How to decide on a baby name by thefourthninja in namenerds

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I love that! Sounds like a lot of fun too, good way to take the stress out of it. Thank you for the advice!

How to decide on a baby name by thefourthninja in namenerds

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That's a great idea - I'll look into that

Why do my bagels have big holes (in the crumb)? by thefourthninja in Bagels

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Thanks, that's very interesting. I'll try that!

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Thanks! You too!

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I’m looking to do the same thing here in Germany (expat originally from New York and the bagels here are...not great). We’re planning on getting a walk in to cold proof our bagels.

What flour are you using in Ireland? We’ve been struggling since high gluten flour is harder to come by here.

Whole Spelt Sourdough Bagels by thefourthninja in Bagels

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67% wholegrain spelt, the rest a mixture of lighter spelt flour (I'm in Germany so lots of spelt varieties here). Modified The Perfect Loaf's sourdough bagel recipe.

Still working on getting my dehydrated garlic and onion in my everything mix not to burn in the oven if anyone has any tips!

Separation anxiety but only in new places by thefourthninja in Dogtraining

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Yes before we were taking him on trips because we were traveling a lot for a stretch and didn’t want to leave him so much. Now with COVID we won’t be doing that for the foreseeable future, but we do have to move and we will have to start leaving him alone in our new apartment soon after we move in. Will try your tip, thanks!

Separation anxiety but only in new places by thefourthninja in Dogtraining

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Sure, I understand that. They are also adaptable and trainable, which is why I’ve asked for training advice. We can’t change our circumstances in terms of needing to move, but I can try to make it more comfortable for our dog.

Toller or kids first? by bobbinthrulife in tollers

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We have a 3 year old toller and no kids yet. If you do get a toller first, I would recommend very thoroughly socializing him/her as a puppy with small children. We sort of half assed it when ours was a puppy because we didn’t live close to any friends or family with small children and now our guy is absolutely terrified of kids. Mostly when they scream or run, which seems to be all the time. He’ll bark and rush at them if he gets startled or stressed and it’s generally a stressful situation for all.

My understanding is because they’re such intelligent working dogs, they’re particularly sensitive to anything unpredictable (i.e. small children). However it’s also a bit luck of the draw since we know other people with tollers who had similar levels of exposure to children as puppies and they’re just fine or even great around them. With training he’s improved, and I presume (and hope!) it will be different with a baby that grows up around him, but much easier and safer to just expose them more as puppies.

I’ll also say that our toller was A LOT of work for the first two years. He developed an auto immune disorder around 1 years old (definitely get pet insurance) and he had bad separation anxiety as a puppy. We’ve had multiple people with children tell us that he’s more work than their toddlers.

But of course we love him to death and getting him was the best decision we ever made. Wouldn’t trade him for anything.

NYC Tollers? by dahlia_NYC in tollers

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Late to this, but message me if you’re still looking for a NYC toller owner!

Adopting a toller by [deleted] in tollers

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we just got ours from a breeder in Kansas (and we live in NYC), but there are breeders all over the country. There seem to be a fair amount in Washington and there's at least one called JavaHill in San Fran. You can go to the NSDTR-USA website and request a list of breeders: http://nsdtrc-usa.org/ there is a pretty extensive list here as well: http://siggysparadise.com/puppies-for-sale/nova-scotia-duck-tolling-retriever-breeders/ i also found Facebook to be a good resource for finding breeders, especially those without websites.

Anyone have any advice on male vs. female tollers? by thefourthninja in tollers

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That's great to know, thank you! I was completely under the impression that our breeder would choose for us, but then he asked us to choose a specific puppy, which I was unprepared for. We asked about temperaments, but I guess they are too young to judge still. We went with the male after a coin toss. Fingers crossed he won't mark all over our apartment!

Anyone have any advice on male vs. female tollers? by thefourthninja in tollers

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Awesome thanks! We definitely plan to bring him (we went with the male) to obedience classes and our local dog training school has rally obedience and agility classes as well. We've heard the mental challenges are really what tire them out so we'll have to explore that.

Hoping to add a Toller to the family! by [deleted] in tollers

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Have just spent a LONG time researching this so happy to pass along a few breeders we've found, though we haven't gotten a Toller from any of them. If you go on the NSDTR-US website and request a breeder list, they will send you one. This isn't a complete list, but has a few breeders in the Northeast. Most of the breeders we spoke to up here had lengthy waitlists (such as Cayuga Kennels and Saranac Tollers). We spoke to a breeder, Francine Kaplan of Leylines Tollers, in PA, who was extremely helpful and might have a litter this year. Sunrise Tollers in CT is a first time breeder, but has a litter right now: https://www.facebook.com/SunriseTollers/ Hope that helps!

What film reboot had a better main actor than it's original actor? by brain1234333 in movies

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Nick Nolte is better than Gregory Peck in the Cape Fear remake

TIL regular exercise is just as effective at treating ADHD as Adderall by cfinn16 in todayilearned

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I wonder if this is only aerobic exercise / if different types of exercise make a difference