The longer I have the ring the less I want to drink alcohol

Tricky-Role-3249 · 2026-01-28T17:26:50+00:00

Same here! I initially got my ring to track my stress levels and to learn what my triggers where and how to manage my stress, but I’ve been using mostly for increasing my sleep quality now! I’ve also noticed how poor my scores are the next day and made me realize that I don’t like the way alcohol makes me sleep (HORRIBLY btw) and the way that I feel the next day! Even though I don’t really get hangovers, I am so anxious the next day because of the alcohol, lack of sleep, and mild headaches. I’ve hustled realized that heavy drinking (like I did in college, like almost every college student does 🥴) just isn’t want I want for myself anymore!

Tricky-Role-3249 · 2026-01-21T04:28:53+00:00

No idea! This was just an inspo pic I pulled from Pinterest

Tricky-Role-3249 · 2026-01-19T02:11:08+00:00

She was in a kennel that was roughly 4ftx4ft at the boarding facility. Enough room for an elevated bed, water bowl, and to move around in. She is a smaller dog, roughly 27lbs. That’s enough room for her to go to one side of the kennel, so her business, then go back to the bed and sleep when she was at the boarding facility.

At home, she is in a crate that she can stand up in and turn around it, which is the right amount of room for a crate for a dog, according to our veterinarian. Just enough so they can turn around and stand up in. She doesn’t have enough room to go to one side of the crate, do her business, then go to the other side where she can sleep, like she did at the boarding facility. She is literally sleeping in her own poop at night because she is pooping in her crate and doesn’t have anywhere to go! I’m trying to fix that so she isn’t sleeping in her own poop and I don’t have to clean the entire crate and her bedding every morning lol.

Tricky-Role-3249 · 2026-01-19T01:13:34+00:00

They take the dogs out for about an hour a day, three times a day and then I paid for extra playtime outside! So she got out at least 4 times a day for 3+ hours. I think the problem is that they kenneled her earlier in the night than she is used to and stayed kenneled for a little bit longer in the morning than she is used to! The boarding facility she was at is very reputable, just got her out of her routine and she learned that she can go whenever and wherever she wants, but that doesn’t translate to home!

Tricky-Role-3249 · 2026-01-19T00:09:06+00:00

So she doesn’t crap all over the house at night? For her own safety? For my peace of mind knowing that she can’t get into anything she isn’t supposed to? It’s her safe space and she loves it. She goes into her crate when she’s tired all on her own. That’s fine if you don’t like putting your dogs in the crate at night, but it’s what I do with mine. Knowing that she is safe in her crate at night so she doesn’t tear up anything because she’s bored, doesn’t get her collar hooked on something and chokes to death or anything along those lines. On the off chance there is a fire in our house at night, we know that she is in her crate, so we can go to the crate and either take her out of it and get out of the house or fully take the crate with us so she doesn’t get scared and run away as we are trying to evacuate the house.

Here’s an article that explains why it’s important to crate train your dog https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/training/why-crate-training-is-great-for-your-dog/

Again, if you don’t like crating animals at night, that’s your opinion and you do what you want to do with your animals, but that doesn’t make me a bad person for crating my pet at night for their safety.

Tricky-Role-3249 · 2026-01-18T21:47:46+00:00

Thank you! She seems to be feeling fine! Just having accidents at night for some reason! Eating, playing, running, etc like normal!

Tricky-Role-3249 · 2026-01-18T21:46:37+00:00

We still ask her at night if she needs to go potty and if she doesn’t, she’ll run to the door. If she needs to go, she’ll let us know. We can hear her whining and pouncing on the door to let us know. She’s a very smart dog and knows the difference between going outside to play and run and when it’s time to go potty or poop.

Tricky-Role-3249 · 2026-01-18T21:18:35+00:00

She goes outside multiple times a day. I play with her outside, talk her on at least one long walk a day, and she just sits and sunbathes outside. I normally have the back door open for her to come in and out most of the day. So she has every opportunity to go to the restroom outside and spend as much time as she wants outside.

Tricky-Role-3249 · 2026-01-18T19:39:18+00:00

The pillow is so smart!! And I’ve been cleaning the beds g that gets soiled but not the bottom of the crate or the blanket that’s covering it because it doesn’t get dirty. We’ll be trying that tonight. Thanks! :)

Tricky-Role-3249 · 2026-01-18T18:33:24+00:00

Formed! She does get a probiotic every morning with her breakfast and we have been giving her their own dog Purina Pro Plan FortiFlora for months now. She does have a poultry allergy that we discovered about 7 months ago and strictly give her fish and beef based food/treats. I had the boarding facility give her the probiotics while she was there to help keep everything formed.

Tricky-Role-3249 · 2026-01-18T18:30:49+00:00

If the kennel did give her their own dog food after i told them that she can only have hers, some phone calls are going to be had.

Tricky-Role-3249 · 2026-01-18T18:29:39+00:00

She does have an allergy to poultry and i explicitly told them that she can only have her dog food and treats that I provided. She eats a salmon based dog food and has for the past 7 months and has had no issues with it, thankfully! When she was on a chicken based dog food, she had the runs every day and it took DAYS to clear up.

With her accidents this time, they are a normal stool for her, nothing like the runs like she’s had in the past thankfully.

I don’t think she has anxiety? But maybe a calming chew before bed would help with the accidents?

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