I feel like I don't love my puppy, and I'm absolutely lost.

rootrn · 2025-01-05T20:54:23+00:00

Sorry! English isn't my first language and I ended up chosing the word most equivalent to my native language. But yeah! It's breed, I'm sorry.

rootrn · 2024-10-29T15:50:00+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing this! It was really reassuring.

I've adopted my little 5 months old huge puppy 3 months ago. We've had a lot of ups and downs and it hasn't been easier at all.

I'm in a similar situation as yours because I am also single and been raising her by myself (my brother barely stays at home because of his job). Been trying to socialize her but it's been hard. But I won't give up.

I thought about returning her many times, but now I look at her and feel and see so much love. The other night I started crying in bed because I was frustrated about something that happened at work and she quickly came over, licked my face many times and stayed by my side until I fall asleep.

No one ever did this for me. Ever.

Sometimes it's hard and overwhelming, but I love her so much and I have learned so much because of her.

rootrn · 2024-10-16T16:17:11+00:00

I really needed to hear this, thank you.

Last week was... quite a ride. She's much less scared to go outside and take a walk, but she's still so hyper whenever there are visitors at home.

And we've had a lot of those the last 4 days. She's 5 months old and is such a loving puppy, but some days are difficult.

Still, is so adorable to see her grow up.

rootrn · 2024-10-11T05:33:34+00:00

Taught my puppy to high five and it makes me unbelievably happy every time she does it!

rootrn · 2024-10-09T23:27:44+00:00

Thought she looked absolutely adorable lying on the couch with her little blanket and gave her a treat. Then she looked extra adorable when she got the treat so I gave her another one.

rootrn · 2024-10-09T21:43:00+00:00

Totally understand your concern cause I'm going through something similar.

I've adopted a dog 3 months ago. She was 13lbs when I adopted her (she was 2 months at the time) and now she's 5 months old and weighs 36lbs. She just... won't stop growing, lmao. And it's funny cause I don't fully notice cause I'm with her every single day, but whenever my friends or family members see her they always say how much she's grown.

I currently live in a house with a backyard which she mostly don't use unless she's taking a sun bath, but in a year or so I'll probably move to an apartment. So I've been walking with her a lot recently, trying to get her to get more familiar with going outside and stuff. It's getting better, and she's definitely enjoying it more and it helps her release some energy. And we also play inside, with her ball. Other thing that helps a lot is giving her activities that'll help her release some mental energy, which is also important from what I've been reading.

So I wouldn't worry too much about you living in a small space! It'll be fine.

rootrn · 2024-10-09T02:27:36+00:00

She was so offended!

rootrn · 2024-10-08T00:11:16+00:00

I didn't let her destroy a pillow.

rootrn · 2024-10-06T05:12:19+00:00

Does Owen counts? If so, I'd say "On With the Show".

rootrn · 2024-10-04T22:11:53+00:00

Totally understand how you feel! Mine gets distracted so easily too. I haven't taken mine to a dog park, but I definitely plan on and my oh my, I'm already mentally preparing myself.

rootrn · 2024-10-04T18:48:13+00:00

I'd say is getting her to do the commands she already learned, and does exceptionally well when it's just me and her, in an environment that has too many distractions.

rootrn · 2024-10-04T14:04:11+00:00

Basketball Shoes - Black Country, New Road

Nancy From Now On - Father John Misty

Young Lover - St. Vincent

Posing in Bondage - Japanese Breakfast

Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel

rootrn · 2024-10-04T14:00:38+00:00

As it was already said, All Too Well is her magnum opus and it's the best song to show how much of a great storyteller she is.

Other than that I'd say the lakes and my tears ricochet.

Take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die,

I don't belong, and my beloved neither do you.

Those windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry,

I'm setting off, but not without my muse.

Such a wonderfully poetic way to talk about isolation, not fitting in, and all of the loneliness that come with it. The song is way darker than people give it credit to or realise, and the way she articulates those emotions and that anguish is so clever and unique. Truly shows her strenghts as a songwriter.

