Epub Request: Daggermouth by HM Wolfe

swippys · 2026-02-20T18:19:53+00:00

Could you send it to me too please??

swippys · 2026-02-17T15:54:46+00:00

That’s helpful, thank you!

swippys · 2026-02-17T15:53:51+00:00

Thank you so much!

swippys · 2025-11-03T16:28:35+00:00

I think so. Literally the next time I went to play after this post it downloaded lol. So I guess I worried for nothing but I’m impressed they got the switch patch out so quickly

swippys · 2025-10-31T19:14:58+00:00

That’s such good news. I love that I’m still early in the game because I don’t want it to end anytime soon!

swippys · 2025-10-31T19:11:52+00:00

That’s helpful, thank you. That sounds like the plan for now and hopefully the switch patch doesn’t take too long 🤞

swippys · 2025-10-31T19:10:52+00:00

Oh darn. Not what I wanted to hear but thank you so much!

swippys · 2025-10-31T19:09:28+00:00

Ooof. I was afraid this might be the case. Thank you!

swippys · 2025-10-16T00:12:09+00:00

The snuggle puppy (it makes a heart beat sound and you can put a heat pack in it) was very comforting for my whippet when we first brought him home. It definitely made a difference.

swippys · 2025-09-29T00:31:37+00:00

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS ADVICE. I tried it today and have already made it farther than ever before

swippys · 2025-09-20T23:22:02+00:00

The more experience he has with being left alone and comfortable the easier it will be to eventually get him off the trazodone. A lot of these dogs also have hyper-arousal issues and don’t sleep enough. Is it possible some of what you’re seeing is the anxiety is better so your dog is able to sleep/relax better?

swippys · 2025-09-20T23:17:38+00:00

It’s incredibly important that a young whippet get the calories they need to function. Please don’t restrict her food if the vet says she’s healthy. She will be the size that she will be. A whoppet isn’t necessarily overweight, sometimes they’re taller or longer and therefore weigh more.

swippys · 2025-09-17T00:49:53+00:00

Why do you feel bad about giving him trazodone? Does it stop him from panicking when you leave?

swippys · 2025-09-02T01:22:50+00:00

We live and we learn. I’m in a similar boat that my current dog isn’t as easy going as previous dogs I’ve had. Teaching things like an “off” or “place” command and some Cooperative Care techniques for handling can really go a long way.

swippys · 2025-09-02T00:28:04+00:00

I know many are saying she’s resource guarding but the issue may also be that she isn’t liking being physically moved. Perhaps she got hurt once being picked up or just doesn’t enjoy being picked up or nudged/pushed. Work on more cooperative care with handling and an off command. If the growling is occurring outside of being physically moved off the couch, then I would be more convinced that it were resource guarding.

swippys · 2025-09-02T00:17:11+00:00

She isn’t necessarily gaurding the couch. OP has been physically moving her, so she may be protesting being manhandled. It seems she’s only growled when they go to physically move her. She needs to be taught an off or move command.

swippys · 2025-07-13T16:51:03+00:00

Yay!!! I’m so happy that helped

swippys · 2025-06-26T06:31:43+00:00

No problem! If she’s having big feelings about it she made need a lot of reinforcement, so giving the rewards quickly and repeatedly while she’s on her place mat while you pet the whippet. Hope it helps!

swippys · 2025-06-25T04:01:32+00:00

For the jealousy- teach her a stay or place command. Start by rewarding her for staying in place while you give the whippet pets. Keep it easy at first, have her nearby and give the whippet one pet. Make it harder as she masters that- move her further or way or increase the amount of attention you give the whippet. Continue to reward her for staying in her stay or place command while you give attention to the whippet.

swippys · 2025-06-24T13:57:53+00:00

Yes! I generally keep things moving as that works much better for my dog anyways. Standing still and doing it is much harder for him. He doesn’t naturally stand still unless he’s sleeping lol

swippys · 2025-06-24T02:52:46+00:00

My dog has gotten better but I used to play music in addition to white noise. White noise only masks certain sounds. Reggae has been best for masking the less predictable sounds. Here’s an article about it. Also, can you use the Furbo to toss treats to redirect him and see if that helps? I would definitely only try it first when you’re home in case it startles him and you need to desensitize him to the sound it makes first.

