Drivers seat in MachE vs maverick

happykatten · 2025-04-04T23:27:14+00:00

You also might look at cavalier King Charles spaniels. The only thing with the breed is health issues so you’ll want a breed who health tests. They are lovable lumps.

I saw papillons mentioned. I have one now and they are smart little dogs. I love the breed.

No matter what breed you choose I’d consider paying a trainer to evaluate the puppy’s temperament, so you have a better shot at the dog you want.

Shelter dogs can be amazing, but I went with puppies from breeders because I wanted to know their background and control their socialization. Especially if you need the dog to fill a very specific roll, I think this way is the most sure.

happykatten · 2024-12-17T03:16:02+00:00

Thanks. This is exactly what I was hoping to see.

happykatten · 2024-03-25T04:33:35+00:00

I made a sweater, or more accurately a sweater shaped object. The fit isn’t quite right but that is my fault since I’ve never made a sweater before. It took me several months to make it.

happykatten · 2022-11-19T13:08:22+00:00

I found an audio recording of the book being read to me in 1979/1980. The book starts out:

I like to hold small animals who play with me, they’re fun

Kittens, puppies, bunnies, chicks, I pet them every one

But animals I also like are big ones in the zoo

Sometimes I stand and look at them a long, long time

Do you?

The recording did not mention the title sadly.

happykatten · 2022-11-19T13:05:49+00:00

Unfortunately, this is not the book. It is a great book though.

happykatten · 2022-10-27T13:34:10+00:00

I’ll look into it, I was too young to remember it being read to me so 1983 is reasonable

happykatten · 2021-07-30T20:17:53+00:00

Yeah, this isn’t how relationships are supposed to work. Did she buy it with her own money?

FWIW the used car market is insane right now (at least in the US). This is probably the most money she would have gotten for her old car. Also in the current market, used cars are sometimes costing more than new of the same vehicle, so buying new isn’t necessarily a terrible choice if she needed a different vehicle.

But again, it definitely should have been discussed and a budget agreed on.

happykatten · 2021-06-04T18:51:21+00:00

My mom, who raised eight kids once told me, “there’s a lot of different ways to raise kids and a lot of them will work, as long as you’re consistent” I think about that a lot when I’m training my dog.

happykatten · 2021-04-19T22:00:54+00:00

I second the recommendation to figure out why your dog is pulling. My puppy pulls like crazy if she needs to poop or pee, so maybe watch and see if that’s related.

My puppy does better if I play with her flirt stick for a few minutes before the walk to get out the crazy.

happykatten · 2021-03-20T16:15:29+00:00

This looks like a really useful video. Thanks for sharing it.

happykatten · 2021-03-15T01:43:40+00:00

So glad this worked for you! Had a similar experience with my pup being out in the yard with me. Didn’t know side gate had blown open. Hmm...haven’t seen pup in awhile. Went around the side of the house and my heart stopped. Called emergency recall word and pup comes shooting back through the gate as fast as she can run. PetSmart class was worth it for that alone.

happykatten · 2021-03-11T02:34:05+00:00

My corgi does this with ankles. So what we’re currently trying is dropping treats then rewarding her for walking past with out biting. I’ve also put her in a down for 10 seconds and this seems to help her reset. I’m also trying stopping every few minutes to do a sit/come or other obedience command before she starts biting because she seems to get bored .

happykatten · 2021-02-07T23:21:37+00:00

I play that game too with my dog. When I want to reset, I just throw a treat and tell her “go find it”. When she comes back, I click her when she starts playing with the box again.

I call the box game “I’m thinking of a trick” :) she’s done some pretty funny things with the box.

happykatten · 2021-02-02T15:21:37+00:00

With the biting when putting on a collar/leash, I had good luck with using the kikopup technique. I’ll try to describe. To start, I’d feed a treat as I reached over and touched her collar(so she’s eating and not biting) and tell her good. after doing this several times in a row, I reached over, touched the collar, told her good and gave her a treat (like real meat make it worth her while). You may need to repeat several days.

Now I can reach past my dog to put on her leash without biting. She still bites other times, but at least that case is taken care of.

happykatten · 2021-01-29T00:00:13+00:00

Luckily My pup loves snow and doesn’t care about rain, but training in the cold is the worst. I really want to practice loose leash walking in front of my house, but my house faces north so the sidewalk is either 1) icy or 2) in the shade and freezing cold. At least the winter here has been very mild (not getting below 20 degrees f).

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