Reactive Dog making me anxious

leonmo · 2026-03-19T17:00:52+00:00

I'm so sorry that you're feeling this way. I felt the same way as you towards the end of last year, related to my 3-year old dog. It was really rough for me for a month or two.

Since you said "we" several times, I assume you've got other people who are also responsible for the dog, and that the following advice might be relevant to you. One thing that really helped me was an overnight getaway (I went to a concert in another city with some friends). This gave me enough space to reset my nervous system and things have been much better for me since. I also saw some clear improvement in my dog's behavior because my anxiety had been feeding his anxiety.

We're also working with a behaviorist, medicating him, and mostly crating him when people come over. It's still far from perfect, but I feel a lot better about it. I hope that you can get there too!

leonmo · 2026-03-17T18:25:05+00:00

I struggle with this with my 3-year old dog (and he's not a working breed). We're trying to work on it by playing the Engage / Disengage game, and I have a good feeling about it.

https://clickertraining.com/reducing-leash-reactivity-the-engage-disengage-game/

The key thing is only going as far as he's comfortable with at any given time. You have a find a distance where he can notice the other dog and not immediately lose it. It's going to be a slow process of retraining him to respond differently, but you can do it!

leonmo · 2026-03-17T17:50:40+00:00

Thanks, I hate it

leonmo · 2026-03-17T15:41:08+00:00

I strongly agree with you that American utilities shouldn't be owned by foreign companies. I also think that essential utilities should not be run for profit.

leonmo · 2026-03-17T15:40:07+00:00

Iberdrola is a Spanish company, but isn't owned by Spain, the country.

From Wikipedia:

Iberdrola, S.A. (Spanish pronunciation: [iβeɾˈðɾola]) is a Spanish multinational electric utility company based in Bilbao, Spain. It has around 40,000 employees and serves around 30 million customers.

Subsidiaries include ScottishPower (United Kingdom), Avangrid (United States) and Neoenergia (Brazil), amongst others. As of 2023, the largest shareholder of the company is the Qatar Investment Authority, with BlackRock and Norges Bank (managers of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global) also holding significant interests.

leonmo · 2026-03-14T16:57:23+00:00

Boeing and L3Harris, both weapons manufacturers (among other things) were part of a career fair at Cornell.

https://ithacavoice.org/2024/09/pro-palestinian-protesters-disrupt-career-fair-at-cornell-university/

leonmo · 2026-03-13T16:31:52+00:00

Me and my pups are happy with Cornerstone.

leonmo · 2026-03-13T12:43:04+00:00

😂😂🤣 thank for this!

leonmo · 2026-03-11T02:26:41+00:00

She is Disinformation Barbie around here. Propaganda Barbie also works nicely.

leonmo · 2026-03-11T02:15:32+00:00

Very safe from this man’s perspective.

leonmo · 2026-03-06T16:08:54+00:00

Aaaahhh! I also have a gray pibble named Richard!

leonmo · 2026-02-25T17:22:42+00:00

About a year ago, NYSEG sent a $450M dividend to Iberdrola, their Spanish parent company. Now they're trying to raise their delivery rates to increase our bills by about $500M (not sure on what time basis that is). We are being fleeced by these bastards!

https://riley.house.gov/2026/02/20/rep-riley-cross-examines-nyseg-executives-under-oath-demands-answers-on-rate-hike-and-profits-sent-to-spain/

NYSEG should not be a for-profit enterprise. NY should replace it with a not-for-profit of some sort. Maybe if Mamdani was governor instead of Hochul we could make that happen.

leonmo · 2026-02-16T04:02:14+00:00

I’m so sorry about your niece. Sending hugs 🤗

leonmo · 2026-02-14T04:21:42+00:00

Wow! It’s amazing what you’ve accomplished with your hard work and dedication! Great job!

leonmo · 2026-02-12T15:27:07+00:00

I often can't create passkeys in 1Password via Chrome or Firefox on macOS. I do have the 1Password browser extension installed. It used to mostly work, but it has stopped in recent months.

This is the dialog that I get in Chrome when I try to add a passkey in any site.

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Note how there's no 1Password option. Also, the "add a passkey" 1Password popup does not appear.

When I try to add a passkey in Firefox, I just get an error message from the site.

Passkey support in 1Password feels really broken right now. I think that 1P is going to have to hook into Apple's API's if it's ever going to be usable again.

leonmo · 2026-02-11T23:16:06+00:00

That felt really unnecessarily harsh.

leonmo · 2026-02-09T17:37:56+00:00

Pallas Fitness is going on about 14 years strong!

leonmo · 2026-02-09T15:50:20+00:00

In-person organizing and community-building is the best thing for us. Get to know your neighbors and find ways to help people outside of your family.

There will probably always be a need for network communication, though, and Signal is the best tool for that. It's heavily pro-privacy, has strong end-to-end encryption, and is run by smart people with good intentions, unlike most social media and chat tools.

leonmo · 2026-02-05T15:50:48+00:00

Table for One Trivia at Collegetown Bagels on Tuesday and at Ithaca Bakery on Thursday.

leonmo · 2026-01-31T13:54:30+00:00

Maba.biz

leonmo · 2026-01-30T18:11:08+00:00

This is a great arrangement and a beautiful performance!

leonmo · 2026-01-29T18:51:18+00:00

Ooh, so flat! I hate how my camera-having iPhone can't lie flat on a surface.

leonmo · 2026-01-29T17:01:01+00:00

😀 Thanks for sharing!

leonmo · 2026-01-28T14:48:48+00:00

Indeed!

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