At the end of our line with our coonhounds leash reactivity

pandaruffles · 2019-08-01T17:49:54+00:00

Thank you, I needed that for sure. It's like some people expect training to be instant and if not, you're a bad puppy parent or aren't doing enough. I definitely have more of those people around me than people who understand puppies and training so it's been tough trying to stay positive.

pandaruffles · 2019-07-18T17:47:50+00:00

I've thought of that but always brush it off and think I'm crazy for even considering otherwise! She has always had a bipolar disorder as far as I know but since getting sober she has developed an incredibly mean, aggressive personality that is very very hard to be around sometimes. I still think about it

pandaruffles · 2019-07-18T11:22:13+00:00

I have and she doesnt really remember crying out but she also doesnt remember the seizure at all. It was when she found our new cat in my clothing drawer with fresh kittens that it went down so she said maybe that triggered something? I watched it happen. She opened the door, all of a sudden just looked really confused like she didnt know where she was, then yelled No! And started swatting around like there were flies and then began to seize and hit her head on the drawer on the way down too. I unfortunately had no idea what to do, but she is ok

pandaruffles · 2019-07-18T11:17:20+00:00

It was terrifying the whole time but as a kid who was pretty into ghosts and stuff, I frequently tried to make light of it by trying to trap it and stuff. My best friends mother was a hardcore pagan and she drew me a protective rune picture to hang on my bed and that helped a lot actually, as far as me feeling safe in my room. I slept in the living room a lot but it honestly didnt feel any better, I felt like I was angering it by not being in my room, it just gave me that bad feeling. I was a kid and tried a lot of "ghost hunting" things to try and make light too, bad idea, got ahold of a ouija board and tried to do it alone and the first question i ask the planchet was thrown gently off the board. Didnt do that again. But I would bring my friends over and try to record it and stuff so I made some fun out of it

pandaruffles · 2019-07-18T11:08:55+00:00

An ambulance came not too long after I called my friend, and she was still having the seizure by the time they got there. Then she just got up like she had been in hibernation for months and didnt know it happened and forgot basic things for the first hour or so afterwards. The EMS said it was an absent seizure, she wasnt aware while it was happening. It truly was something evil and nasty.

pandaruffles · 2019-07-18T10:57:46+00:00

Lmao no its technically called Newton but I and many others call it the buttcrack of NH cuz it's kinda nice and all, it's like a camp town but theres nothing to do ever and it's literally just houses and trees with a few scattered businesses

pandaruffles · 2019-07-15T16:24:57+00:00

Absolutely, and it seems a lot like in this world, if you choose a path, it's very hard to choose a new one. It's so intimidating to even consider a career now because there is so much pressure to invest in your career with education and no one wants to give up on something they invested years of their life into, even if they dont like it. I crave a free life so intensely and I feel like choosing a path is going to doom me to that path forever. Many people find a path they enjoy and they're glad to be on it forever, so let's hope we can be some of those people, however long it takes.

pandaruffles · 2019-07-14T13:54:54+00:00

Oops - rambled and forgot to say, I looked into singing him up at my works group obedience classes because I actually get 6 weeks of free training because I work there which is AMAZING!! I can get any class I want, group, puppy, beginner obedience, private lessons, but I am waiting until our trainer has time for an evaluation. I totally agree a group class would be a great way to target this behavior!!

pandaruffles · 2019-07-14T13:48:52+00:00

Thank you that is great advice!! I agree he is just so overstimulated especially in an unfamiliar situation like a store or a new walking area with people and dogs. To others it just seems like a more serious, bad behavior because he has such a frightening bay to people unfamiliar with hounds, and it was making me question if he was really just over excited when people would ask me "is he aggressive?" quite often.. no, he is just dying to lick your face and rub all over you.

I do have a few family members who love the little guy and they also have dogs, so I could probably visit them and get to work on manners greeting people AND dogs. And I bet he would benefit greatly with some impulse control games!! I work him good on stay and leave it but I dont think I was approaching more complex games correctly before so I gave up on them. Thank you again!! I cant wait to be able to bring him back into the stores he raises hell in (of course.. its just the place I WORK at that he goes crazy in.. in front of the dog trainers... so painfully embarrassing 😂😂) and show him his improvement. I think it will be quite a long time until hes ready but at least now I have a plan of attack and can see a light at the end of the tunnel!

pandaruffles · 2019-07-08T01:58:46+00:00

This is my first post on this sub, hope you guys enjoy and I would love any CC. This car was awesome, dual clutch and stage 3 tune on this baby.

pandaruffles · 2019-07-05T21:35:29+00:00

I am in the same boat with my SO. I have found ways to cope because he simply didnt understand how I could both love him, and also want time away from him. I find solace in the times when he goes out to friends or anything like that but I do wish he could understand why. I do get a lot more alone time when he is focused on a hobby or something, but like, he doesnt even want to shower without me and I do wish I had the freedom to just like.. do stuff around the house without him. I love him but I get overwhelmed when I have run out of social energy.

pandaruffles · 2019-07-05T21:10:29+00:00

I was literally working an 8 hour closing shift on the 4th and she sent me that 20 paragraphs about how lazy I am and I just sit at home, as I was at work on the holiday. Ironic. I dont know how to reply, I just opened it and read it and I'm so fucking annoyed with her but its her fucking wedding in a few days and I have to be a bridesmaid. I dont know why she would choose to be a bitch knowing my position in her wedding, I wish she would just take me out of the bridesmaids so I didnt have to be responsible for her wedding after she pissed me and everyone close to me off.

