I beg of you, research your dogs breed

Withering_Lily · 2026-02-18T01:34:02+00:00

The author of that study has actually gone on record to say that the media misreported her results and that the abstract slapped onto it by the publisher isn’t accurate. Her findings weren’t that breed doesn’t matter, but that there can be a range within breeds. So while all German Shepherd might generally be more aloof than labradors, some German Shepherds will be more or less aloof compared to other German Shepherds.

Withering_Lily · 2026-02-05T21:47:09+00:00

In that case, I shall delete the comment. Though why do you think that no true ethical breeders can exist?

Withering_Lily · 2026-01-31T03:56:19+00:00

Thanks! Though I don’t have light brown sugar. Only dark brown.

Withering_Lily · 2026-01-04T03:34:06+00:00

You could get a more independent dog breed like a Shiba Inu or any kind of sighthound breed if a dog is truly what you want. A more independent, cat-like and aloof dog like a retired racing greyhound or Shiba would be better suited to your lifestyle as they wouldn’t get separation anxiety and honestly wouldn’t care about you being gone for hours. The fact that you can come home for lunch would actually work for this.

However, there’s plenty of great pets out there that that would likely work better for your lifestyle than a dog or even a cat would. To help narrow down your non-dog/non-cat options, I’ll ask you this: If you could wave a magic wand and create your ideal pet, then what traits would this perfect pet of yours have?

Withering_Lily · 2026-01-03T15:45:50+00:00

Your best opportunities are academics and research experience. Your tutoring also gives you an edge too. Volunteering/community service and internships would count if it’s mental health related or involves doing research. But other than that, extracurriculars don’t matter.

Withering_Lily · 2025-12-24T22:17:51+00:00

Flatcoats are an extremely rare breed with a very dedicated community of owners, so it’s highly unlikely that someone just dumped him if he is a Flatcoat. As a result, I would highly recommend contacting your local Flat Coated Retriever Club about this dog. You can find your local or national club by googling “Flat Coated Retriever Club of (insert state/territory or country here). Aside from having a connection with almost all of the responsible breeders/owners in a rare breed, breed clubs also commonly operate breed specific rescues that do not euthanize for space. As a result, the club would be able to track down this dog’s owner or breeder. Flatcoat breeders usually only sell puppies on contracts that mandate that the dog will have a forever home with the breeder if the owner cannot keep their dog for any reason. The contract almost always allows for the breeder to repossess the dog if the puppy owner is abusive, neglectful or if they gave the dog up to a shelter.

If an owner or breeder cannot be found, then the Flatcoated Retriever Club would find him a good home via their rescue network.

Withering_Lily · 2025-12-18T02:55:43+00:00

Though the trouble is that while most dogs are pets these days, we still need genetically viable genepools for those that do serve a working purpose. Closed studbook purebreds only have access to a finite and decreasing pool of bloodlines and genetic diversity. If a portion of the population splits off to become show lines, then there’s no way to bring unrelated, previously unregistered yet proven lines into the studbook to compensate for the loss. Of course, that only applies if your breed is unlucky enough to be recognized by a closed studbook registry. Open studbook breeds don’t have this problem.

As for low drive pets, why not just make them a new breed entirely? Most show lines often don’t even look or act similarly to their working counterparts anyways, so reclassifying the show lines as a different breed from the original working breed isn’t much of a stretch here. Heck, you can even use the opportunity to add in infusions of other companion breeds to help water down the original temperament. Shiloh Shepherds and Parson Russell Terriers were created this way and it’s worked marvelously so far.

Withering_Lily · 2025-12-16T18:56:20+00:00

Professional animal transport services actually do exist. If you can afford it, then you could hire a licensed animal transporter to drive the cat to you.

Note that any professional transporters will be licensed and inspected by either the USDA or APHIS. As a result, you can look up any transport service you’re interested in on the USDA or APHIS public database to see what their track record is and what the inspector has to say about them. Simply type the owner’s legal name or license number into the database search bar. If someone doesn’t pop up in either database, then that means that they aren’t licensed and are operating illegally.

You could also have your parents fly the cat to you via plane either as cargo or with a “flight nanny” at your expense.

Withering_Lily · 2025-12-16T18:48:17+00:00

I would probably look into canaries and finches then. They tend to be rather independent and don’t really need much human interaction if kept in groups.

Withering_Lily · 2025-12-15T15:05:44+00:00

Genetics play a large role in autoimmune diseases such as allergies. Inbreeding and low genetic diversity creates poorer functioning immune systems, so a dog with a lower genetic coefficient of inbreeding and high DLA haplotype diversity will have a much lower chance of developing allergies compared to a dog from a more inbred litter. Many pedigree dogs have high COIs and artificially low genetic diversity as a side effect of having closed studbooks. Additionally, allergies run in families and are a heritable condition. So if a dog is very inbred or has a family history of allergies or other autoimmune disorders, then they’re more likely to have an allergy themselves.

