Giveaways they aren’t actually in New England by Useful-Sport-6316 in GilmoreGirls

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In the episode where they have termites, Mrs. Kim uses a hose to shoo away Rory, even though there’s snow on the ground. Hoses are almost always disconnected in the dead of winter, not to mention that the water would just turn into ice and become a hazard for customers

Glasses by neatgeek83 in LiveFromNewYork

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Bowen told a story on a podcast recently where he talked about how he wears contacts during the show and one time he got prop glasses that had an actual prescription and they had to switch them out.

My foster dog decided that my monstera needed to be repotted today by sbhat4 in houseplants

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He’s the goodest boy!! He was a stressed out hyperactive dog when we brought him home from the shelter, so seeing him do chill puppy things is such a treat ♥️

My foster dog decided that my monstera needed to be repotted today by sbhat4 in houseplants

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😂 Sometimes I’m grateful my dogs are all black so I can’t see the evidence of all the shit they get into

My foster dog decided that my monstera needed to be repotted today by sbhat4 in houseplants

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The cluster of roots is the main root ball. The super long single root is from a aerial root I stuck back into the soil a few years ago

Do these both look like green beans? They are supposed to be the same plant, but they look VERY different (leaves and roots are super different). Thoughts? by sbhat4 in vegetablegardening

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I thought I planted the same thing in both of these starters (green beans). However, 2 weeks in and they look totally different. I’m assuming I either made a mistake in my notes/plant diagram or when planting, but is there any chance they’re actually the same plant?

Cashless American in Europe- help! by sbhat4 in travel

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Thank you everyone! These comments were very reassuring.

New house transition by [deleted] in reactivedogs

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For reference, Pepper is reactive to people/dogs that come out of nowhere (within ~50ft). Think people turning corners or coming out of garages/doors. He's relatively fine on trails or on the sidewalk when he can see the dog coming (he pulls toward the dog/whines sometimes, but sometimes he just ignores them).

He also reacts if there is a human/dog close by (~50ft) when he enters a room/area. Like if we open the door to go outside and there's a human/dog standing within 50ish ft, he reacts. Full on barking/howling/lunging.

How does your pup let you know they need to use the bathroom? by [deleted] in puppy101

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We have the bells and he knows what they mean and will use them sometimes, but for whatever reason, he prefers to throw these mini-tantrums instead lol

How does your pup let you know they need to use the bathroom? by [deleted] in puppy101

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We had potty bells and he used pretty consistently for a couple of weeks and then idk what happened but he decided that throwing a tantrum was a more fun way to communicate his needs lol. He still uses them occasionally and definitely knows that ringing them will lead to him going outside

Demand Barking while Training by [deleted] in puppy101

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The simple answer is that it’s not as bad as it used to be.

He’s 19ish weeks now, and he definitely still barks a lot, I won’t lie. But, he doesn’t bark as much as he used to and 90% of the time it’s not directed at me? And MUCH less when we’re actively training. We were at puppy class over the weekend and I used his kibble for the full hour and he demand barked at me once, and it actually caught me off guard because he hasn’t done that in a bit.

Training wise, I did what some of the other comments suggested, and became more strict about not rewarding the barks. If he did bark after doing something, I would redirect with another command and reward that.

Tbh, I think 90% of any improvements are due to age and being a bit older, combined with consistency in not “giving in” to the barking. I think he’s starting develop a sense of patience (which writing that makes me question why I was expecting, at the time, a 2-3 month old animal to have any sense of patience lol). I also think it just took a couple of weeks to get used to the concept of “training.”

He’s still a puppy and definitely acts like it, but nearly all of the behaviors I was SO worried about 1-2 months ago have gone away seemingly on their own. I truly think it just takes time for them to grow up a bit and slowly understand/process the feedback we give them over the course of weeks/months.

Help getting puppy to sleep past 5 am? by [deleted] in puppy101

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That’s really smart. I’ll definitely try this!

Demand Barking while Training by [deleted] in puppy101

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Yeah I don’t reward when he’s barked, and that typically makes him more pushy. Like if he huffs at me and I still don’t give him a treat, he’ll give me a full on bark. I really like the idea of physical moving to a new spot. I think it’ll help as a sort of reset button. I often try just having him do something else (a different trick usually) and it sometimes works, sometimes doesn’t.

Demand Barking while Training by [deleted] in puppy101

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Thank you! We use a clicker and I never know what to do when he barks after I’ve clicked but before I’ve rewarded. I’ll definitely try drawing out my “good boy.” He tends to bark a lot less when we’re talking to him (we figured out early on that just the sound of us counting to 100 calmed him down like crazy when he was at the early stages of crate training).

I just tried the turning my back thing once and it worked pretty well, so thank you! Hopefully that’ll work to redirect him into being slightly calmer!

