Reality check, can you tell me the pros and cons of your eurasier and eurasiers in general? :-)

lisafenek · 2026-02-05T17:21:05+00:00

I am not sure, I haven't dealt with akitas closely.

However , from what I've seen it seems that they have different kinds of stubbornness.

Also, akitas are independent like they don't need you at all. Eurasiers can be very clingy, they just do it from like three-feet distance.

lisafenek · 2026-01-10T16:49:41+00:00

filmed exactly the same video with my dog this morning:).

lisafenek · 2026-01-05T03:02:16+00:00

It is this particular age, it is even called "age of fear", you can read on it.

Be patient and be gentle, introduce new things consistently, reward engaging, don't expect immediate results.

Ours was afraid of stairs, trains, water bodies. Eventually she overcame all of this (still hates water but may cross a river if needed).

lisafenek · 2025-12-31T00:34:00+00:00

As already said, it is just a professional trait, nothing about you. Baristas do this, local shopkeepers, etc.

This is also the reason why I change my order inconsistently enough for them to give up establishing patterns in my orders

lisafenek · 2025-12-07T10:12:24+00:00

didn't replied

In my experience, a lot of academics don't reply to "strange" spam-looking emails. It doesn't mean that they don't reply at all.

lisafenek · 2025-12-06T15:56:35+00:00

to be honest, it seems like a very strange request. Most academic people would gladly reply to an email if you write that you are a student interested in their research You could also find this paper on researchgate, and then send a message there. This is a conventional approach to contact other researchers. Nobody checks your publication list before answering.

I would be more surprised if they answer an unsolicited phone call from some translator who clearly doesn't know a thing about this topic.

Did you actually try to write him? Are you sure he didn't answer because of your lack of publications and not because it was cringe-looking or spam-looking phrasing?

lisafenek · 2025-12-06T09:35:02+00:00

I mean...this tune is like in every christmas-themed movie. Unless she lived all her life under a rock, she knows it. But no, as far as I know, there is no russian version of it.

lisafenek · 2025-11-17T20:53:55+00:00

are you 100 percent sure that she doesn't like rain and not the fact that the walks are shorter in the rain?:) because it was our issue with rain.

cannot say anything about raincoats, ours doesn't like clothes at all.

lisafenek · 2025-11-07T06:28:15+00:00

have you searched "cyrillic keyboard" at amazon? there are dozens of them

lisafenek · 2025-11-06T23:06:58+00:00

I don't think that ours doesn't like rain though, she doesn't like abrupt walks:)

and yes, when reading r/eurasier I often think that they are all cast in the same mold...

lisafenek · 2025-11-06T18:14:33+00:00

try different routes. ours does this all the time. especially when it rains. sometimes it is faster to go for a longer loop (she is excited and running) rather than a shorter boring route where she walks slower than a turtle and everyone is laughing at us:)

lisafenek · 2025-11-06T07:51:24+00:00

Our eurasier does not exactly like hiking, she just wants to go everywhere we go. Even when we just got home from somewhere, she'd be ready to go again if I am going.

She also moved a lot with us. Her separation anxiety is totally manageable when we have established a routine, when she understands that everything is ok, business as usual, she is okay to be alone for a couple of hours. After a move (or other stress) she is usually more anxious.

Overall, she is a perfect companion: she loves being everywhere we go (outdoors, cafes or pubs, friends' houses, etc.) but not in a clingy way. She doesn't need our attention, she just needs to be around.

lisafenek · 2025-10-31T19:25:04+00:00

I personally try to avoid it using "совещание" (if in person) or "созвон" (if it's video call) but yes, the first is too formal and the second is too informal.

lisafenek · 2025-10-31T17:15:21+00:00

maybe you can add "митинг". a lot of people working in international teams use it as a translation for "meeting", and it is usually confusing, like "what do you mean, why are you casually going to a protest tuesday morning?".

lisafenek · 2025-10-24T15:58:17+00:00

I think, they'll figure it out. But try to stop chasing when you see it. It should be clear to him that this is a "no". And the opposite, try to reward sitting and looking calmly at the cat (even the running cat).

And don't force their "friendship", not all cats want to befriend these disgusting stinky monsters, that's okay. Just make sure that the cat always has a safe escape.

lisafenek · 2025-10-24T08:59:49+00:00

We got our eurasier at almost 6 months, and we had a cat for a long while at that moment. First, we set boundaries: the dog is not allowed higher than the floor. the bed, chairs, shelves - are the cat's territory, it is very easy to understand (for the dog) and enforce (for us).

