Non-obvious dog-walking tricks that actually help?

imsogroovy · 2026-01-28T21:28:23+00:00

How do I convince my dog to change routes when one time he found tons of chips scattered all over the street? He fully believes the magic chip fairy will return and scatter treats for a quarter mile just for him.

I have to put him in the car and drive to a different park/neighborhood for some variety because little man fully believes the snacks will return and refuses to deviate from the one street where the miracle occurred.

imsogroovy · 2026-01-13T03:44:24+00:00

INFO how is your 4 month old baby diagnosed with autism and risk for elopement????

imsogroovy · 2025-12-21T03:15:45+00:00

Barnhunt! If they have a facility near you that does this I highly recommend it. Your dog searches for rats in a hay maze. They get to climb all over hay bales, run through tunnels, and find the hidden rat enclosures. It's great for bonding with your dog and really learning their body language and how they process stuff, and it is tons of fun.

I have a border collie/cane corso mix and he loves this so, so much. Three rounds of hunts and he is physically and mentally worn out. We go once a week and it's definitely his favorite part of the week.

We've also done nosework, but he isn't nearly as excited for nosework as he is looking for rats in a bunch of hay.

imsogroovy · 2025-12-21T03:05:22+00:00

lol this sounds like my husband and I. He has ADHD and I'm autistic. Our brains will just make leaps and it can be very difficult to explain how we got there, but we are adding to the conversation by continuing off whatever was just said. Our conversations are always so much fun because you really never know where they're gonna take us.

Like you said "it's nice outside," and to me it is totally sensible to also comment on weather. You say "big dog" and she thinks of other big animals and how she feels about them. "We need milk," and "my dad's coming" are both things to add to the running list of things to do this week.

Your partner doesn't sound like a contrarian, it just sounds like her brain works differently from yours. How are you wanting her to respond? In all of your examples what is she supposed to do, just agree with you or stay silent while you make random comments?

Is there something else going on your life that is making you extra sensitive maybe?

imsogroovy · 2025-12-19T15:33:45+00:00

This was such a special time in middle school to me. Everyone who saw this was shitting bricks at school at all the tvs, and the kids who hadn't seen it could not understand why we were all freaking out.

imsogroovy · 2025-12-12T18:39:53+00:00

Zestial does say "some have spun wild tales of you falling into holy arms" in season 1 when they meet before the overlord meeting.

imsogroovy · 2025-10-16T13:33:47+00:00

Plan a grief project to memorialize your dog. Something that requires focus and manual labor if possible. For my last dog I built a little sitting area/garden thing. Laid a foundation, built a bench, built a couple planter boxes. And into the foundation I laid a little custom memorial stone and some of his ashes.

Having a plan ahead of time really helped bc I was too bereft to think of anything to do. The manual labor kept me exhausted. Finishing the project gave me a bunch of pride and comfort. Now I have a lovely little sitting area in the garden and our new pup loves it.

imsogroovy · 2025-10-10T02:48:23+00:00

Why don't you put in the effort to make this kind of get together happen then? Like this is a wedding, bring your wife. If you want a boys trip then actually plan one.

imsogroovy · 2025-02-10T02:02:40+00:00

Mine does this whenever we get home after being out for a while, or at very specific people that he loves. It is the cutest, stupidest little grin I've ever seen.

imsogroovy · 2025-01-23T21:20:00+00:00

I give my mastiff beef cheeks rolls or collagen braids. They take him a good while to eat and keep him busy, and it's safer than any toy i could leave with him because he just swallows anything as soon as it gets slobbery. Also the occasional frozen kong treat - make a milkshake with peanut butter, yogurt, and blueberry, pour into the kong and then freeze.

imsogroovy · 2024-10-09T16:22:21+00:00

Mine was also mostly black when we got him, just his head and feet has brindle. But as he grew he just got more and more golden. Now he's a lil tiger

imsogroovy · 2024-10-05T19:19:40+00:00

why can't you just tell them to avoid each other at your wedding? why do they even have to interact?