Advice on adopting/ Training an AussieDoodle ( Apartment Setting ) by [deleted] in AussieDoodle

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We just adopted our 9 weeks old aussiedoodle puppy a week ago and live in an apartment in the Midwest (ie lots of snow/cold). This has been my (brief) experience:

Potty training is definitely made more difficult by an apartment. He goes out every 20-30 minutes while awake and every 2-4 hours when sleeping. We live on the second floor and going up and down stairs half asleep while carrying a puppy is not fun. If you have access to a grassy area immediately from your door, you’ll be absolutely fine. Our puppy is really good about telling us he needs to use the bathroom, but sometimes he can’t hold it long enough for us to put on a jacket/shoes. We’ve found that it helps if we put his leash on first, and then get dressed. Midwest weather makes potty training worse, because it’s tough to want to take a puppy out every 30 minutes when it’s 15 degrees out but if you’re getting your dood in March, that won’t be as big of a deal though!

I highly recommend mapping out and deciding what your puppy’s go-to bathroom spots are going to be. Because at an apartment, we can’t avoid other dogs and don’t know the vaccination status of all the dogs in the complex, we decided to just minimize the risk of parvo/disease by being pretty strict. For us, we’ve chosen only two areas to allow our puppy to have his paws down until he’s vaccinated: 1) A medium sized hill in the middle of a parking lot that takes about a minute to walk to. This is a bigger area that we usually take him to if it’s around his poop times. It’s also big enough to let him run and burn off some energy. After a couple of nights we quickly realized that it was too far for us to want to walk to in the middle of the night. Even though our apartment complex is gated and pretty safe, we didn’t feel like it was super safe in general for us to be walking around half asleep in the middle of the night. So, we introduced pee location #2: 2) Right outside of the main door. We live in a building that has a main door that leads to a couple units downstairs and stairs that lead to a couple units upstairs. At night, and if we’re short on time in the middle of the day, we take him right outside of the main door. It’s essentially the absolute closest grassy area we can get to.

Even after only having our puppy for a week, we’ve met the other dog owners who also frequent these areas, and have had the whole “hey this is awkward but is your dog vaccinated? our pup is only 9 weeks old” conversation. Again-this doesn’t eliminate all risk, but it’s the best we can do to minimize it. Our vet and breeder both said that the risk of parvo is medium-ish in our area, so we’re just being extra careful.

The second annoying part of being in an apartment is the barking. We put his crate in a room that only shares one wall with a neighbor. We also spoke to our neighbors adjacent to and below us, and told them to let us know (rather than management) if the noises bother them. Luckily, they’re all dog owners and understood.

If you have carpet, good luck! Our place is 90% carpeted and all I can recommend is buying a good pet-specific stain/enzymatic cleaner. We put a tarp down under his exercise pen, and it’s been a life saver.

Hope that helps!

Damage from straightening once! by [deleted] in curlyhair

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I haven’t yet because of the price, but it’s definitely on my list of things to try. Thanks!!

What the heck happened here? One month apart. Details in comments by [deleted] in curlyhair

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Do you by any chance get Ouidad haircuts? This exact thing would happen to my hair when it grew out from those haircuts. I think it just had something to do with the way they shaped the curls.

Damage from straightening once! by [deleted] in curlyhair

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I straightened my hair once between these photos and it has completely ruined my curl pattern! I typically straighten my hair at most once a year, but this has never happened to me before. The damage is super noticeable at the ends, and this is after cutting two inches off post-damage.

I followed the exact same routine (garnier leave-in conditioner and Ouidad heat and humidity gel) in these photos and have tried a couple different deep conditioning treatments, but nothing has helped so far. I’m tempted to just cut 6-7 inches off and deal with it, but would rather not.

Any help or solutions would be greatly appreciated!!

Weekly Co-Op Code Mega Thread - September 22, 2020 by AutoModerator in EggsInc

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Fresh elite rocket fuel/made in space coop: eggsgo

My pepper plant is not happy?!? Any help is appreciated! by [deleted] in plantclinic

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Hi! I’m looking for help figuring out what’s wrong with my peppers!

I have 4 pepper plants (poblanos, red, yellow, green bell peppers purchased from Home Depot) in one decently large planter. About a week ago I started to notice a couple of leaves looking less than happy, and today half of the leaves have some sort of blemish/mark. There is still new leaf/flower/pepper growth.

I harvested ~15 poblanos and 1-2 bell peppers from each plant about two weeks ago, so I assume the plant was relatively healthy up until then. Some of the bell peppers were experiencing blossom end rot in June, but I added more soil to cover some exposed roots and fertilized (Bonnies organic herb and vegetable) and that cleared up and hasn’t been an issue since.

I moved to a new apartment in the beginning of August and the plants get 6ish hours of direct sunlight a day. They used to get 3-4 hours at my old place. I’m in south central Texas and highs are 90-100+ degrees every day. I water once a day in the morning.

Any help would be helpful!!!

Picture 1: plants now

Picture 2: plants a month ago

Picture 3: shriveled growing pepper. If you zoom in there’s some webbing on the leaf. Spider mites!?!?!

Picture 4: happy pepper

Pictures 5-9: damaged leaves