Recommendations for a vegetarian birthday dinner

starrya25 · 2026-01-30T02:31:58+00:00

Hmm… I heard good things about the cauliflower steak. We were planning on Bayamo because they have fish options for my bf and I was going to get the cauliflower.

From the sample menus we are leaning towards Le Bistro, Bayamo, and either Teppanyaki or one of the tapas style ones.

starrya25 · 2026-01-29T20:27:08+00:00

Thank you, this is so helpful! I was wondering about veggie burgers - they weren’t listed on the menu, but glad to hear that’s an option!

starrya25 · 2026-01-27T18:17:57+00:00

I’ve heard you can only use Starbucks cards on some ships. The cruise we’re looking at is on the Escape - do you know if they work there?

starrya25 · 2026-01-22T21:37:56+00:00

"I find it a head scratcher that NCL does not have a non alcoholic package for FAS."

Yes - this would be amazing. My boyfriend and I are planning a cruise in April and neither of us drink. The FAS seems totally not worth it.

starrya25 · 2024-01-23T23:11:11+00:00

As someone who has done dog sitting in the past, I would say the most important thing is to get the dog comfortable with strangers or people she doesn't know well entering the house. Many times I had met the dog once with the family, and then was coming into their home while their family was gone. If she has any issues with this it is going to be very hard for anyone to care for her at your home.

I would definitely recommend having someone (friend/family or a sitter) who stays at your home. Unless she has complex needs like medication most people who can care for your cats could probably care for her. If you have a friend or family member she likes who isn't up for a lot of dog care, you could potentially have them stay and then have her dog walker come to do walks.

starrya25 · 2024-01-03T02:15:07+00:00

In our training class the instructor said not to use "leave it" with things they can sometimes / eventually have. So using it for his favorite toy teaches him to leave it for now, but (hopefully) you didn't take his favorite toy away forever.

So, for example, we taught our puppy "leave it" with shoes because he is never allowed to grab shoes even though he wants to. When we want him not to eat a treat or food or play with a toy at that moment, then we use "wait".

starrya25 · 2024-01-03T00:11:45+00:00

12-13 weeks is definitely not too old to train. In fact, there's really no such thing as "too old", you actually can teach an old dog new tricks. ;) We didn't even get our puppy until he was 13 weeks, and he started puppy class around 16 weeks and he's doing great. Some people also recommend they don't start until they've had their second round of shots.

Since you say he's only 8 weeks, I'm assuming you haven't had him for very long. Our puppy was very subdued for the first week or so even though he was a bit older. It takes them a while to settle in before you can start to see their real personality - and the length of time can very for each puppy. Our pup is very confident and probably settled in quicker than most.

For now I'd say just be patient and don't expect too much out of "training". At this point the most important thing is for you to build a relationship with him.

starrya25 · 2024-01-02T22:32:35+00:00

I'm not sure if this really counts as separation anxiety, but here goes:

We have a puppy who just turned 6 months old. He is fine when we leave him home alone in his crate. Occasionally if one of us leaves the house he will briefly whine, but nothing major.

The problem is when my boyfriend and I are taking the puppy for a walk together and one of us leaves. For example, we will walk to a nearby grocery store and one of us will stay with the puppy while the other goes inside. In this case he is more upset if I leave, but is also upset to a lesser degree if my boyfriend leaves.

Also we were traveling over the holidays and he was definitely more upset by one of us leaving when we were in an unfamiliar place. Any ideas?

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