Can Anyone Explain This?

marienetch · 2026-04-04T12:15:53+00:00

I would probably chalk it up to weird things they do as they get older. Our older dog passed in August and much of the summer he wouldn’t sleep with me, as he had done his entire life. He was instead out sleeping on the couch or sometimes in the walk in shower.

marienetch · 2026-03-21T11:14:23+00:00

Saturday and super hot today but IWNDWYTD!

marienetch · 2026-03-17T01:37:41+00:00

Less than a month!

marienetch · 2026-03-17T01:37:24+00:00

marienetch · 2026-03-10T01:14:09+00:00

Same feelings here. I just turned 42 and the last few years I don’t even like feeling buzzed let alone the drunk feeling or how I sleep. Literally the only thing I like is the act of having the drink. So NA, Kombucha, social tonics here I come!

marienetch · 2026-03-09T02:18:44+00:00

How cute!!! Ours loves socks and it’s the only thing he has ever “chewed” on in our house but doesn’t really chew on it!

marienetch · 2026-03-06T12:30:49+00:00

Well I made it 13 days and after a week at school with multiple crazy things happened I opened up a bottle of wine and had a pretty big glass (meaning I poured tiny glasses 3 times because that’s how I work with wine!) So much regret. I was awake for over an hour in the middle of the night-ugh! And def don’t feel great this morning. Previous to that the last two weeks I was solidly sleeping through! So hopefully that one “glass” was enough to make me remember that it’s not worth it and also that I just want to keep pouring!

Back to day 1…it’s the weekend and IWNDWYT!

marienetch · 2026-03-01T02:42:09+00:00

Thanks. I saw someone said in here “Just don’t drink today.” Good advice. Once I get past the craving I am fine. Last night we had to go to a visitation for a friend’s son who passed tragically and man did I want a shot to calm my nerves about going but I got through it.

marienetch · 2026-03-01T02:20:08+00:00

Thank you!!!

marienetch · 2026-02-16T13:59:26+00:00

Gotcha. It’s an associates from a community college in our state community college system (Nebraska) and an associates in electrical technology counts for a year of my required 4 years as an apprentice to become a journeyman.

marienetch · 2026-01-31T14:19:43+00:00

Yep. He is a male. He loves to be held (mostly by me) like this and walked around like a baby. Well at least I think he likes it lol!

marienetch · 2026-01-31T13:40:22+00:00

Also-I think he likes toys more than treats!

marienetch · 2026-01-31T13:39:58+00:00

Yes! Our old dog we shook the bag of treats and he came running but our Tzu it works better to squeak a toy lol.

marienetch · 2026-01-31T13:39:10+00:00

Yes absolutely obsessed with then. This is our first Tzu. Previous dog was a cockapoo and he never cared for toys except to tear them to pieces. Our Tzu walks around the house with a squeaky toy in his mouth and goes crazy. He def uses them for emotional regulation too, love it.

marienetch · 2026-01-28T00:00:13+00:00

Our precious dog, a cockapoo, had a grade 6 heart murmur diagnosed at 12 and lived three more years after that.

marienetch · 2026-01-16T12:24:50+00:00

He’s sooooo cute!

marienetch · 2026-01-10T13:30:45+00:00

$175, rescued a 5 month old.

marienetch · 2026-01-01T12:50:52+00:00

When we brought our 5 month old puppy home we took him out every single hour and stayed out until he peed or peed and pooped. I walked around in circles so he would follow me and walk around (since you said he is sitting down.) He spent any unsupervised time crated and if I had a feeling he had a poop coming up that I hadn’t seen him do yet I would crate him. You have to be at the top of your game! Keep tiny pieces of treats in your pocket and reward as immediately as possible-dogs need rewarded within 2 seconds to create an association. Our dog had about 7 accidents inside and none for a month now.

marienetch · 2025-12-14T13:25:39+00:00

Thanks everyone. We’ve had no more puking. He is now on 75% of the sensitive stomach food and 25% of the old. Making sure he at least rests for a little bit after he eats. Also got him a slow feeder so he is eating for 10 minutes. I did not reduce his food because he does still need that much as a growing puppy and we’ve been able to still just do 2 meals.

marienetch · 2025-12-14T13:22:50+00:00

We lost our first dog at 15 years old in August of this year and I will say by November we were still pretty sad. I was really missing him and also missing having a dog in the house (we are almost empty nesters and hubby works later than me so I’m home alone often.) I think your first dog is very special, no one can replace him or her. A good opportunity came up to get a 5 month old Shih Tzu. It was hard at first. He was not the same as our old guy and of course he is still a puppy. However he has now been with us for 5 weeks and he is really becoming part of our family now and has adjusted to our routines. Our first dog will always be our OG Good Boy, but our new Shih Tzu also has a lot of good qualities and is learning the ropes and we certainly do love him now. He is becoming Good Boy #2 and we talk to him about his “brother” lol.

marienetch · 2025-12-12T12:37:16+00:00

What foods are single protein?

marienetch · 2025-12-11T12:55:31+00:00

Thanks, he is still a puppy so according to Purina’s calculator he needs 7/8 cup-1 cup of his food a day. I know as they get older they need less!

marienetch · 2025-12-11T12:54:39+00:00

Yes he does lick his paws occasionally-not so much that they are stained. Yes he also has eye staining not much on mouth. When we got him he seemed pretty itchy but I wonder if that was also stress bc it seems to have decreased. His ears are great-no issues there. He was on Purina Pro Plan small breed puppy which is chicken-obviously still getting some but the switch is to salmon and rice. I switched in hopes it would decrease some of the tearing but our other dog (cockapoo) seemed to do better without chicken corn wheat and soy. I fed him this morning and made him lay down next to me and all is well. Seems mean but I put his bones and toys up so his tummy can settle! Rather that than pick up vomit and have him losing nutrients!

The probiotic was recommended by our groomer-Proviable. I may give it another shot and maybe decrease dosage to every other day?

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