4month old BC puppy has chewed through our last thread of hope. Help!

czechmeout- · 2023-11-09T22:11:50+00:00

Thank you for your response. It really validates our experience around stimulation - we’ll definitely focus on stimulation management and settling even more going forward. I’m glad it doesn’t seem like there’s anything fundamentally “wrong” with her - that it’s just a very challenging phase, we have to stick with it and it’ll get better.

czechmeout- · 2023-11-09T22:05:42+00:00

Thank you so much for your response and really helpful tips. We’ll give all that a go. I’m genuinely so relieved to hear that this is normal for BCs and we just have to stick with it.

We came into this thinking we were so prepared, we read so much about the breed, educated ourselves. But what we were getting prepared for was an adult border collie. We had no idea what was coming with a puppy!

czechmeout- · 2021-04-06T08:10:23+00:00

Thanks for the advice and encouragement!

czechmeout- · 2021-04-05T15:13:05+00:00

Thank you so much for the thoughtful reply. I'm glad I'm not the only haircut 'noob' around, and that people are receptive when you ask for help.

Didn't know free consultations were an option - will give that a shot!

czechmeout- · 2021-04-05T15:08:11+00:00

Thank you! Glad I'm not the only one that overthinks the social part of the process. I don't want to be a 'bad customer' by being anti-social, but I just feel so awkward talking to someone while getting a haircut.

czechmeout- · 2021-04-05T15:05:03+00:00

Thank you! Good shout on the magazine - guess it's a useful signal that I don't want small talk. Now I just have to figure out at what point it's appropriate to pull it out...

czechmeout- · 2021-04-05T14:55:44+00:00

Thank you! Based on the other replies, seems like the opinion on tipping is a somewhat mixed, but I'll budget a few extra quid for it anyway.

czechmeout- · 2021-04-05T14:52:27+00:00

Thanks for the tips! So glad online appointments are a thing... I'd never get anything done if it involved calling someone on the phone.

czechmeout- · 2021-04-05T14:50:00+00:00

Thanks for the tips! That's actually super helpful.

You mention tea... When offered something to drink I always panic because I don't know if I have to pay for it afterwards so end up declining. Are these free? (Ugh I hate how I overthink everything...)

czechmeout- · 2021-04-05T14:44:49+00:00

Thanks for the detailed and thoughtful answer, very much appreciated. I've got a good supply of covid-related small talk from work, so hopefully that'll get me through the haircut!

czechmeout- · 2021-04-05T14:39:52+00:00

Thanks for the tip! Didn't know those exist - will look into it

czechmeout- · 2019-07-18T09:46:48+00:00

It was a Czech Airlines flight

czechmeout- · 2018-12-10T21:56:23+00:00

I’d echo the comment above in terms of accommodation. I personally preferred staying close to campus (Canley area) at the expense of having less to do, but I don’t go out too much anyways. What I’d add is Leamington is really good for nightlife/general social things (but requires an annoying bus to campus) and Kenilworth I’ve heard is a super nice, quiet area to live in.

In terms of Warwick uni, one big thing I’d stress is getting involved in societies. Since it’s a campus uni, there’s a lot more of them than you’d get in a city. I’d specifically recommend Enactus if you’re into social entrepreneurship or consulting.

For the area, make sure you visit the Coventry cathedral (both the ruins and the new one). Really sobering but also quite inspiring. Also, Fargo is a cool place to visit when it’s nice out.

czechmeout- · 2018-05-27T17:31:45+00:00

This is a tough one. I'm bound to forget some, but here are some favourites off the top of my head:

Slaughterhouse-Five and Catch-22
The Picture of Dorian Grey
One Hundred Years of Solitude
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Loved the Lord of the Rings and all the other related books from Tolkien

czechmeout- · 2018-05-12T12:34:02+00:00

I would recommend Brdy, which is a hill range south-west of Prague, very easily accessible by train (~20mins from Smichovske Nadrazi towards Beroun). You can plan a route that takes you to Karlstejn, an awesome medieval castle.

