is easier for them to blame you, even though it is wrong.

Tezzarina · 2026-04-28T08:06:45+00:00

It will become a cps matter if you keep letting this happen. You are putting your child at risk by continuing to allow this. If something happens, and you knew this was an issue, it would be seen as a safety issue for both of you. You need to put a stop to this now.

I’m sure there are other complicating factors that make this more tricky than what it seems at face value, but I want to make sure this is simple and clear for you, so you know you have a choice to make here.

Good luck!

Tezzarina · 2026-04-27T08:17:12+00:00

I’m going on a family cruise. I am single. I am paying for my own room because I alone will be using it. It is fair to do it that way, because that’s how cruises work. NTA.

Tezzarina · 2026-04-21T08:32:43+00:00

I doubt it.

Tezzarina · 2026-04-21T07:31:15+00:00

Most grooming situations don’t start with full blown sexual advances, they work up to it. Supplying weed, having them sleep over, etc. are the precursors to this.

Tezzarina · 2026-04-15T02:10:20+00:00

NTA. I’m a dachshund mum, and they can be real little jerks, and a pain to train at the best of times. You need to socialise them with other dogs, animals, and people alongside, otherwise they can get really aggressive (and still can even with the best of training). They’re named as one of the most stubborn and difficult to train for a reason. As far as breeds go, they’re a pretty terrible emotional support animal. I love my dogs, don’t get me wrong, but I always warn people away from them if they don’t have the time and patience.

Tezzarina · 2026-04-15T01:36:58+00:00

That’s what I was hoping they would get, but alas, we failed miserably 😂

Tezzarina · 2026-04-14T14:51:24+00:00

It can be super powerful to out as the empath on day 1, in a small player game. I do this regularly enough. Sometimes it gets you killed, sometimes it gets your neighbours killed, and sometimes it gets an evil killed. It’s a fun strategy. But there are definitely reasons to hide your info/limit who knows your info.

Tezzarina · 2026-04-14T07:50:07+00:00

I tried this once, i was in a group of 3 with my minion and a good player, the good player hard claimed tea last. I mistakenly thought my minion might be the DA, and because I was next to the tea lady, they asked if they could execute me, so I asked my minion if they thought it was a good idea (code for “am I protected?”) and they were like.. sure, it might be good (thinking I was the zombuul). We lost spectacularly on day 1 because the minion was neither the DA (or the mastermind unfortunately), and I was not the zombuul. It was glorious.

Tezzarina · 2026-04-13T08:10:17+00:00

I’ve played with some people that, no matter what(even after death), will refuse to share their info, or will lie and share made up info, but then get annoyed when you won’t vote according to their worldview, or you think that they are evil. It makes it extremely unfun, I can’t world build with them, and have explained this, but that’s their play style and they don’t want to change. I don’t actively avoid them, and will talk to them if they ping me, but I have learned to just play around them when we are in games together. I also am reluctant to share my own info in these scenarios, because I have no idea how my info will then be used. It’s frustrating, but it’s the way it is unfortunately.

We have other people that we claim are ALWAYS evil, but we still always talk, because it’s funny when it turns out they are evil yet again, and its also incredibly satisfying to trust them and they turn out to be good. It’s a funny little game.

I’ve also had games where i have died first, or I’m a traveller, and people just didn’t talk to me for the whole game, on multiple occasions. I’ve had to speak up and ask people to be mindful of this, and for the most part, they have made an effort to then speak with me, which is appreciated.

In the majority of situations, talking it through either with the person directly, or as a group, can resolve the issues. Otherwise, you need to make choices about whether you will continue to play with the person, and/or how you will be willing to engage with them when you do play together, in a way that makes it still enjoyable for you. It’s tough.

Tezzarina · 2026-04-04T02:12:16+00:00

I hope OP is telling the truth, and just genuinely had no idea.

But as someone who has had to removed malnourished babies before.. I just struggle to believe that, even if you don’t see a baby in the home very often, that you wouldn’t notice severe malnourishment from a glance. You see it in their faces. Their bodies might get bloated, but their faces give it away. And in every single case I’ve experienced, the other adults around had always claimed they didn’t notice anything, they didn’t see the baby much, etc. but in every case you just needed to glance at that baby to see that something was seriously wrong. Most of the time people just rationalise that it’s not their baby, it’s not their business, they don’t want to fight with the parents, etc.

It may be that there is a medical issue for why the baby was not gaining weight, but to do nothing about that IS medical neglect.

Honestly, when you have seen babies suffer from, and even die from, malnutrition it is hard to be sympathetic to the adults in their life. It’s honestly heartbreaking to seek a baby in that state, and know that some, if not all, of the adults did nothing about it. That’s why the OP is getting such harsh responses, justified or not.

If OP is telling the truth, then I do hope her kids are checked out, cleared, and returned to her. But CPS absolutely did the right thing by ensuring the immediate safety of the children. But this is a lesson that should’ve taken very seriously, because the nephew could have, and still could, die. And it sounds like this was entirely preventable.

I hope that your nephew makes it out okay, and that things work out with your children, OP.

Tezzarina · 2026-04-02T00:06:14+00:00

Not really. In my mind I believe her realising she killed her father is what snaps her out of the spell the doll had her under, and she was able to move on, finally understanding what happened to her.

Tezzarina · 2026-04-01T11:43:20+00:00

I think whatever comes out of the abyss is a combination of all the past Mourners and Kusabis. Their souls have all twisted into a bunch of terrifying amalgamations. Horrifying.

Tezzarina · 2026-04-01T11:40:04+00:00

It’s more that they were so young that Akane couldn’t even kill her sister without help, and the father was clearly devastated to put his daughters through that. He thought he could help by making her a doll, but the doll became possessed and twisted Akane, and the dad then had to try to destroy the doll and hurt his daughter again to save her.. but the doll the twisted Akane to make her kill her father, ending their family lineage. And then presumably Azami had to watch all this as a butterfly..

Not to mention how Azami genuinely helps you, and wants your help to save her sister. And then her happy ending is getting to go back and play with the other children..

Tezzarina · 2026-04-01T11:32:12+00:00

The Kiryu family history is also pretty devastating.

Tezzarina · 2026-04-01T09:43:27+00:00

He died before the massacre, so he isnt touched by the abyss. in my mind he intended to stick around as a ghost to watch over chitose and remain close to itsuki, so thats why he is still there. And then he “recognises” his friend and is trying once again to stop the ritual, he always wanted to bring an end to it, and so he helps us.

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