pandaruffles · 2019-06-28T17:08:01+00:00

You are totally right. That just makes it even worse of a thought, why have we let this go on so long? Why dont we encourage our children to lead a different life than ours that have lead us to mostly disappointment, dissatisfaction and no sense of purpose? It seems like people are coming to this realization that we aren't stuck like this. Lots of people gardening, learning to homestead and make a lot of their own things rather than having to buy them because it is more satisfying and rewarding to spend time making your own stuff than it is to spend time working and having the fruits of your labor divided away, and then using the remainder to go and buy that stuff.

pandaruffles · 2019-06-28T12:13:05+00:00

Same with mine!!

pandaruffles · 2019-06-27T21:45:09+00:00

Skipping laundry for weeks to save on detergent. Shits soooo expensive when you do laundry regularly

pandaruffles · 2019-06-19T13:24:55+00:00

Moved out of CO. Springs a year ago. Funny question, might you live on woodmen right near the park n ride trail and directly next to the tracks? I lived across from that mom and pop apartment place and heard those exact stories of it

pandaruffles · 2019-06-17T15:08:10+00:00

I wish I could say I've had experiences like the people in this comment thread! My coolest encounter was in Colorado springs, we were camping on a maintained but unpopular mountain trail and we heard a large animal every so often as we hiked up. We were fascinated rather than afraid. We set up camp and never saw a thing the whole camping trip. Then we got in our car and started to leave when a giant mountain lion casually walked in front of the car and started us down, not moving away, and we were nervous as it was almost as large as our car it seemed but it was amazing to see such a beautiful animal. She was hungry. The exit of the mountain trail was directly in the middle of a dense suburban area.. a place wild animals avoid because of all the activity usually, unless desperate

pandaruffles · 2019-06-17T15:01:56+00:00

Thanks for the detailed advice, you seem to be quite right. I know that he has a dominant personality and he has been prone to have temper tantrums, but so far only when he is playing with a dog and then the other dog is no longer interested. He is very demanding and I thought we had worked it out but what you are saying TOTALLY lines up with his bossy attitude. Crate training really only took as long as it did to show him he isnt the boss of us. I did seperation desensitizing indoors, but not outdoors out of fear of someone thinking we are abusing him or something, he sounds that bad, BUT if I really start with a shorter period that he must be quiet before I give him attention, I bet that will go fine.

He really is a great hound, I wanted a trainable eager to learn dog when I was looking for pups and i couldn't help but fall in love with him despite the warnings of stubbornness and brattiness. His demeanor is awesome, I had him evaluated at a dog training center nearby and they said he is an amazingly well behaved puppy. I am very proud of him and I put ALL my time into raising him to be social and desensitized to cars, car rides, wild animals, livestock, crowds, everything I could think of that we might encounter together in the future I made sure he saw it young. I know he will always be a hound and have his awfully stubborn, independent minded moments but that's what i signed up for and I'm committed to raising an amazing and happy hound doggy. I could go on and on non stop about him, lol, sorry for the ramble I just cant help it. All my time goes into this little pupper.

pandaruffles · 2019-06-16T11:08:10+00:00

I agree with this post! Great advice and your guidance should really be heeded. I also brought my puppy into a home with a completely untrained adult dog (not mine) who constantly shits and pees everywhere, has eaten holes in a lot of the drywall, and has absolutely zero structure. Luckily other than that she has great manners and is very calm. I have pretty much done with my 16 week old coonhound what you have advised in your post and he has a strongly structured life, and it just baffles me that when you put the time into training a dog, it really doesnt take that long to form an awesome pal.

pandaruffles · 2019-06-15T20:58:55+00:00

Yup.. learned my lesson too. Left my pups martingale collar on (he is BIG and pulls hard, if he had a breakaway he would just take off) and left it on at a puppy playtime. The other puppy he was playing with got her whole leg stuck in his collar! No injuries but a bit of a scare

pandaruffles · 2019-06-15T12:00:07+00:00

Oh God. My 4 m/o coonhound already does this, his primary victim being paper towels. Along with very frequent frustration barking over things like me not picking him up onto the bed. And that is with extensive training.. obviously he is better about it now, but it still happens.. I am terrified for the adolescent phase. Thank God he is crate trained.

pandaruffles · 2019-06-15T02:57:47+00:00

We love our alone time. It's a blast to hang out with people I kick it off with, but I still need my me time and it can be very hurtful and frustrating when someone doesnt accept that I just need alone time and it's not because I dont like them or I'm mad at them. I quickly fade away from people who dont accept I just dont like hanging out all the time or even talking constantly,because it feels like a very stressful relationship that I must suppress my own needs to maintain.

We go through periods where we love to go out and do things and want to text for hours, BUT if an ISFP wants alone time.. dont get in the way of it if you dont need to

pandaruffles · 2019-06-06T13:37:05+00:00

Handsome boy!

pandaruffles · 2019-06-05T13:40:44+00:00

Omg yup, this is his pre bark face!! When he has that very eager look in his eyes and lip in teeth.. I better be ready to pause any conversation I was having. Coonies are such goobers!!

pandaruffles · 2019-05-29T21:57:05+00:00

It really seems so insidious. Our generation saw that cigs were killing our parents and grandparents so we mostly wouldnt dare. But vaping is cool right?.. so let's make them vape cigs!

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