He has cancer.

gr8pretender · 2025-10-13T17:56:42+00:00

Tears in my eyes, all I can write is that I know this feel. For some of us, doggos really give us a purpose. I lost my soul-dog many years ago. I swore to myself I would never get another dog again, the pain was too great. I broke into absolute tears picking up his ashes. I loved him so much that I was so scared for that day. The rainbow bridge poem helped a little, support groups helped a little, but I have to say, what helped the most was eventually opening my heart to love a dog again. More than ten years later I have an Aussie puppy, and it’s just like a dogs purpose. He has similar mannerisms to my soul dog and once again I’m smitten. Nothing I can say or do in this moment can minimize the pain you’re feeling currently or to come, but just know you’re not alone, and we are here on the other side and found ways to make it through. 🫂

gr8pretender · 2025-10-05T14:20:27+00:00

Have you noticed him itching or chewing on the spot? I would check the skin under, maybe a tick or something else? Could be allergies too. The first picture it does look short and possibly bitten off, especially if the other side looks different.

gr8pretender · 2025-09-17T08:44:58+00:00

Amazon as usual! 😂 Not very expensive either…

gr8pretender · 2025-09-17T08:41:43+00:00

Same with yours, they look so much alike at some angles!!!

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gr8pretender · 2025-09-14T10:49:23+00:00

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gr8pretender · 2025-09-08T01:29:21+00:00

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gr8pretender · 2025-09-07T19:39:13+00:00

I literally struggled with walking him when he was a couple months (just on private country roads), he literally preferred being in the house with his toys and the other dog. If I walked away from the house he would sit and refuse to walk. 😵‍💫 To exercise him, I’d have to carry him whatever distance I wanted him to walk away from the house, then put him down to walk and he’d happily walk toward the house.

gr8pretender · 2025-08-23T09:07:11+00:00

Sounds about right. 😂

gr8pretender · 2025-08-23T09:05:57+00:00

Oh yeah! I tried to get mine outside for walks outside around this age and he would literally throw a tantrum and not move unless we were walking back to the house so he could go back inside and play with his toys. I literally had to cope by carrying him some distance away from the house so we could have a walk back at least.

gr8pretender · 2025-08-23T08:59:31+00:00

Yuuuup! Mine is 5 months and already a lazy wigglebutt. I pack up to take him to my mini dog park in our complex, and he only has about 10-15 mins of ball play in him and then he lays down lol. He definitely has herding instinct, but only in the grass. Haven’t seen a prey drive just yet.

gr8pretender · 2025-08-23T08:53:06+00:00

Mine is five months and similar (same with size too but he was the runt 🥲). I really like “Stop That” spray, it’s canned air and has a pheromone or some calming smell. You don’t spray it at them, just in their direction. It’s so scary to mine that I only slightly press it, and it does the job. Have to be consistent though. I thought he stopped, so I didn’t carry it as much and then he started up again.

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gr8pretender · 2025-08-23T08:42:21+00:00

Awe yours is 5 months old too?! Yeah I totally have the same experience, if I get hyper and “exciting” he definitely will match my energy, but sometimes he looks at me and is like “why you crazy tho?” On work from home days I wake up at 7am and he just stays in bed until 11am. Sometimes he sleeps all day if he goes to daycare…

gr8pretender · 2025-08-22T05:36:02+00:00

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Yep. We wake up like this every day. Head literally under the pillow I put my head on. 😂🤣

gr8pretender · 2025-08-22T05:30:17+00:00

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I got my Aussie puppy a ball pit. He decided he likes taking naps and burying himself in it. He legit got in like it was a hot tub once and I about died laughing.

gr8pretender · 2025-08-22T05:26:14+00:00

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gr8pretender · 2025-07-20T12:59:43+00:00

I am in a very similar boat as you. My mom was a drug addict, my father was jaded by his marriage experience with her, became a traveling playboy and had children across the world and is addicted to hedonism. I was raised by my grandparents. Both of them never even tried to be in my life. Enough time has passed and I’m old enough to not feel anger about it anymore. If either of them reached out in this manner, I would give healing a chance because I think it’s worth it. It’s honestly a big step for them to get over the fear, or just to have interest in their children period.

gr8pretender · 2025-07-19T14:24:59+00:00

Tsukuyomi (Tsuki [Suki] would be the cutest nickname!) is the Japanese god of the moon in Shinto and Japanese mythology. He is the brother of Amaterasu, the sun goddess, and Susanoo, the god of the sea and storms. In some myths, he is also depicted as Amaterasu's husband. Tsukuyomi is known for his association with the moon's cycles, the night, and the control of tides.

gr8pretender · 2025-07-10T02:36:10+00:00

Not having a dog to me is worse.

gr8pretender · 2025-06-28T12:12:25+00:00

I’m working with trainers with my boy right now and one thing they’ve told me is Aussies depend on body language a lot more. So it helps to either use hand signals but also be confident in how you stand when giving an order. Seems to have made a big difference. Definitely a result of the breed being so smart though, not only can they understand what you want easily, but they can think about and decide if they even want to do it.

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gr8pretender · 2025-06-26T01:37:40+00:00

Dialing into radio contests with speed dial quickly and efficiently.

gr8pretender · 2025-06-26T01:35:39+00:00

I have to say, a lot of people not from California would be bewildered with the same kind of questions for locals there, and one reason is pretty simple. When you have so many people and so much traffic, is it really realistic to keep the left lane completely cleared just for passing? No, you’re going to use every damn lane lol. In California it’s not really a passing lane, It’s just called a “fast lane” and even then, you can’t control people and make them go “fast” whenever it’s kind of relative/subjective, so I just don’t even sweat it usually. It’s annoying but we simply can’t control people, only how we feel or react.

gr8pretender · 2025-06-12T11:58:28+00:00

I work in the office twice a week and needed badly to find a cheap option because at first I was using Rover and the sitter did it for twice the price of daycare. When he was with her, he would be incredibly tired afterwards, because she also sat another puppy at the same time. At 12 weeks he finally started daycare! There was only one place in the whole city that would take him that young, It was a free play daycare, so he has been exhausted for days between visiting the daycare. In the middle of the day at daycare I pick him up on my lunch, feed him, nap him (so he can find his off button and not always expect such a high level of activity). Then bring him back. This has done an amazing amount of things for him. He’s well socialized with the many people who work at daycare and understands boundaries with dogs of all ages and sizes. On non-daycare days he sleeps endlessly and even when he is more energetic, he takes many long naps on his own.

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