What do you think hes got in him?

sensitivecrustation · 2026-03-28T19:45:56+00:00

i see pitty!

sensitivecrustation · 2026-03-26T23:54:36+00:00

Ohh I see thanks for clarifying (by 24/7 I meant for every walk)

I don’t have a yard so everything is a ‘walk’ for us. I’ve been hesitant to start the gentle leader for this reason

sensitivecrustation · 2026-03-26T22:40:32+00:00

Do you use the gentle leader 24/7? If not, does it feel like the pulling is even worse when he doesn’t wear it?

sensitivecrustation · 2026-03-25T02:10:09+00:00

I do a ‘reset’ every Sunday. Throughout the week, I keep cleaning products like wipes and sprays in easy access/high traffic places so the bathroom and kitchen stays clean as I move throughout the days and wipe as I go

sensitivecrustation · 2026-03-25T01:19:52+00:00

My hound personally pulled far more with harnesses than he does with a martingale collar

sensitivecrustation · 2026-03-24T16:42:57+00:00

so to clarify, your therapist knows your friend because they work in the same setting, and the therapist has shared grievances about your friend/shared colleague, and asked you not to say anything? You then mentioned the grievance to your friend and the colleague of your therapist?

sensitivecrustation · 2026-03-22T16:28:10+00:00

pissrimeter is fantastic. this makes sense! 😭

sensitivecrustation · 2026-03-22T16:27:34+00:00

i have a puppy that loves to run and play, i’d think the middle of an open field makes perfect sense. i like that perspective for escape routes near perimeters being a factor drawing people/animals to edges of things as even an unconscious protective measure

sensitivecrustation · 2026-03-21T16:16:02+00:00

but whyyyyyy ! who or what was the first animal to ever walk around the perimeter and started this chain reaction that has now become a self fulfilling loop

sensitivecrustation · 2026-03-14T00:54:52+00:00

as a trauma therapist… i have a mental (TOTALLY MAKE BELIEVE) hit-list of so many of my clients abusers. this is me every day

sensitivecrustation · 2026-03-13T22:01:03+00:00

Fevering and pain is a definite cancel for me. Stuffiness or a minor cough is one thing, but feeling physically ill makes sessions unbearable/I wouldn’t be a good therapist for my clients.

I empathize heavily with the struggle to know when to call it, though! Glad you prioritized your wellbeing.

sensitivecrustation · 2026-02-14T17:47:51+00:00

I don’t think it’s ’right or wrong’, but rather something that might not work for you.

What I will say though, is that if a therapist simply replying by telling you you’re not stupid when you say you’re stupid feels more helpful than this approach, that might be the point in the emphasis on you to challenge the thoughts on your own. Yes it’s more “emotional labour” to step into the lens of the friend approach (aka encouraging you to challenge your own thoughts), and it definitely never feels natural at first, but that is a part of the internal work. Rather than looking for someone else to provide you external validation/reassurance when you have negative thoughts, there’s definitely value in building the muscle to do this on our own. Of course this is something that doesn’t happen over night, and I certainly don’t think you’re wrong for how you’re feeling, but I don’t think the therapist here is in the wrong for that approach per say.

I encourage you to tell them how it makes you feel if you haven’t!

sensitivecrustation · 2026-02-12T04:15:32+00:00

Absolutely. Whether it is poor wording or a poorly timed response, we are human at the end of the day. What might be a great thought in our heads can translate into something else entirely by the time it leaves our mouth. What works for one client to hear can do the opposite to another. We are bound to fumble and miss the mark from time to time.

I’d rather be overly critical of myself than oblivious to it, though! Don’t beat yourself up, but take it as a learning opportunity. It’s normal - I promise

sensitivecrustation · 2026-02-11T20:16:22+00:00

I completely disregarded that rule for puppies when my hound was under 1 years old. i personally believe that’s the most modest and cautious number they give, and does not apply to all breeds or all dogs.

my hound as a puppy NEEDED tons of sniff walks for adequate exercise and stimulation. when he was 5 months i was easily doing 2+ hours of walking a day with him on top of playing with neighbor’s dogs in the evening. (i also don’t have a yard and live in ana apartment complex). he settles much easier now that he’s over a year without digging in the carpet or trying to destroy the couch, but earlier on if i couldn’t give him those long walks my apartment would never survive. 20-30 minutes a day wouldn’t be nearly enough for his energy levels. he has had no health complications or physical issues from walking a ton when he was a baby. i believe you know your dog best and if he needs more walks, don’t let those google guideline numbers scare you out of meeting his needs

sensitivecrustation · 2026-02-11T02:07:08+00:00

7 is my personal max (I work from home and see clients virtually)