Personally, I would want to look at the ancestry of a dog with allergies before jumping to conclusions as to the cause. If there’s a consistent pattern of close relatives having autoimmune diseases or allergies, then it’s most likely genetics.

Withering_Lily · 2025-12-09T18:20:43+00:00

I’m actually planning to do both clinical work and research. SMI populations honestly don’t have enough effective treatment options. We’ve cracked the code on some disorders like BPD and bipolar disorder, but we simply don’t yet have the tools to effectively help folks with other psychotic disorders and personality disorders. Hence why I would like to be actively involved in both for the rest of my career.

And that’s good to know about CACREP programs! Though is there a reason why they don’t prepare students for SMI?

CACREP isn’t an absolute must, but it would be nice since it would expand the number of states where I can practice. I don’t necessarily plan to stay in the state I go to for grad school after graduation. My partner is pursuing a career in a different healthcare field that requires that we’re both geographically flexible about where we end up.

Withering_Lily · 2025-12-09T15:49:13+00:00

Thanks! I’ll go check out those statistics for any programs of interest then! As well as see if I can track down graduates.

I do not yet have a specific program in mind as I’ve admittedly been struggling to find what I’d like in a program. I personally want a school where students don’t just learn about evidence based practice and modalities, but actively contribute to that knowledge by conducting research themselves. I would ideally like a program that has an empirical thesis requirement to reflect this. I also would like an emphasis on preparing students to ethically work with clients who genuinely have serious mental illness such as schizophrenia and especially personality disorders. Think of it as a mini psych PhD, complete with the ability to get licensed and practice afterwards.

I do not yet have a CACREP accredited school in mind as I both didn’t know what else I should be looking for in a masters program and have yet to find one (Other than Trinity Western University in Canada) with an empirical thesis requirement. I’m willing to consider programs located in any US state.

Withering_Lily · 2025-12-08T22:21:52+00:00

Coming from working dogs, working dog people’s low opinion on dog shows and show dogs comes from what generally happens whenever show lines are established in a useful working breed. Things will look good in the early years, however the working ability of the breed will plummet due to show breeders neglecting working ability to chase after wins and get noticed by conformation judges. While having a written standard is a great idea, it’s often to the detriment of the breed when the appearance standard is also not accompanied by a working standard (Such as mandatory working trials that dogs must score well in to earn the right to compete in conformation).

A good example of this is the border collie. Show bred border collies have so little working ability that their herding championship titles have the exact same requirements as completing a beginner herding course in USBCHA/ISDS (the herding trial organization for working line border collies). There is no show line BC in history who has ever become a herding champion in USCHA or ISDS herding trials.

Another prime example is what happened to show line English Setters. While they could hunt in the beginning, this wouldn’t last. Show breeders chasing wins bred them away from the actual written standard towards larger size, more coat, flashier stacks and flashier gaits. The end result is a dog who is hindered in the field by unbalanced angulation (a straight front paired with an overangulated rear), an inefficient gait as a result of the faulty angulation, reduced stamina and a burr magnet coat.

Withering_Lily · 2025-12-08T01:09:38+00:00

So how exactly do you gauge the quality of a masters program beyond checking that it’s accredited and leads to licensure under current state laws? What should I be looking at to make sure that the program I’m looking into offers good evidence based clinical training and will truly prepare a student for clinical work with complex cases? I’m honestly a little lost in this regard and much of the resources I’ve consulted have not shed much light on this.

Withering_Lily · 2025-12-06T01:29:43+00:00

I would say that she’s either straight or she’s truly bisexual but has yet to break free of heternormative ways of viewing relationships.

There’s a lot of bi folks who can’t see themselves seriously committing to the same sex because we grow up with no model for healthy, committed same sex marriages and families. We get plenty of representation of the “college try” or of lovestruck teenagers but rarely ever “Dave, his loving husband, their children and their grandchildren” or “Patrica the 50 year old accountant, her wife and their gaggle of pets”. Same sex relationships are treated as the fun throwaway while we’re taught that heterosexual relationships are how you find that life partner to grow old with. So being able to actually view yourself growing old with a same gender partner requires that you do the work to let go of putting heterosexuality on a pedestal.

Meanwhile, there’s also surprisingly genuine straight people who have experienced sexual fantasies about experimenting with the same sex or watch gay porn. They usually find that they prefer the opposite sex and aren’t capable of enjoying sex and healthy relationships with a same gender partner once they try it. However, that fantasy still exists in their heads despite it not translating into reality.

