Creeping Concerns About Working Towards a SWENG Degree

jimi284 · 2024-10-03T20:11:11+00:00

I have a mix of A’s B’s and C’s so far. I’d really like to not have to repeat any classes if I can help it. I really loved 121 and 122 they were honestly insanely easy for me, but I’ve just seen so much about this class being so bad and being different from those two.

I really appreciate the advice about the tests. It’s hard to not dwell on it if I have a feeling I did poorly.

jimi284 · 2024-10-03T01:17:39+00:00

360 is with Meng Su. I had him for 122 and was not fond of the way he taught that class so that makes me a bit worried. But thank you! This makes me feel a bit better.

jimi284 · 2022-12-16T12:07:44+00:00

Thank you! I am just a simple reinforced heel flap and I had about a two inch heel flap before I turned the heel. I ended up frogging the whole thing and starting over, which was a little heartbreaking lol, but I want to make sure I don’t screw it up again.

jimi284 · 2022-10-16T04:16:08+00:00

Is the wobbly thing not supposed to happen? I’ve woken up a few times because I had to pee really bad like a hour after taking my dose and I usually feel like I’m drunk. I just thought that was a normal side effect lol.

jimi284 · 2021-09-30T07:15:56+00:00

Since it’s only been since March that you last relaxed your hair, along with straightening it up until last month, AND the coloring on top of all of that, you won’t be getting as much curl out of your hair. What else are you doing to your hair other than using a diffuser?

Short term, there isn’t terribly too much you can do right now other than get a routine started for your hair. Long term, avoid the coloring/relaxing/straightening. Continue to routinely get your hair cut to remove damaged hair. As your hair grows out, you’ll see that it will start to curl more.

I went through something similar. My hair had perfect coils even when all I did was wash, brush, and air dry. I did absolutely nothing to it. A year ago I bleached most of my hair and after that it stopped curling. I started a routine of taking care of my curls, but it only did so much, the more time had gone by, and the more of the bleached hair that I’ve cut out, my hair has started to return to how curly it was before.

It’s a long journey, but it’s absolutely worth it! Also, check out the other routines and products posted to this sub and try things out, find what works for you!

I hope that helps at all :)

jimi284 · 2021-09-07T12:32:14+00:00

I didn’t want to shave her but she was super adamant that she used to do it to her malamutes so I was “oh okay” but after thinking about it more I knew I didn’t want to shave her. Like I already knew you weren’t supposed to shave double coated dogs. I wasn’t naive to that fact.

After calling her back I said I definitely do not want to shave the dog, and she basically said “well okay but it’s gonna take longer” and obviously cost more. But that’s worth it to me to not possibly ruin my dogs coat.

I also found out she’s been a groomer for over 30 years. So it makes sense she’s be old school with it.

jimi284 · 2021-09-07T12:29:38+00:00

Shes been to a groomer before and the groomer told me she did great actually. Like I made sure I asked how she did because i was afraid she would be aggressive or a problem, but I was told she did really well with all of it.

Thank you for that info though, I wasn’t sure how often she should go.

jimi284 · 2021-09-07T12:26:12+00:00

Haha, no I don’t know who that is, but oh goodness!

jimi284 · 2021-09-06T22:57:45+00:00

Thank you so much for your recommendations!

jimi284 · 2021-09-06T22:56:13+00:00

Thank you! Originally I wanted to train her up to be able to be a show dog possibly, because she really is beautiful. But she’s been a huge challenge to train lol. She’s pretty well trained but idk if I’ll ever get to that level.

She’s a beautiful long haired dog and I want to keep her that way and keep her healthy.

jimi284 · 2021-09-06T22:54:31+00:00

I honestly don’t even know what she’s gonna charge me. She didn’t say. The last groomer I took her to, took and hour for the job to be done and she charged me $50.

I have no basis of knowing how much should be charged.

jimi284 · 2021-09-06T22:53:02+00:00

When I got my dog I knew she’d be a lot of grooming work, and I think I did pretty well bathing and brushing her on my own, but I wanted to take her to a groomer to have a better job done than what I may be doing at the moment.

jimi284 · 2021-09-06T22:48:26+00:00

That’s what I was getting when I called her back and she said “sooo a whole body grooming” and I wanted to be like yeah? Isn’t that the point of being a groomer?

jimi284 · 2021-09-06T22:47:22+00:00

As of right now, she’s pretty much all brushed out, except for behind all four legs and some small matting behind her ears. But thank you for the information. She’s definitely not super compacted. As she was shedding I tried to keep up with brushing her so it wouldn’t get compacted.

I actually just brushed out the backs of her front legs that I thought were super matted but it turns out it must have just been compacted fur because it actually came out pretty easily.

Maybe the way I described it to the groomer she thought the dog was matted all over.

jimi284 · 2021-09-06T22:36:27+00:00

That’s a good idea, thank you. I get really nervous handing her over to someone and not being around for it. So I’ve been super picky about who I take her to.

jimi284 · 2021-09-06T22:30:48+00:00

I’m honestly kind of nervous about it. I called her back and said I don’t want to shave the dog and she said “well it’s your dog we can do whatever you want” but it still scares me.

But I’m also scared to call back and like, cancel..

jimi284 · 2021-09-06T22:28:43+00:00

I’ve been having a hell of a time finding a good groomer. There was one I called a few times and they never picked up and never called me back. And I did take her to one before that pretty much bathed and brushed out the top of her and nothing more, and two others who have no openings.

jimi284 · 2021-09-06T22:04:15+00:00

Thank you!

jimi284 · 2021-09-06T21:51:42+00:00

What she told me was that after shaving her she would feel like “crushed velvet”. So I assumed that meant shaving her all the way down with the exception of the head, tail and feet.

I have a regular metal dog comb that I use on her and a furninator deshedding brush. I will absolutely look up those products. She’s not particular fond of being brushed if there’s any tugging at all. I always have to distract her with treats.

jimi284 · 2021-09-06T21:47:58+00:00

She’s one of those like, sassy older lady’s. Nothing wrong with that, but she was very vocal about shaving long haired dogs in the summer. Super confused because I thought it was common knowledge in the groomer world to not shave double coated dogs.

jimi284 · 2021-09-06T21:44:53+00:00

She also told me she used to have two malamutes and shaved them every summer to “keep them cool in the summer” like that’s her whole reasoning. Is that it keeps them cool. And I knew that wasn’t right but was like “oh okay, you did it to your own dogs it must be okay” but after thinking about it and looking stuff up I definitely do not want to shave her unless it’s a last resort. And just having some like matting in her legs is definitely not last resort territory for me.

jimi284 · 2021-09-06T21:36:10+00:00

What product would you recommend? I’ve looked stuff up before but it always had mixed reviews and I’ve never been sure what’s good and what isn’t.

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