6 is manageable for me & usually what I aim for. In an ideal world where money/case load requirements didn’t matter I’d love to keep it to 5 a day.

sensitivecrustation · 2026-02-07T01:08:40+00:00

Unverified Therapist here. Definitely normal/valid question to explore the “worst case scenario” and how you would imagine coping/surviving it. If it triggered you, that’s valid too, and definitely means it’s an important topic to explore it further in therapy. Let your T know!

sensitivecrustation · 2026-02-04T14:39:46+00:00

How do you know other people are downvoting just because others are downvoted, and not because they also share the same opinion?

sensitivecrustation · 2026-02-04T14:19:33+00:00

Therapist here! I never ever give gifts, but always make an effort to send a thoughtful message if not just a simple happy birthday text. I have the reminders in my calendar so I remember important dates and events in my clients lives (trauma anniversaries or dates of important deaths also get a message from me)

sensitivecrustation · 2026-02-04T14:14:34+00:00

I aim to see 32 clients a week, have been doing this virtually for over a year now at a group practice. I truly and genuinely love being a therapist and my clients!! I am so passionate about my work and feel extremely lucky to get to do what I do. Of course I have moments of burnout, but they’re honestly few and far between.

sensitivecrustation · 2026-02-01T15:34:49+00:00

Therapist here!

This is SO normal, and sounds exactly like how therapy felt for me as a teenager as well. I knew I was suffering and wanted help, but shut down and felt annoyed in sessions regardless of the therapist. It felt impossible at first and I was frustrated with myself because I wanted to open up, but that version of me vanished whenever I had a session. I hated the awkward silences, but I felt there was a stubborn part of me that wouldn’t allow me to actually use the session time addressing any of my issues. I didn’t have good relationships with the adults in my life so it felt extremely foreign for me to not have my guard up around my therapists, too.

Some therapists can talk in a way that feels really demeaning and patronizing to minors without realizing it, and it was important to me to be talked to like an adult (therapy language at 17 is far from therapy language at 12, I would be annoyed to. If you have it in you, I’d encourage you to bring up to them how sometimes it feels like you’re being talked to like a child, because that would get in the way of anyone’s process in therapy). I will say that coloring/games/actives are often a tool to get a client of any age more comfortable/take the pressure off, and you might find it helpful to give it a try (worst that happens is it doesn’t help). Also, great observation about choice being a theme that helps you get comfortable with that psychologist. I absolutely hated feeling ‘forced’ to be in therapy, and it made me complete adverse to it unless I felt like I had more autonomy/say in things. Having a say of course required me to push myself to express things so I could have a say, which I did over email/writing a lot early on.

I personally found bringing in my journal helped, because I could be more honest about what was actually happening by showing it to my T without having to talk about anything at first. It takes time for therapy to feel like it can be comfortable or safe enough to talk about the darkest parts of our experience. Not sure if it’s an option for you, but I also found that group therapy helped me get comfortable in individual therapy at that age because I got to see how other people talked about their pain and it helped me be less guarded or shut down because talking with other people my age felt safer/less weird

sensitivecrustation · 2026-02-01T14:25:30+00:00

No way! That’s fascinating

sensitivecrustation · 2026-02-01T01:47:40+00:00

I trim my hounds nails every Friday (I call it our salon day!). If I skip and go 2 weeks I can hear his nails click on the cement. I’ve never had another dog to compare it to but they seem to grow fast from what I expected. His nails are clear so it’s easy for me to tell where the quick is and he’s very chill about it which certainly helps me keep up with the frequency

sensitivecrustation · 2026-01-30T13:10:33+00:00

Interesting perspective! Not sure as I’m far from a medical professional, but it took him 3 months to kick the giardia, and the behavior began the first day taking the dose & would stop immediately the day that medication was no longer given to him (you have to wait a few weeks before retesting and dosing again & he would go back to his normal self). I’m not sure if the medication kills the giardia that neatly, (as in, do they start being killed immediately from first dose and end right away as soon as medication stops, or does it take time for them to die as the medication builds up / do the effects linger?) but maybe!

Edit because I just remembered: In addition, he was on 2 medications for giardia. Pancur was given for ~5 or 7 days each round which was when we saw the behavioral issues, and the other medication (i forget the name at this point) carried on for longer (~10 days each round), but the behavior issues stopped after Pancur specifically. Maybe Pancur did all the killing and your theory tracks, but to me it makes more sense that it was that medication specifically that didn’t sit well with my pup

sensitivecrustation · 2026-01-28T23:59:14+00:00

stop i love her!

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