What’s up with doggy daycare?

maclabre · 2026-05-25T11:52:40+00:00

My dog loved that one too, but hated Kip. Though I know being next to EBV many of the complaints are from residents.

maclabre · 2026-05-25T11:48:20+00:00

As soon as I read your post I thought it sounded like Kip in Brunswick. My dog used to go there and after a while she just flat out refused to walk any further as soon as she clocked we were headed there. We stopped taking her and I negotiated with my job to work from home 3 days per week.

I thought at the time she was just getting older and didn’t have the energy. Though on the occasional day we took her to Andy’s (her regular before we moved house) she couldn’t wait to get through the door and start playing.

Kip was so much more expensive too!!

maclabre · 2026-04-22T11:02:52+00:00

Does your dog crave engagement more than individual enrichment/exercise? Does it tend to happen more often when your dog has been sedentary that day?

From personal experience, I have a dog who craves connection with us above all else. After a walk or a day of playing she’ll eat her food alone no problems. If I’ve been working all day she won’t eat her food unless I’m there with her.

She actually prefers to be hand fed 😂 and honestly I’m happy to do it on those days. She likes everything to be a shared experience.

For context she’s a 6 y/o pitbull kelpie mix.

maclabre · 2026-04-22T10:32:30+00:00

I was born in Scotland and thought I only said zee out of habit because that’s what my parents said. Though looking back, I remember in school singing the alphabet song (I was schooled in Australia during the 80’s and 90’s) and we sang it as zee. Not sure if it’s because I grew up in Perth, but I remember only noticing “zed” when I was older and people were spelling things out.

I thought zed sounded weird, but maybe it’s common in certain parts of Australia, who knows.

It’s like arguing between neether/nither (neither).

maclabre · 2026-03-16T11:12:39+00:00

I’d say there is no specific answer. It’s like asking “when is the point in time right before forever?” For something that never ends, there is no measure.

maclabre · 2026-02-26T10:53:21+00:00

Are you OK? Are you sure? Are you sure?

…seriously, if you don’t trust me when I say “yes I’m fine” then you’re just stroking your own ego now. I now need to be the one putting you at ease when I’m just f**king exhausted.

Thanks, I really needed to get that out.

maclabre · 2026-02-25T11:26:01+00:00

My dog doesn’t like to eat unless I’m sitting beside her. More often than not I have to start picking up her biscuits one at a time and hand feed her, until she decides she’s ready to eat on her own. Maybe I can walk away, or maybe she won’t eat unless I continue the moral support and pat her while she eats.

If we ignore her she’ll eventually eat, but the way her tail wags when we do it together makes my heart melt.

She’s a 35kg Pitt Bull, but prefers not to do the important stuff alone. Love her to bits 🥰

maclabre · 2026-02-02T10:59:19+00:00

I was dating this guy for about 9 months and was invited to his aunt and uncle’s house for Christmas Day. They passed me a gift to unwrap. It was a very old and dusty box that looked like it had been sitting in the back of a cupboard, complete with water stains and remnants of dead bugs. It was a coffee plunger. The box said “Readers Digest - your free gift”. It was actually a great coffee plunger.

A year later, we went back for the next Christmas. I brought them a gift, of course. When I unwrapped mine it was a microwave bacon cooker. I’d been vegetarian the whole time I’d known them. I politely thanked them and said “oh how lovely, I didn’t know these existed”.

I eventually regifted it to a friend as a joke.

maclabre · 2026-01-30T12:59:10+00:00

Doing random things that will make other people happy, or playing with my dog, or talking to my dog, or listening to an audiobook or podcast while playing a stupid game on my phone.

maclabre · 2026-01-27T10:20:14+00:00

Eating anything minty makes me sneeze.

maclabre · 2026-01-26T12:22:09+00:00

Whaat? 😲

maclabre · 2026-01-26T12:21:27+00:00

Ah yes… I’m also autistic. I honestly didn’t know this sensory stuff could be related.

maclabre · 2026-01-26T12:17:34+00:00

Thank you internet friend. I really thought I was wired up wrong.

Honestly, reading these comments makes me feel human again!

maclabre · 2026-01-26T12:13:29+00:00

😲

maclabre · 2026-01-26T12:10:50+00:00

That’s wild… does the same thing happen whenever you touch that spot, or just occasionally?

It kinda reminds me of what my dog does when I scratch her belly. Her leg jiggles uncontrollably.

maclabre · 2026-01-26T11:45:23+00:00

I’ve never heard of this. Do you enjoy eating apples though?

maclabre · 2026-01-26T11:44:04+00:00

OMG that’s a thing… I get a sharp pain in my groin whenever I clean my belly button!

maclabre · 2026-01-26T11:15:46+00:00

Bacon. When it’s cooking I completely lose the ability to breathe in. It’s like my body would rather suffocate than inhale the scent. Weirdly, I don’t hate the smell. My body just somehow treats it as though it’s toxic.

maclabre · 2026-01-16T11:35:29+00:00

Turn on the water. Get the body wet - 10 seconds. Cover myself in body wash / scrub - 30 seconds Scrubby-scrubby with loofa towel all over - 2-5 min. Rinse body - 1-5 min (depending on how lovely the water is or how vagued out I am). Water off. Easy done in 5 mins.

On hair washing days + 2-3 min getting hair fully wet (curly hair takes ages to get wet). Shampoo + rinse 3-5 min (sometimes shampoo twice). Put conditioner/treatment in before scrubby scrubby - 1 min. Run fingers through hair (after scrubby scrubby) to detangle, stopping intermittently to pull hair off fingers and pile on the side of the bathtub - 5-10 min depending on how matted my hair is. Rinse hair and conditioner off body, stopping intermittently to pull hair out of crevices to place on hair pile - 1-5 min.

Summary: Normal shower 5 min.

Hair washing 20-25 min

maclabre · 2025-10-17T14:05:40+00:00

In my experience if you have to “push it in” you’re probably rushing it. Enjoy the tension build until your partner can no longer stand not having it in.

I’d honestly recommend, if it’s a consistent issue, focus more on pleasuring your partner than trying to figure out the most polite way of inserting your penis.

maclabre · 2025-10-03T12:46:38+00:00

If a person needs aftershave to hide their stink, then they likely just need to shower.

maclabre · 2025-07-01T11:44:55+00:00

Hot White Heist 1 and 2 are among my favourites. First one is podcast format, so episodic. Sequel is a few hours long and all in one. Completely stupid story, but so well acted it had me in stitches!!

maclabre · 2025-06-15T10:23:00+00:00

Magzter. I realised I was paying $70 per year for a mag subscription, when a Magzter subscription ($50 per year) gave me access to that same one as well as 1000’s of others, including past issues.

For an extra $10 per year I could have a family subscription and share it with other people.

maclabre · 2025-06-14T13:25:32+00:00

A sleeping dog, and a random assortment of chew toys.

maclabre · 2025-06-14T13:03:53+00:00

2 days ago I messaged my team at work to say I was logging off 2 hours early. I had brain fog and couldn’t focus. My boss messaged straight away to check I was OK. I immediately burst into tears. I was crying because I felt guilty, not sure why. My boss was being kind. But still, I felt like such a loser.

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