➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Cyprus]

Aw I'm sorry.

Some days I feel like they hog it but then other days I do lol football's on right now so it'll be a while

I feel ya

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

He’s gotten so big! Bingo Puck

 

[ShrekDawg]

Awww

 

[ShrekDawg]

I feel ya

It's not even our team but they're enthralled lol I'm sure if I asked they'd move but not worth it lol

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

@KDOGG331 You are really good at counseling! Have you ever taken any psychology, or sociology classes? You’d be great at it.

 

[ShrekDawg]

@KDOGG331 You are really good at counseling! Have you ever taken any psychology, or sociology classes? You’d be great at it.

Aw thanks! And yeah, actually my major was Behavioral Science. It's only a two year (associates) though, graduated in May, but I might go back. Thought about it. I actually lately thought I wanted to be a dog trainer, and I think I still do, I like love dogs and have been walking/training DB & FSIL's since I graduated but then with what Cy said earlier, it kinda made me rethink that. Especially since I became friends with someone like maybe 6ish years ago who at the time was I think like 14 and I was I think like 17 or almost 18 and I like to think I really helped her too and we became really close and at one point talked like every single day and I helped her through a lot of s*** and she helped me too. Now like the last few years we haven't really talked as much or like at all because she was really really busy with work and now school but idk, I feel like I helped a lot there too, she's now like 20. And also on Tumblr when I was still on it (not now), I was always like older than a lot of the people on there, and idk, I was always like helping the younger teens too. Idk, I guess I've always just been like more mature for my age and/or like helping people? A lot of them had lile mental health stuff too. But anyway, long story short and back to what I was saying (sorry, sometimes get a little ADD/tangenty and off track lol), I briefly thought about being a therapist or something, but I didn't think I could like mentally handle it or whatever because when I'd help these kids, I was good at it but it was kind of draining and sometimes made me worried or depressed too, BUT. Maybe I wouldn't have to help with those kind of issues or maybe there's a way I can just like volunteer somewhere or something. I've actually thought about animal therapy too lol but a full on therapist/counselor I think also usually requires like a master's which I don't think I could do (could but so much school and work) but maybe there's some like youth program or something. Because long story short, again, what Cy was saying and when I thought about my other friend, but especially Cy saying I've had such a huge impact, idk, it felt good and I was kinda like damn, I didn't realize I could have such a big impact on kids' lives and that's when I was like maybe I should rethink dog training and do something with kids/teens. And Cy, I know you're not a kid, I just refer to most people younger than me like that lol plus I kinda just mean like teens and stuff. But anyway, you know when you just have one of those like revelations/aha moments? I don't wanna say calling cause some people aren't religious or whatever. But you know those? It's like really clear THIS is what you should do! I had one of those. And I was smiling a ton lol sounds really stupid. Still would like to talk to my old professor (he's really chill and awesome) and see what he thinks and if he has ideas on how and also talk to some other people but this may be a better idea. Or maybe both.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Sorry, that was about a mile long

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Sorry, that was about a mile long

No worries! I followed it. I get the scared feelings, and the “aha” moment! I went through that many times, and then I had to help my vet tube my miniature horse four different times and it was second nature to me it seemed. Then when we had our basset hound who was incredibly sick and I would have to bathe her because of the oozing wound she had from cancer and that second nature kicked in again. You find what you are supposed to do, and it just works.

