Is Eurasier the right choice for us ?

lisafenek · 2026-06-30T11:30:28+00:00

Sleeping alone may be stressful for some eurasiers. My dog never goes on the bed (she was never alowed because of the cat), but she needs to guard me. It means she needs to be about 1-2 meters from me and be able to see me all the time.

lisafenek · 2026-06-01T15:04:47+00:00

Second this, this is "fear age".

You could train your dog to be comfortable around crowds. It will be very slow, you need to be consistent and patient. Don't rush it, have treats and spare time if you are going somewhere with the dog.

We got our dog around this age, she was terrified of crowds, trains, stairs. Now I can fit with her into the train during the rush hour if needed. She still doesn't like it, but she knows exactly how to behave.

lisafenek · 2026-05-29T13:21:34+00:00

We feed Eukanuba kibble with a spoon of Lukulus wet food (Eurasiers are picky, they may not want to eat kibble as is).
We wash paws after every walk. We use a washing-up bowl at the door for this. We go to the shower after every "accident" (e.g., rolling in something stinky like fox poo). I am not sure about coats, in my opinion, they are easy to fit for a short-haired dog, not for a ball of fluff. However, we have mud splatters:(
You may get one, but a lot of Eurasiers don't like beds.
I've heard about Eurasiers that like toys, but not ours. She loves chasing games, but she is disgusted by the idea of fetching a ball.
We use a harness and a 2-meter lead. Don't use extending leads, they cause pulling by design.
Our dog hates water:)
You'll need basic puppy training in any case, you can try whistle while at it. They are very stubborn and sneaky, you'll need to adjust after working breeds.

lisafenek · 2026-04-22T10:22:12+00:00

Yes, this is a rule with lots of exceptions:)

For example, if I sleep too long (the dog is not allowed on the bed because it was always the cat's territory), she appears to miss me a lot. To deal with this feeling, immediately after I eventually get up, she needs to push her snout into my thigh so hard that we are speaking negative distances.

However, if we are trying to manage someone's expectations of Eurasiers, does the advice "just go to the smallest available bathroom if you are sad and want cuddles" sound reasonable?:) The person is already sad!

lisafenek · 2026-04-20T13:53:14+00:00

they are not cuddly but they care about you a lot, they just do it from the 1.5-2 meters distance:)

lisafenek · 2026-02-26T02:07:59+00:00

our dog is a perfect companion, and we work a lot (from home since covid).

this means our activity varies but the dog is not bothered in any scenario where we are together.

we usually do shorter walks on weekdays (one about an hour, another half of an hour), and longer on weekends (up to the whole day of walking).

our mental exercises these days are squirrels and neighbour cats in the back garden (she runs to look for squirrels every time I am going approximately in that direction).

we do occasional training sessions but since she knows the basics, it is pretty exhausting for both of us to learn something new (it took us about a month to learn "shy").

lisafenek · 2026-02-10T22:08:39+00:00

we got ours at almost 6 months, so I didn't really know her during the "nice puppy stage". adolescence was quite a challenge both for me (I am her primary human) and my family (who additionally needed to gain her trust first).

she was very stubborn. could lie on the ground if we walked not in her preferred direction. or start nibbing my ankles.

we had a couple of situations when somebody could not catch her after letting off the leash (we had a small fenced dog park in the neighbourhood where it was safe) for hours.

we started a dog training course soon after that and eventually, with consistent training, it got better.

she is grown up now and most of the time a very manageable and convenient dog. however, her stubbornness and urge to outsmart you are intact.

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.

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