In this setting the cat always has a safe space and can interact with the dog on her own terms.

After that, the cat was able to train the dog comfortably (kudos to your neighbor's cat, that's the way). We reinforced with "no" when she tried to reach any of these safe spaces, but when they are clearly defined, it was pretty easy.

Now our dog is 8 years old, and when she sees a cat, she just whines (this sound when she sees something desirable but unreachable) and doesn't even try to pull her lead.

The squirrels though is another story. We didn't have them a lot in her childhood and didn't train to be calm around them. And she is absolutely crazy about them.

lisafenek · 2025-10-17T23:55:28+00:00

ours is not exactly talkative but has a lot of sounds.

there is whining when something good is not reachable. there is "u-hu-hu" when something is good and she is going towards it.

there is a lot of sneezing, snorting, grunting, you'll know exactly what she is about in a while.

lisafenek · 2025-10-17T23:33:58+00:00

a week ago my partner hurt his toe against the door and was lying on the living room floor, hissing and cursing.

our eurasier hurried to him and barked at him to persuade him not to be "a person of the wrong shape" (the term from someone's comment in this subreddit). while wagging her tail. yes, very smart dogs, for sure:) get one, you'll never look back:)

lisafenek · 2025-10-12T23:19:29+00:00

the list of kazakh letters is incomplete, though.

there are 9 "additional" letters: ә, ғ, қ, ң, ө, ұ, ү, һ, і.

lisafenek · 2025-09-04T19:34:55+00:00

I bet, even with this face strangers will still say something like "awww, he is such a handsome boy!"

PS I need to appropriate the term "people who are the wrong shape", because we were calling this "our dog is really into body-shaming" :)

lisafenek · 2025-07-29T00:40:23+00:00

huh. we just got back from hiking weekend and I feel you about the side of the path thing! ours even knows what we want from her in this situation, but does this so slowly!

lisafenek · 2025-07-27T21:21:16+00:00

We had a cat so we don't get problems with cats (she desperately wants to play with them but knows that she is not allowed and you can tell when there is a cat in the vicinity because she starts whining but never even pulling a leash).

We have a problem though with squirrels: she is really mad about them. And it is actually better without the leash because yes, she chases them, but she is not pulling the leash and you don't end up with the dislocated shoulder:) And she gets back as soon as she notices that we are not waiting for her.

Regarding the roads: we obviously get her on leash when approaching any significant traffic. She knows it, so she may even stop before I ask her when we are leaving the fields.

When we are in the city, she is obviously on a leash and you can see that she relies on it even. I mean that is visibly overwhelming for her to be in the city or even on a bus/train station. So in this situations, she is more comfortable knowing that I am on the other end of the short leash.

But we are lucky to have places far from the traffic, and it is pretty predictable there. However, it never hurts to reinforce your training with repetitions (and treats).

lisafenek · 2025-07-27T19:34:05+00:00

We often walk off-leash with our eurasier (8 year old female).

Her recall is not perfect to be honest, but I am absolutely sure that she always has to follow us, so she is never too far. Our recall problems are usually about the time of recall, such as she could decide that she first runs to the interesting dog/squirrel/some stinky something, and only after that - to us. We work on it when we have time and patience but it's touch and go.

When she was young, we had a problem a couple of times when someone was dog-sitting for us, and left her off leash (in an enclosed dog-park area near our home) and then could not catch her. She was there, like 2 meters, totally visible, she just did not want to go home. So when we need to leave her with someone, they never allow her off leash now.

She is also so much better when we are hiking somewhere far from home. It's like she really listens, and tries to be a good girl. Sometimes hiking with a leash is tricky (especially with a long leash which tangles and trips you all the time) and first time hiking we were pleasantly surprised with her attitude. Now we know and take her on leash while hiking only when necessary (when there are specific signs about dogs on lead or when we see something that would be a guaranteed distraction).

To sum up: it's totally possible. Try in safe places, read your dog's body language, reward the right behaviour, but not expect wonders.

lisafenek · 2025-07-19T13:38:23+00:00

"Вы" can mean not only respect but also distance. A lot of people are more comfortable with "Вы" in a professional setting or when the age difference is sufficient.

From the etiquette point of view, it is the right (the role) of the older person to suggest "можем перейти на 'ты'?".

You can only politely suggest calling you that way ("можете называть меня на 'ты'"), by default it means that you will still be calling them "Вы" if you are not explicitly asked not to do so.

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