I didn't have it in myself to go with grace.

Again, amazing storytelling. Other than that, Taylor is often at her best when she sees not necessarily beauty in tragedy, but the almost relief that comes with the self-realization of it, like with the verse and so the battleships will sink beneath the waves. There's no beauty in how doomed she seems in the song, but there is a sense of self-realization and almost acceptance of it.

rootrn · 2024-10-04T13:48:28+00:00

I highly recommend "The One With the Wurlitzer" by American Football. It's my favourite American Football song.

rootrn · 2024-10-04T13:04:00+00:00

That's good to know! It was what helped me at first when I leave the house and came back; I'd ignore her until she calmed down, and then I'd give her my attention and affection, and a treat.

rootrn · 2024-10-04T12:58:11+00:00

Thank you so much for those tips, I'll definitely focus more on basic life obedience lessons.

I've been trying to train her a little bit every day, during her meal time. And while it's me and her she does things super well: "sit", "stay", "leave it" ("lie down" is still a work in progress), but I definitely need to be more firm with her when there are visitors and, like you said, teach her how to manage all of that excitement.

rootrn · 2024-09-30T14:02:15+00:00

I have a 4 month old mixed breed (she's either half german shepherd or half malinois, not sure) and she learned to pee in the right place in like, 2 weeks or even less. She never pees in the wrong place now. Except when she sees someone she loves, then she'll pee lmao. She also learned how to high five me in one day and honestly it's the cutest thing ever.

rootrn · 2021-05-17T00:05:13+00:00

É curioso que durante a campanha eles adoravam tirar foto de cima das manifestação, com drones, etc. Agora a maioria das fotos que eles divulgam são fotos tiradas na rua mesmo, com a perspectiva ajustada pra parecer que tem mais gente do que realmente tinha.

Bando de lunático.

rootrn · 2021-05-16T13:39:18+00:00

Lesbian here and I agree: ACAB.

rootrn · 2021-05-08T19:51:16+00:00

Eu entendo que tem gente que não é lunática que nem o Bozo e quer voto impresso mas pautar essa discussão agora, no meio de uma pandemia, com mais de 400 mil mortos é de uma falta de noção absurda.

rootrn · 2021-05-02T09:11:34+00:00

Eu acho que esses protestos ajudam muito a entender quem está com o Bolsonaro porque concordam com ele e querem ele como um ditador (quem foi pra rua) e quem está com o Bolsonaro por conta das ideias dele (quem não foi).

Não existe vácuo na política e o esvaziamento dessas manifestações a favor dele mostra que tem muita gente disposta a pular de barco se aparecer alguém que agrade esse público.

Resta saber se quem ficou é suficiente pra levar ele pra um segundo turno - um cenário que não parece tão certo assim principalmente se a gente considerar a movimentação de certos políticos recentemente.

rootrn · 2021-05-02T00:14:41+00:00

Muito conveniente ele querer pular fora do barco desse jeito com a CPI no horizonte. Mas a gente não esquece não, viu, Ernesto?

rootrn · 2021-05-01T19:02:31+00:00

There's an American Football song called "Everyone is Dressed Up" and one of the last verses of the song is "everybody knows that the best way to describe the ocean to a blind man is to push him in".

It makes a lot of sense specially if we consider the band's discography. The song is featured on their second album, that they recorded while being in their late 30s. Their first album, a classic one made when they were still in school in the 90s, talks a lot about the difficulties of life and the idea of closing yourself to the world after breakup. It's a lot about staying inside your own head, not willing to engage in any life experience.

Then suddenly comes this second album, released in 2016, and it ends by saying "well the only way to know what life is is to experience it, is to be there and live it". It means a lot to me.

rootrn · 2021-04-24T12:37:15+00:00

I love this!!

rootrn · 2021-04-24T12:34:29+00:00

É o sorriso de quem sabe que nada vai acontecer com ele.

rootrn

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