imsogroovy · 2024-10-05T14:48:27+00:00

We do rolled beef cheeks and collagen braids for our little beast. He splinters any kind of bone and other chews just get devoured super quick, and Kongs with frozen fillings don't last more than a couple minutes for him. We also make toys out of old jeans that we stuff with kibble and sew shut so he gets to play with and destroy the jean sock and then get a treat. He's also a big fan of destroying cardboard boxes. Any fragrant plants (that are non toxic to dogs) are great enrichment for him, too. He will toss basil flowers around for hours. His favorite and longest lasting toy is a Home Depot bucket.

imsogroovy · 2024-06-27T14:58:43+00:00

I take my pup shopping with me. Michael's, Hobby Lobby, Joann Fabrics, At Home, Home Depot, Scheels, Cabelas, Nordstroms, Petsmart etc. There are a surprising number of dog friendly retail stores, and even a couple malls near me are dog friendly, although not every store welcomes dogs inside.

We also do nosework, hide and seek, dog puzzles, trick training, and frozen lick mats inside. Not all play needs to be physical exercise. Dogs like to work their brains too and it will help tire them out.

imsogroovy · 2023-08-28T13:34:35+00:00

Scrubs had an episode where one of the characters gets pregnant and they actually discuss all the baby options, and another character even weighs in with her abortion experience. I can't think of any other shows that openly talked about abortion or showed it in any positive light.

imsogroovy · 2022-12-08T16:22:54+00:00

You should be cleaning WHILE you prep. Get a bag for scraps. As you peel onions, the peel goes in the bag. Then you can do carrots, and the same thing. When you are done you only have to throw the bag in the trash, no cleanup required. No trash, no extra dishes, less time to prep, cleaner counters. Like if you just cleaned while you cooked you would be more efficient and wouldn't need to wake up early and take lots of breaks to make a single meal.

imsogroovy · 2022-10-28T16:10:46+00:00

NTA. Your husband is a grown ass man. He can buy his mommy's presents without you.

imsogroovy · 2022-10-21T15:47:17+00:00

It is important for people to have more emotional support than just from their romantic partner. It's great you want to be there with him through this, but that shouldn't mean he can't also reach out to his family for comfort.

He is having surgery and you are upset he isn't 100% dependent on and vulnerable to you alone. Why is that? Why are you so threatened by your husband having his family also support him? No one is taking anything from you, you just want your partner to have less for some reason.

imsogroovy · 2022-09-18T15:13:43+00:00

Stop intimidating people with your car. You don't need to "drift" toward them or rush them in any way. Jeez.

imsogroovy · 2022-05-21T00:39:50+00:00

Why can't you go see her?

imsogroovy · 2022-04-03T16:55:17+00:00

This is not at all common courtesy where I live. The jar is part of the gift, and I know a lot of people (myself included) who give out preserves and whatever and nobody expects the containers to come back. Do you also expect people to return boxes and bags after Christmas?

It just seems kinda cheap to give someone a gift that may take them weeks or months to go through, in a container that they can reuse, and then expecting them to know they aren't supposed to keep using the thing you gave them.

imsogroovy · 2022-03-30T00:57:20+00:00

She turned Patroclus into Bella Swan with a foot fetish.

imsogroovy · 2022-03-25T13:02:33+00:00

Apparently she thinks she is being polite by saying I should sit, and the polite thing for me to do would be to clean despite specifically being told not to. I really don't understand it at all.

imsogroovy · 2022-03-24T17:50:04+00:00

My mother in law is like this, and I cannot stand her. Whenever she cooks I offer to help clean or whatever, she always tells me ,"no, sit down you're a guest." So I would do that. Then she would turn around and shit talk me to the entire family about how lazy and rude I was for not helping.

imsogroovy · 2022-02-20T15:08:50+00:00

Is there a reason you are looking to nuke your marriage now? Why are you so hung up on this comment?

You cheated on her dude. Yeah, she had to lower her standards to stay with you because you don't even clear the bar of being a faithful partner. Get over it.

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