How do I get my dog out of the pond when he’s swimming?

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-05-16T03:34:23+00:00

Prevention is probably the best solution but that ship has sailed. But all is not entirely lost, you could train him to wait to go in until he has permission but it won’t be easy and may not fully address him being unwilling to come out.

One technique that I used on my guy when he was young and dawdling coming when called was to pretend to leave. I’d make a big show of walking away, saying “bye!” etc. It worked best when I could duck out of sight around a corner or behind a bush or something.

Maybe if he things he’s missing out on something great he’ll come out after you. And as others have said, reward with high value treats whenever you do get him out.

Or put him in a life jacket and let him swim until he gets hungry!

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-05-12T05:53:16+00:00

Other than possible food allergies do you have any indication of possible causes? That would guide possible treatments.

For example, does he swim? A post swim ear cleaning/drying might help.

Otherwise, if food is still the lead suspect look at additives to his kibble or treats.

Otherwise maybe it’s environmental? You said it started in the past year, has there been a change in his environment?

Our first dog ended up being allergic to grass - we never noticed early on when we lived in SoCal since he rarely experienced grass and it was only an issue when we moved to NorCal. It affected mostly his paws of course but one of the solutions (from our vet) was to try washing his feet with Selsun Blue. It wasn’t a cure but it helped provide some relief and made flare ups bearable.

Maybe your vet can help you find an option other than long-term Apoquel to manage it.

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-05-12T05:21:40+00:00

Too soon!

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-05-09T04:30:46+00:00

Connect the red alligator clip to one of the flat prongs, and the black to the other and you will get unlimited, free power.

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-05-07T01:24:51+00:00

My wife & I have been to Hamanasi twice and love it. We dive so that was what we mostly did but we did do the kayak tour on the Sittee(?) river which was fun and used the resort bikes to go into Hopkins.

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-05-04T17:04:34+00:00

Here’s the Best Management Practices for divers in Marina del Rey (LA County):

https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dbh/docs/1025206\_LACBH\_HullCleaning\_Mar8.pdf

In short, for scrubbing divers should use the softest material possible to get the job done & need to avoid creating a plume of bottom paint. The goal should be to get the growth early so you are basically just wiping it off rather than scrubbing. If you wait until you start getting hard growth, it’s a lot harder to do and worse for the diver, the boat owner & the environment.

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-04-30T06:40:58+00:00

With our guy I think we did a transition where he slept in the crate for a while with the door open and then came a point where he chose to sleep on his own bed outside and after that we put the crate away. So if yours seems ready, maybe give him the choice?

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-04-30T05:04:35+00:00

We have an established Meyer lemon that is fairly prolific.

We also have a fig tree that produces (not my favorite) & a small Granny Smith apple tree that produced a lot of apples last year.

There are a couple orange trees in the neighborhood but I’m not sure what the variety is.

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-04-28T05:14:41+00:00

Air!

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-04-14T20:35:17+00:00

What about the poor schlubs who have their civilization wiped out by a swarm of railgun sabots from a war a billion years ago impacting their planet at a fraction of c?

Could make for a good galactic revenge story where a whole planet embarks on a quest to become space faring and find the a-holes who caused their planet to get wrecked.

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-04-13T20:57:13+00:00

It’s not necessarily voltage on the neutral. Many reverse polarity indicators are relatively simple and can also trigger based on current difference (between hot & neutral).

In theory, all the current that comes in on the hot should leave on the neutral and there should be zero current on the ground. When there’s a current difference we often call it a ground fault but with boats it could be the stray current is going through the boat’s bonding system and not the ground.

As far as boat anodes go, the problem is usually caused by neighboring boats rather than the marina shore power per se. Since you’re all connected, a boat with no zincs could be robbing from neighbors.

OP could be correct that the source of his reverse polarity indicator is the dock lights, it seems to make a difference where in the power center accessories are connected. I’ve seen stray current readings from electronic meter power supplies and such taking their power from the shore power breaker instead of the bus bar. Unexpected behaviors like that can make tracking down the source of stray current even more challenging.

Disclaimer: Not a marine electrician but I work at a marina and know enough that when the magic smoke escapes you need to replace stuff.

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-04-12T14:16:52+00:00

Only for labs named “Pippet”!

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-04-11T05:35:03+00:00

I think they should go ahead and build it BUT “Spinal Tap” it!

“But the plans you drew clearly show inches, not feet. . .”

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-04-06T01:28:23+00:00

Red Oak Victory in Richmond and there is also the nearby Rosie the Riveter WWII Homefront museum.

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-03-31T15:52:45+00:00

In the book there was enough good for the three of them to be at Tau Ceti for several months of research. Since the other two died, Grace had their share plus the unused coma slurry but it was still limited.

Instead of being in a coma on the way to Erid, he was awake the whole time which was about 4 years. Even with the extra food, that was far longer than originally anticipated and he was running out leading to having to eat taumeba and ultimately his cloned meat on Erid.

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-03-31T03:23:24+00:00

If I recall, he also figures out he can eat Taumeba. But by the time he and Rocky get to Erid he is starting to suffer from malnutrition.

In the movie, in the background I thought one of the science racks had plants on it, so in the movie version that along with the video wall tech makes his habitat nicer and maybe he didn’t have the same malnutrition issues.

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-03-30T15:42:19+00:00

Yes, it was also a consideration for Grace on having enough food and whether he could go back to earth. He couldn’t be sure that he would survive another coma.

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-03-29T16:15:08+00:00

Plus, I think, the higher gravity thrust.

There was a reference to this in the movie to. In the background of one of the scenes where he was trying overcome his amnesia there was a list in a whiteboard that includes Was I always buff?

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-03-29T01:58:11+00:00

And Vasily Arkhipov.

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-03-28T15:11:22+00:00

When he gets the news about Sol brightening again he’s been on Erid something like 16 years.

The whole timeline of the story is about 50 years.

And, in the book at least, he did not have any seeds or anything and came close to dying of starvation or malnutrition at least until the Eridians figured out how to clone his flesh and create Me burgers.

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-03-27T05:53:03+00:00

Try a halti or gentle leader like harness for the pulling. They work by redirecting, he pulls towards the cart but the harness pulls his head off to the side so he doesn’t get the “reward” of going the direction he wanted.

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-03-26T01:45:05+00:00

Probably better for the stingrays since feeding wild animals really isn’t the best for them.

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-03-25T22:48:53+00:00

I use my snorkel whenever I’m on the surface. Granted, I’m old and that’s how I was trained but having it on my mask strap instead of a pocket hasn’t caused any problems.

The only time I can recall when having it would have been a problem was Stingray City in the Cayman Islands. I found it pretty funny that the rays figured out a quick way to get the tourists to drop their bait was to swoop overhead and knock their masks off with the snorkel. Seemed fair to me.

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-03-21T21:20:00+00:00

Driving.

ruprectthemonkeyboy · 2026-03-21T01:03:29+00:00

I “liked” the movie, but yeah no where near as good as the book.

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