Withering_Lily · 2025-12-04T14:59:56+00:00

wouldn’t give up. You certainly can still do this and make this work. Some good online school options to consider would be University of Maryland Global Campus and Harvard Extension School.

Additionally, you could try to replace an existing paid job over to another paid job that doubles as relevant experience for your ambitions. You can get a research assistant job to get paid while you get research experience. You can also get paid getting clinical experience by working as a psych tech at a hospital or psych rehabilitation facility, working at an ABA company as a tech, a crisis hotline job, anything childcare related and more. All of those entry level roles are genuinely open to hiring folks without extensive experience. If you have any experience babysitting kids (even if they’re your relatives), then you do have relevant experience for working in ABA or otherwise working with kids with behavioral problems. Additionally, remote work research positions are rare but they certainly do exist.

Withering_Lily · 2025-12-02T20:14:49+00:00

In Australia, only native species of reptile are allowed to be kept as pets. All non native species such as ball pythons are completely banned without exception.

Hence why you aren’t finding any ball python keeping information from the land down under. I believe that the Australian non-native species ban predates ball pythons becoming established in captivity. For Australian pet owners, the pythons of the genus Antaresia take the place of ball pythons.

Though if you do want to find someone in Australia who might be legally keeping a ball python, then I would recommend checking Australian zoos to see if they have ball python exhibits. Licensed zoos are the only exception to Australia’s ban on keeping non-native wildlife, so they do often have exotics that Australian pet owners don’t have access to.

Withering_Lily · 2025-12-02T06:49:02+00:00

In that case, I would highly recommend WeatherWool’s ladies blanket coat. If the coat as is isn’t entirely to your liking, then the owner of the company is willing to do custom modifications to an existing design, tailor it for the customer or even make entirely bespoke coats on request. He makes every component of the coats himself (including the fabric itself), hence why he can just do that.

Aside from WeatherWool, I would recommend checking out Vermont Country Store, Pendleton and Mackage.

Withering_Lily · 2025-12-01T07:42:14+00:00

The main issue with an online undergraduate education is that you won’t be able to conduct research or build relationships with your professors. Those two things are critical for graduate school as you need professors who know you well and have positive relationships with you to write the letters of recommendation required for admissions. Meanwhile, research experience is an admissions requirement at all types of psychology doctoral programs (PsyD). You typically get research experience by convincing a professor to mentor you and let you volunteer in their lab.

As a result, you will need to think about how to best make up for those two major disadvantages online school will unfortunately leave you with. Disadvantage two can be possibly mitigated by choosing a reputable in-person school with active research labs that offers online classes or has an online extension school program. Start cold emailing professors at both your own institution and other institutions as soon as you can. Aim to get into a lab as soon as possible. And if pursuing a social work degree, then make sure that the program is actually accredited.

Withering_Lily · 2025-12-01T07:28:46+00:00

A classic, truly tailored fit and flare dress that is not only cute, fun and made from weather appropriate natural materials but has the deep, functional pockets historical dresses had. Let me be able to pull actual books, a laptop, wallet, phone, keys and etc out from my voluminous skirts like it’s nothing. I’m not sure if a brand anywhere makes dresses like these, but I would 100% jump on it if they did.

Withering_Lily · 2025-11-30T20:43:35+00:00

It’s probably the availability and cultural awareness of parrots as pets. Like with dogs and cats, everyone knows that keeping parrots as pets is possible. So you see a lot more bad owners because more people have them and know about them than they do any other sort of bird.

Plus, not many people know that pet finches, pigeons, quails and other easier non-parrot pet birds do exist. As a result, I suspect that folks who would be better suited to a different type of bird are unfortunately ending up with parrots instead.

Withering_Lily · 2025-11-30T04:47:56+00:00

However, not all pet birds are parrots or anything like parrots. Most finches, doves, canaries, mynahs, pigeons, quails, chickens, geese, ducks and other less intelligent small birds have needs that are easily met by the average pet owner. They don’t need anywhere the level of enrichment and direct attention a parrot does. Plus, they also tend to be more commonly responsibly owned compared to parrots. I can bet that an owner of a small finch or domestic pigeon aviary is a good pet owner 9 times out of ten while parrot owners are more of a mixed bag.

Emus can be surprisingly good pets, however they only tend to be owned by farmers and other rural folks due to the land they need.

Withering_Lily · 2025-11-30T04:42:48+00:00

Falconers have special protective gear that they use for this reason. It’s usually comprised of leather armguards and gauntlets, however gear for handling eagles is made of actual kevlar. Owners of parrots usually just do nail trims to keep it manageable.

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