ETA: That is why I knew being a vet, and vet school was definitely where I was supposed to head.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Aw thanks! And yeah, actually my major was Behavioral Science. It's only a two year (associates) though, graduated in May, but I might go back. Thought about it. I actually lately thought I wanted to be a dog trainer, and I think I still do, I like love dogs and have been walking/training DB & FSIL's since I graduated but then with what Cy said earlier, it kinda made me rethink that. Especially since I became friends with someone like maybe 6ish years ago who at the time was I think like 14 and I was I think like 17 or almost 18 and I like to think I really helped her too and we became really close and at one point talked like every single day and I helped her through a lot of s*** and she helped me too. Now like the last few years we haven't really talked as much or like at all because she was really really busy with work and now school but idk, I feel like I helped a lot there too, she's now like 20. And also on Tumblr when I was still on it (not now), I was always like older than a lot of the people on there, and idk, I was always like helping the younger teens too. Idk, I guess I've always just been like more mature for my age and/or like helping people? A lot of them had lile mental health stuff too. But anyway, long story short and back to what I was saying (sorry, sometimes get a little ADD/tangenty and off track lol), I briefly thought about being a therapist or something, but I didn't think I could like mentally handle it or whatever because when I'd help these kids, I was good at it but it was kind of draining and sometimes made me worried or depressed too, BUT. Maybe I wouldn't have to help with those kind of issues or maybe there's a way I can just like volunteer somewhere or something. I've actually thought about animal therapy too lol but a full on therapist/counselor I think also usually requires like a master's which I don't think I could do (could but so much school and work) but maybe there's some like youth program or something. Because long story short, again, what Cy was saying and when I thought about my other friend, but especially Cy saying I've had such a huge impact, idk, it felt good and I was kinda like damn, I didn't realize I could have such a big impact on kids' lives and that's when I was like maybe I should rethink dog training and do something with kids/teens. And Cy, I know you're not a kid, I just refer to most people younger than me like that lol plus I kinda just mean like teens and stuff. But anyway, you know when you just have one of those like revelations/aha moments? I don't wanna say calling cause some people aren't religious or whatever. But you know those? It's like really clear THIS is what you should do! I had one of those. And I was smiling a ton lol sounds really stupid. Still would like to talk to my old professor (he's really chill and awesome) and see what he thinks and if he has ideas on how and also talk to some other people but this may be a better idea. Or maybe both.

I think volunteering with youth groups, like Big Brother Big Sister would be a good start! Just getting some experience and seeing whether it would be a good fit or not.

 

[ShrekDawg]

No worries! I followed it. I get the scared feelings, and the “aha” moment! I went through that many times, and then I had to help my vet tube my miniature horse four different times and it was second nature to me it seemed. Then when we had our basset hound who was incredibly sick and I would have to bathe her because of the oozing wound she had from cancer and that second nature kicked in again. You find what you are supposed to do, and it just works.

ETA: That is why I knew being a vet, and vet school was definitely where I was supposed to head.

Wow that's awesome! Well, not the sick animals (sorry ) but that you liked it and knew what you wanted to do/found something you liked and it was so clear.

I thought about being a vet when I was younger cause I love animals but I don't think I could handle putting animals down/lots of death and gross stuff, and plus I also realized it was a ton of school and practically harder than med school (scary lol). So then I decided against that.

And I've got like a million ideas of what I want to do but don't do any of them or put any effort into any of them. I feel like I'm just wasting my life away at this point and have been for a while.

I think volunteering with youth groups, like Big Brother Big Sister would be a good start! Just getting some experience and seeing whether it would be a good fit or not.

That's a good idea! I thought about volunteering for them in high school but idk. There was actually this camp thing I wanted to do in high school or right after but then I never did. I gotta remember the name of it but I watched this movie called Camp on Netflix and at the end there was a clip and little word blurb thing from the camp, turns out it was/is actually a real camp and real story it was based on, and I had one of those aha moments but then I decided it was too late or whatever that year and I was really scared so I was like next summer. Well then next summer guess what happened? Next year. So for like two years I kept saying "next year" and then I eventually forgot about it. I was basically just a coward and decided it was too hard and scary. It sounds really stupid but it's this Christian summer camp for foster kids and they go for like a week or two every summer and I think they pair you up with a kid or maybe a few kids, not sure. It sounded awesome and after watching the movie (and almost crying) and then realizing it was a real camp I was like I NEED TO DO THIS. Even looked it up and everything. But then sometimes the kids don't like you and might bite you or spit on you or whatever and I was selfish/a coward and was like I don't wanna get spit on or bit or have the kids run away or hate me or whatever so I never did it. If the camp still exists and if I'm not too old now, I think I would like to do it. I think I could possibly help those kids if I stopped being selfish and thought of someone besides myself. But I don't even know if I could now. At the time, an 18 year old is relatable to kids, a 24, almost 25, year old, not so much.