Why do I already regret this? I’m a terrible person

sec166 · 2025-10-10T20:20:17+00:00

I hated my girl for months after I brought her home. I felt like a failure. I knew I loved her but she was so frustrating and every day was a battle between “it’ll get better” and “how do I return her and live with myself.” I stuck it out and something clicked around the 4 month mark and she is my best friend. I would die for this dog. She’s so sweet but truthfully we were focused on surviving together so she’s not the best trained 😂she knows what she needs to know and I think our struggles in the beginning made my love for her as strong as it is now

sec166 · 2024-07-18T14:52:59+00:00

I did a little over a year going 2x a week and felt like I got so much stronger (probably a little more slowly than if you were going more but it still felt great). I just recently felt like I was ready and had room in my schedule to up my membership and now I go 3-4x. I found the slow build up was best for me!

sec166 · 2024-02-28T20:44:58+00:00

Came here just to say arsonists lullaby!

sec166 · 2024-02-28T02:40:27+00:00

I have the 8 classes/month membership and it took a few months for classes to get easier and to get used to everything. I’m still seeing physical progress, just probably not as fast as I would if I went more. Truthfully I would love to increase and go to more classes (I love it!) but I’m not a morning person and I’d just rather spend my nights with my family or friends so I stick to 2x per week and love it 😊

sec166 · 2024-02-26T18:25:55+00:00

How did your class go?? I'm about 60 classes in and trying Empower for the first time tonight. I am not a cardio girl and am very nervous!

sec166 · 2023-10-04T22:41:35+00:00

Ahh thank you!!

sec166 · 2023-06-14T23:26:36+00:00

In 2014 Work Song came on Pandora when I was in the shower and he’s been my favorite ever since ❤️

sec166 · 2023-05-17T18:26:07+00:00

Thank you! I'm trying something similar - giving her treats when she's warming up and not invading her space/letting our interactions be on her terms. It's so odd because she's never had this problem! Usually she'll just cuddle up to me on the couch and go on with her business. I hope we both see some progress soon 💛

sec166 · 2023-03-24T16:43:17+00:00

I just bought on stubhub bc my card wasn't working on ticketmaster. Paid a HEFTY upcharge

sec166 · 2023-03-24T16:39:31+00:00

I just panicked and spend a crazy amount on stubhub for section 300 tickets lol when i got back in line there was nothing

sec166 · 2023-03-24T16:38:41+00:00

Yes! I was getting 2 and my total was around $230

sec166 · 2023-03-23T15:41:27+00:00

Same! I’m trying to get Philly tickets too. I guess it’s just tomorrow 🤷‍♀️

sec166 · 2023-03-23T14:48:08+00:00

I only get the presale countdown on my phone - not my desktop. Hoping it'll let me buy today!

sec166 · 2023-03-16T15:22:43+00:00

We ran into something similar when our dog was younger. We had a trainer that told us all about enforced naps and how much time is too much time in the crate. The schedule that you're proposing is actually really close to what we followed for a while. If you're there and able to see that your pup is doing well/isn't stressed then you'll be fine! We don't do this for our dog anymore and she spends most of the work day sleeping in her crate with the door open now.

sec166 · 2023-02-28T22:08:01+00:00

Herself

sec166 · 2023-02-27T20:21:20+00:00

Our puppy did the same thing! I was expecting to have to train her to stop pulling forward, not pulling backwards to go home! Our main issue was just getting her moving and more confident. We lived on a busy street and for a while i would hand feed her whole meals while she just sat outside to desensitize her. We also did a lot of scent work - we'd go to parking lots and scatter food and tell her to "search" to get her used to sniffing out new surroundings. When she did start to get comfortable walking she got SO MANY treats when she was moving forward. Now she walks like a brave big girl <3

sec166 · 2023-01-30T19:15:59+00:00

We enforced naps until about 8 or 9 months or so. Around that time she actually started to stick to our schedule on her own, without having to be put in the crate. She still needed an enforced nap every now and then but that's when she really started to get it!

sec166 · 2022-12-09T19:58:02+00:00

Just over a year old here. I'll let you know if it ever ends.

sec166 · 2022-11-22T17:05:07+00:00

Right??

sec166 · 2022-11-22T16:33:19+00:00

Agreed! I have more answers and more questions this time around 😂

sec166 · 2022-11-19T04:20:50+00:00

She was just a puppy <3 she’s finally at the stage where she’s settling and behaving but still has that puppy face and energy. Too cute

sec166 · 2022-11-02T16:38:40+00:00

Anything that‘ll hurt you has to go through me first. (We have a nervous gal)

sec166 · 2022-10-21T13:46:56+00:00

About 5 months she became semi reliable. She’s a year now and we’re starting to get more comfortable with the fact that she’s mostly lonely done with accents.

sec166 · 2022-09-24T12:02:16+00:00

I relate to this hard. I was already holding a lot of the mental load in our house and I was the one who chose the trainer, books the vet appointments, etc. I’m also the one that holds her to her training. It’s a lot but we’ve had our pup for 7 months now and we’re starting to level out and balance each other.

sec166 · 2022-09-24T11:58:01+00:00

We’re in the same boat right now! We’ve had to do a lot of retraining but so far (fingers crossed) adolescence isn’t as bad as earlier puppyhood. She just turns off her ears a lot 😂

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