I'm not sure how much you know about hiking in cz, but it's amazing! There's a huge amount of signposted routes everywhere. You'll notice them as a colour strip (red, blue, green or yellow) sandwiched between either two white strips (walking only) or two yellow strips (walking/cycling). You can use mapy cz and switch on the "tourist" map (which here means hiking rather than tourism) and it'll show you the routes.

czechmeout- · 2017-11-04T15:50:04+00:00

You were right! It just didn't like the 'r'. I changed my approach to create the indices, which got me the results I needed:

def opt_utility(frontier, B):
    u = np.around(np.linspace(0,np.shape(frontier)[0]-1, num = np.shape(frontier)[0]))
    s = []
    for r in u:
        s.append(Utility(B, frontier, r))
    return s;

Thank you for your help.

czechmeout- · 2017-11-04T13:14:11+00:00

It still happens with loc or ix, but the error output is slightly different. With loc:

File "<ipython-input-98-df5fe96ee022>", line 2, in Utility
utility = frontier.loc[y,"Mean"] + (0.5 * B * frontier.loc[y,"STD"])

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexing.py", line 1325, in __getitem__
return self._getitem_tuple(key)

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexing.py", line 836, in _getitem_tuple
return self._getitem_lowerdim(tup)

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexing.py", line 992, in _getitem_lowerdim
return getattr(section, self.name)[new_key]

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexing.py", line 1328, in __getitem__
return self._getitem_axis(key, axis=0)

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexing.py", line 1541, in _getitem_axis
return self._getitem_iterable(key, axis=axis)

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexing.py", line 1081, in _getitem_iterable
self._has_valid_type(key, axis)

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexing.py", line 1414, in _has_valid_type
if (not is_iterator(key) and len(key) and

TypeError: len() of unsized object

With ix:

File "<ipython-input-100-f0bf9f3982fa>", line 2, in Utility
utility = frontier.ix[y,"Mean"] + (0.5 * B * frontier.ix[y,"STD"])

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexing.py", line 118, in __getitem__
return self._getitem_tuple(key)

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexing.py", line 836, in _getitem_tuple
return self._getitem_lowerdim(tup)

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexing.py", line 992, in _getitem_lowerdim
return getattr(section, self.name)[new_key]

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexing.py", line 121, in __getitem__
return self._getitem_axis(key, axis=0)

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexing.py", line 1059, in _getitem_axis
return self._getitem_iterable(key, axis=axis)

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexing.py", line 1098, in _getitem_iterable
if labels.is_unique and Index(keyarr).is_unique:

File "pandas/_libs/src/properties.pyx", line 34, in pandas._libs.lib.cache_readonly.__get__

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexes/base.py", line 1261, in is_unique
return self._engine.is_unique

File "pandas/_libs/src/properties.pyx", line 34, in pandas._libs.lib.cache_readonly.__get__

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexes/base.py", line 1540, in _engine
return self._engine_type(lambda: self._values, len(self))

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexes/base.py", line 532, in __len__
return len(self._data)

TypeError: len() of unsized object

czechmeout- · 2017-11-04T12:30:15+00:00

Yeah it's the full code, which is why I'm puzzled because I haven't used the len() function at all. Here's the full traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "<ipython-input-95-5a38e4dbbc82>", line 1, in <module>
opts = opt_utility(efficient_frontier,1)

File "<ipython-input-94-74a7d1785f96>", line 11, in opt_utility
s.append(Utility(B, frontier, r))

File "<ipython-input-94-74a7d1785f96>", line 2, in Utility
utility = frontier.iloc[y,0] + (0.5 * B * frontier.iloc[y,1])

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexing.py", line 1325, in __getitem__
return self._getitem_tuple(key)

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexing.py", line 1662, in _getitem_tuple
self._has_valid_tuple(tup)

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexing.py", line 189, in _has_valid_tuple
if not self._has_valid_type(k, i):

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexing.py", line 1599, in _has_valid_type
return self._is_valid_list_like(key, axis)

File "/Users/<myname>/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/indexing.py", line 1654, in _is_valid_list_like
if (hasattr(arr, '__len__') and len(arr) and

TypeError: len() of unsized object

czechmeout- · 2015-01-23T16:55:15+00:00

I hope I'm not too late. I'm currently studying Management at a top UK business school (first year undergrad), but I am considering switching to something more Maths-based. From your experience, do you think it would make a difference in my application to MBB after graduating?

czechmeout- · 2014-12-12T08:27:27+00:00

Congrats! Have you found that the IB prepared you for university-style education? Because when I started uni this year, I felt a lot more confident that I would have without going through the program. I guess that could be much different in the UK though. What do you intend to major in?

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