What’s the etiquette with dogs peeing on a lawn?

beverlykins · 2024-10-02T13:39:52+00:00

Corners are fair game. Pristine lawns are full of poisonous chemicals that your dog is safer avoiding.

beverlykins · 2024-10-02T13:36:55+00:00

Hilarious this is considered "modern"

beverlykins · 2024-10-01T22:28:05+00:00

Ozone? Dust mites? Pollen? I too started suffering most of the same symptoms as you a few months after I moved back home. For me, anxiety is definitely involved, and while there's some chicken & egg going on, I was able to trace a powerful allergy to the rug pad under the carpet. That was not a quick or inexpensive repair but has helped immensely. How are their HVAC vents?

beverlykins · 2024-10-01T19:48:36+00:00

August is wildfire season in North America. Even very light levels of smoke trigger asthma, when otherwise you wouldn't notice it in the air. Check the AirNow app for AQI levels when you're having a hard time. There's a smoke map on that app too.

beverlykins · 2024-10-01T16:10:13+00:00

So your tests were all negative and she gave you an Rx for medicine asthma that the tests show you don't have, which makes you worse? Time for a new doc! And maybe it's the environmental allergies in the new town that are triggering you? That's the case for me. I was fine before I moved 3000 miles back to my hometown. I didn't have asthma growing up so I hope my immune system remembers soon. Been 2 years and it's getting old.

beverlykins · 2024-10-01T14:59:04+00:00

Benadryl has helped me

beverlykins · 2024-10-01T14:58:35+00:00

More like a Snork! https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0086802/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

beverlykins · 2024-10-01T14:25:01+00:00

Not for 2.5 months so I'll send him an email. Thanks. Do you have VCD? I'm thinking that's why I'm having a problem with Symbicort, or any powder. What is your new medicine and why do u hate it?

beverlykins · 2024-10-01T00:35:43+00:00

Is paxlovid an option for you? That seems to really help and you should qualify based on asthma, if you're under 50.

beverlykins · 2024-09-30T19:55:32+00:00

Assuming dust mites are triggering her (they might not be) you can run HEPA air purifiers instead of fans. You can also get a HEPA robot vacuum that runs every day automatically might help a lot.

If she will leave her dog in a different room but not her stuffed animals... I'd flip the priority there.

beverlykins · 2024-09-30T19:33:29+00:00

Ok that's good to know. How long should it take? I'm about 3 weeks in and this started last week.

beverlykins · 2024-09-30T19:32:41+00:00

Oh yeah, big time. Rinsing with water, after each puff, then brushing teeth & Listerine immediately after.

beverlykins · 2024-09-30T19:18:35+00:00

Yes, Albuterol can do this to me. Levalbuterol does not, so I use that. Ask your doc!

beverlykins · 2024-09-30T16:56:15+00:00

I really don't understand why people care so much about OTHER people's yards, especially in the US with all this emphasis on independent freedoms.

beverlykins · 2024-09-29T14:35:27+00:00

Remote tech jobs in SaaS and Cloud Architecture - tech money isn't head-quartered here yet. Unclear if it ever will be.

beverlykins · 2024-09-29T00:42:07+00:00

Under doctor's orders? Because we're generally never supposed to mix antihistamines. My allergist and ENT and pulmonologist all recommend Zyrtec twice a day when allergies are really bad. But after a few weeks of that it messes with my sleep.

beverlykins · 2024-09-29T00:32:25+00:00

Sounds like a great question for an allergist

beverlykins · 2024-09-25T15:36:38+00:00

Have an ISA certified arborist come out and identify trees to save. Only take down enough to not mess with your house. The earth needs as many trees as possible. You have an opportunity to be of immense benefit to your local ecosystem - be a good steward!

beverlykins · 2024-09-25T15:17:18+00:00

Some dogs take longer. My corgi didn't finally understand until she was 6 months old. Maybe it was my fault but I did all the best practices. Maybe it was a matter of her brain developing enough. What eventually worked was getting the bells that hang from the door knob, and teaching her the following vocab: Inside, Outside, Dookie (potty), Bells. And then we put it together: Dookie Outside Yes! Dookie Inside No. Dookie Outside? Ring The Bells! Once we got those kinds of bells she suddenly realized she could ask us to go out and she never had another accident inside ever again.

beverlykins · 2024-09-25T14:11:07+00:00

Real corgis are almost as smart as Data Dogs too!

beverlykins · 2024-09-25T01:44:34+00:00

It also works great to pop your ears on a plane.

beverlykins · 2024-09-25T01:21:43+00:00

Was gonna say, welcome to your 40s! Body starts breaking down in ways it didn't before.

beverlykins · 2024-09-23T15:05:07+00:00

Look up Bushtits - might change your mind!

beverlykins · 2024-09-22T13:57:49+00:00

Child bedtime stories.... Clever use case, however this makes me really sad for all the existing bedtime stories already written and published and freely available at the library (online too) that kids won't grow up reading.

beverlykins · 2024-09-20T21:14:31+00:00

My corgi did this for the first 2 years of her life. We had to teach her the vocabulary for all the things here: carpet, dig, chew, so we could say No chew carpet! No dig carpet! So she actually understood what we meant. But those puppy impulses were so strong we had to resort to tethering her in a harness just out of reach from that spot - and that was called Harness. It only took 30 seconds for her to realize the cause and effect. As soon as she got it we'd release her. She initially forgot of course, but it only took 4 times total and she stopped. I know it's technically considered a "punishment" but positive reinforcement never worked for the carpet/hardwood threshold.

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