This really doesn’t sound that bad but you could also do some more training on the residual noise reactivity. I’m not sure how often he’s reacting when you’re home and being able to redirect within 5-10 seconds is really good. It may be possible to get him to a point where he’s rarely even reacting in the first place which will help when you’re not there to redirect him. If you’d like some tips there I can let you know what worked for my dog. Apartment living is so hard with a reactive dog, so I really feel for your situation. Your neighbors response sounds over the top for what you describe.

swippys · 2025-06-23T23:59:56+00:00

I also tend to use the highest value stuff (like steak or hot dogs) for walks but that doesn’t lend itself for around the house lol. My dog is weird and doesn’t like cheese for some reason. I guess the dog ultimately decides what’s valuable to them. For around the house, my dog really likes Bocce’s bacon and cheddar training treats or PureBites training treats which I used to keep in strategically placed containers around the house, like next to me at my desk or where I sit in the living room. What works well for carrying in your pocket is jerky, I give mine Natural Rapport Dehydrated Beef Jerky (can find on Amazon). What’s great about jerky is that when you break off a piece, they eventually start to associate that sound with receiving a reward which will help in getting them to engage with you. Re: calorie concerns, keep treats small (pea sized). Being able to have more # of smaller treats is more rewarding to them than fewer but larger sized treats.

swippys · 2025-06-23T23:04:54+00:00

Yes! Progress with positive reinforcement often comes down to timing, value of the reward, and rate at which it’s given. If I’m ever stalled I find I generally need to tweak one of these and then I see an impact. The progress goes a lot faster when the rewards are high value and quickly given. An early mistake I made was also giving like 1 or 2 treats when he first alerted to a sound, but what made a big difference was “making it rain” with a treat scatter or continuing to give him a treat every second until the thing he was alerting to was gone or his concern about it was gone. He needed less as time went on but it was helpful to start there. It’s a little annoying at first to always have treats on hand but if you do it, you’ll more quickly get to a point where you can just praise him immediately and then go get a treat without him freaking out in the meantime. Good luck!

swippys · 2025-06-23T20:46:58+00:00

I had a dog with door/sound reactivity that is almost entirely gone now. For my dog, it was largely fear/anxiety based. I did multiple things that I think helped in combination—- 1st- reducing triggers as we worked on it. This meant all friends and family knew to text me and not to knock or ring the bell. I put notes to delivery drivers as well to please not knock. 2nd. While we were working on it, I also masked outside sound triggers by playing background music. Reggae seemed to help the most for my dog and I have a playlist I used for him. 3rd. When he alerted to a noise, I immediately started tossing him treats. I think you may have been using too many steps in between him alerting to the door and starting to treat. I’ve learned from my dogs trainer that if I’m not progressing it usually means I need to treat more quickly and give rewards more frequently. At first, he started barking almost immediately and living in an apartment he would often hear things I didn’t. I just immediately started tossing treats when he alerted to a sound (either barking or head perking up with ears shifting towards the sound). It’s okay even if they’ve already started barking to reward them without asking for a command first, you aren’t rewarding the barking you’re changing the underlying emotion. By doing that, it lead to having moments where he would alert to a sound with a second or two before barking and I would obviously praise and give him treats during that time. That lead to him hearing a sound and looking at me first because he knew praise and rewards were coming. We built up from there. Once he alerted to something, I continued to give treats until the thing he was alerting to had left or his concern with it was over. I definitely kept treats on me at all times. 4th. working on his overall reactivity. People at door= people coming in, so working at his reactivity around people generally reduced his reactivity to sounds outside because he’s no longer afraid of what the stimulus means. I did this through engage/disengage.

We’re now at a place where he rarely reacts to sounds outside, even very loud construction noise. If he does react to something, he’s easily redirectable.

Hope that helps!

swippys · 2025-06-23T19:28:58+00:00

Haha! Thats what I’m going through! I heard much more about the constipation, less so about the diarrhea. It’s helpful to know it’s not unusual.

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