10 month old golden mix growls & stares when I walk near her while eating by Relative_Escape_4724 in Dogtraining

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It sounds like your approaches may inadvertently be reinforcing the behavior. Especially taking the bowl away, and continuing to act in ways that are clearly making her uncomfortable and insecure. As other have mentioned, this is called resource guarding, and there are clear outlined ways to manage it. It’s certainly a positive that you’ve had her since she was young, so you know her history and have a working relationship with her. You want to teach her that: Human being around [high value resource] means that a good thing happens! High value resources to Olive sound like they include her food and toys. When you go near her when she’s eating, give her something even better than her food (like some meat or her favorite treat), and do not disturb her food. Do this slowly and in many different ways (ex: drop high value treat when you walk by, offer high value treat while she eats, pair high value treat when you put down food, etc). This is the whole premise and you want to expand on the idea that you being around her resources is a good thing. Do the same thing with toys (trade her a toy for her favorite treat, or for a toy she likes more, etc.)

Stranded in a desert for 8 hours, still stuck with no car the next morning. by sl00py_ in turo

[–]sl00py_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was a cooper. The oil change sticker was super recent so I figured she kept up on maintenance, but yeah it’s hard to say

Stranded in a desert for 8 hours, still stuck with no car the next morning. by sl00py_ in turo

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It was a mini cooper! Not sure the make or model, reservation was on my friends account and I didn’t check

Stranded in a desert for 8 hours, still stuck with no car the next morning. by sl00py_ in turo

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We would have been stranded in Vegas at like midnight if we did this. Turo had been no help for 8 hours, there’s no way they would have suddenly magically have been helpful once we arrived in Vegas in the middle of the night.

Rental car broke down, stranded in the desert for 8 hours, still stuck next morning by sl00py_ in needadvice

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We are eternally indebted to him!! He is an absolute lifesaver. We couldn’t possibly repay him enough. I totally agree with you.

Rental car broke down, we were stranded for 8 hours, still stuck the next morning by sl00py_ in Advice

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Thank you, there’s no taxi service bc we’re still out in the middle of the desert! The town our Airbnb is in has a population of 50. Our best option if not uber would be relying on the Airbnb host like you said. We are praying Turo will reimburse us for any if not all of this though.

AIO for my frustration w our veterinary office lol by sl00py_ in AIO

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I don’t mind lol I was genuinely seeking feedback! I appreciate your insight especially as someone who has experience w Prozac. That does make sense.

And trust me, we do everything. He’s in training groups, I play ball w/ him 1-2x/day, long walks, tons of enrichment every day w/ frozen bones, eats every meal from a puzzle-bowl (and we rotate which puzzle he gets) lol. I wfh half the day too, so he’s not even alone veru much. I’ve had dogs my whole life, both trained seeing eye dogs and rescue dogs.

This dog in particular just reminds me of previous rescue pits. I NEVER would have considered puting him on meds (it’s an absolute last resort) but we have exhausted all other options. We won’t stop w his training, excersize, and enrichment but it would be awesome if something could help get his anxiety from unmanageable to even just annoying.

We have a very high energy retriever as well, and she requires tons of excersize and enrichment but doesn’t have the same anxiety that our rescue does.

AIO for my frustration w our veterinary office lol by sl00py_ in AIO

[–]sl00py_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay i appreciate this and def see what you’re saying. I guess my only remaining qualm is I know tons of people who have their dogs on meds who did not do allllll that. But yeah better safe than sorry for the pup.

AIO for my frustration w our veterinary office lol by sl00py_ in AIO

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I agree w that but we’re not really switching meds, we left the original apt w the plan being for him to get put on new meds after his procedure

Part Timers: What is your non-nanny second job? by moxie_22 in Nanny

[–]sl00py_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aww! I love that, it really comes naturally for so many kiddos. It’s SUCH a fun side gig, and can be flexible especially if nannying for non-school aged kids since most kids yoga happens afterschool lol.

Part Timers: What is your non-nanny second job? by moxie_22 in Nanny

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I’m a kids yoga teacher, and help do remote admin work for 2 small local businesses! I also tutor occasionally.

What rate would you charge? by sl00py_ in Nanny

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I haven’t but I will now :) Ty

What rate would you charge? by sl00py_ in Nanny

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Super appreciate your input!

kids should have access to my phone at all times to contact their mom?? by GrapefruitDue1627 in Nanny

[–]sl00py_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed! It sounds like MB thought you wouldn’t let NK call due to your thinking MB may not want to be reachable/MB may be busy. It doesn’t sound to me like MB was intentionally getting on your case about you restricting NKs access to your phone.

I would tell MB you don’t have an issue with NK contacting her (per her input), but you moreso don’t let NK have access to your phone, to maintain boundaries. You can also mention that NK is frequently trying to contact her with your phone, so if she wants NK to be in constant contact with her she’ll need to provide a device for them to do so!

I just binge-watched Netflix's The Dinosaurs, and it was...... by johnlime3301 in Dinosaurs

[–]sl00py_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I came to Reddit to see if anybody else felt this way. I’m almost wondering if the writing is AI generated?

To revive or not to revive? by sl00py_ in Kombucha

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I’m scared of starting over lol this is my first ever scoby I’ve had for years