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

[FortCluck]

My youngest niece is into frozen too.

My kids are older and Christmas isn't as fun because they don't believe in santa. I do like seeing everyone's joy during the holidays though. We had an elf on the shelf at least we don't have to hide that stupid thing anymore id always forget

 

[RUNuts]

When you meet the one... You know it

Sometimes. She tells me I was slow on the uptake. For her it was love at first sight.

You may have to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince.

Kids are cuter when they aren't yours and you can send them back to their parents JK

Dogs and children are similar. Properly trained and respectful, they are a delight. Untrained and disrespectful, they are a chore. Be sure you train both. The dog training books have the methods down better. In summary, 1. be fair, 2. be consistent and 3. love them and praise them when they do the right thing. If you don't spend the time and effort up front, they won't be trained when they are grown.

I love well trained dogs and children.

 

[BantyChooks]

I love that movie!!! That will be so fun. My niece is very into Frozen...probably because I bought her the movie last year

Her poor mother.

 

[CSAchook]

Her poor mother.

Her parents are the ones that suggested it! I asked them repeatedly if they were sure. The movie had been out for several years so they were well aware of its effects on children. They said I should buy it for her anyway


And I like Frozen too

 

[FortCluck]

Sometimes. She tells me I was slow on the uptake. For her it was love at first sight.

You may have to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince.

Dogs and children are similar. Properly trained and respectful, they are a delight. Untrained and disrespectful, they are a chore. Be sure you train both. The dog training books have the methods down better. In summary, 1. be fair, 2. be consistent and 3. love them and praise them when they do the right thing. If you don't spend the time and effort up front, they won't be trained when they are grown.

I love well trained dogs and children.

Mine are trained well

 

[ShrekDawg]

Sometimes. She tells me I was slow on the uptake. For her it was love at first sight.

You may have to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince.

Dogs and children are similar. Properly trained and respectful, they are a delight. Untrained and disrespectful, they are a chore. Be sure you train both. The dog training books have the methods down better. In summary, 1. be fair, 2. be consistent and 3. love them and praise them when they do the right thing. If you don't spend the time and effort up front, they won't be trained when they are grown.

I love well trained dogs and children.

well at least you figured it out eventually!!!

And I 100% agree.

Actually, I kinda take pride in having super well trained dogs.

I haven’t had a perfect dog yet (though no dog is perfect) but mostly only because my family does not follow through, especially my dad, so I can only get them so trained.

But I trained both of our last two dogs, especially Gator (I was pretty young when we had our first dog), and have helped train friend’s dogs and of course DB & SIL’s dogs.

People are always amazed I managed to train the dog to do certain things and I’m like... it wasn’t hard. Just consistency and patience.

Though of course most of the dogs I’ve worked with are pretty smart so that helps but still.

Most of the things I’m teaching aren’t difficult either. Mostly just like stay, impulse control, waiting outside the kitchen while we eat, sitting before they go outside or eat or whatever, loose leash; basic manners, really, but most people, including my dad, are like OMG how!? Course I have trained some more advanced stuff too.

Gator could stay while I walked all the way across the entire yard (and our yard is huge!!) then come barreling back.

Could also walk circles around him and heel though I didn’t make him do a formal heel very often. He automatically sat on stopping and everything though. But he didn’t like heeling on walks so I usually didn’t make him as long as he wasn’t pulling me. But we did practice it and he would do it when asked.

He could also open and close doors, shake (and knew each paw), wave, high five, spin, touch (put 2 paws on something), bump (bumping my fist with his nose), up up (jump up on something), scoot (back up), forward (kinda self explanatory but go forward. He would take only a step or two and knew the difference between that and “come”), wait (which was basically stop/don’t do that yet/wait for permission and had many applications. He would stop on walks when I said it and not move and would also wait to take food until I said take it or okay. He even let me stack cookies up his legs or put steak in front of him and wouldn’t touch it until I said okay lol), and a bunch of other tricks and odd commands.

Also knew find it. I could hide treats, toys, whatever around the house and he’d find it, and he could find me if I hid and called him.

Also knew a few sled dog commands

I taught him just about anything and everything haha

He could also jump over stuff if I asked him to and we did a lot of hind end awareness stuff too and backing onto things/being aware of his back legs cause most dogs aren’t, etc.

He was so dang smart and loved to learn.

As long as there was something in it for him.

Which there was, either through treats or play or praise/pats or a combination.

Sometimes I use real world rewards too. I love using those. Our biggest one was you want to go sniff that, do this first. Usually it was stop pulling and/or look at me but sometimes it was another command.

That was the other thing, I taught him “watch me” which came in handy quite a lot.

And he was so dang smart that he knew what pressure on the leash meant and he would take a couple steps backwards to loosen the pressure and then we’d continue the walk.

Or sometimes he would come all the way back.

Of course I did teach him most of this stuff but still.

Sometimes it only took one or two lessons and he knew it. Other times it took longer. Mostly the long term stuff like instilling manners and learning what I wanted when. But he could literally learn new tricks in a matter of minutes.

And one time I had taught him something like months before and we had only done it maybe once or twice, not a ton at all, but he remembered it when I decided to work on it again months later.

So dang smart.

I forget what the exact command was but I was amazed.

I swear he could understand every word you said too and you could literally talk to and negotiate with him like you would a child.

Anyway, sorry for rambling on and the massive novel, I just got to thinking about Gator and couldn’t stop.

I miss him.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Mine are trained well

that’s good!!

 

[FortCluck]

well at least you figured it out eventually!!!

And I 100% agree.

Actually, I kinda take pride in having super well trained dogs.

I haven’t had a perfect dog yet (though no dog is perfect) but mostly only because my family does not follow through, especially my dad, so I can only get them so trained.

But I trained both of our last two dogs, especially Gator (I was pretty young when we had our first dog), and have helped train friend’s dogs and of course DB & SIL’s dogs.

People are always amazed I managed to train the dog to do certain things and I’m like... it wasn’t hard. Just consistency and patience.

Though of course most of the dogs I’ve worked with are pretty smart so that helps but still.

Most of the things I’m teaching aren’t difficult either. Mostly just like stay, impulse control, waiting outside the kitchen while we eat, sitting before they go outside or eat or whatever, loose leash; basic manners, really, but most people, including my dad, are like OMG how!? Course I have trained some more advanced stuff too.

Gator could stay while I walked all the way across the entire yard (and our yard is huge!!) then come barreling back.

Could also walk circles around him and heel though I didn’t make him do a formal heel very often. He automatically sat on stopping and everything though. But he didn’t like heeling on walks so I usually didn’t make him as long as he wasn’t pulling me. But we did practice it and he would do it when asked.

He could also open and close doors, shake (and knew each paw), wave, high five, spin, touch (put 2 paws on something), bump (bumping my fist with his nose), up up (jump up on something), scoot (back up), forward (kinda self explanatory but go forward. He would take only a step or two and knew the difference between that and “come”), wait (which was basically stop/don’t do that yet/wait for permission and had many applications. He would stop on walks when I said it and not move and would also wait to take food until I said take it or okay. He even let me stack cookies up his legs or put steak in front of him and wouldn’t touch it until I said okay lol), and a bunch of other tricks and odd commands.

Also knew find it. I could hide treats, toys, whatever around the house and he’d find it, and he could find me if I hid and called him.

Also knew a few sled dog commands

I taught him just about anything and everything haha

He could also jump over stuff if I asked him to and we did a lot of hind end awareness stuff too and backing onto things/being aware of his back legs cause most dogs aren’t, etc.

He was so dang smart and loved to learn.

As long as there was something in it for him.

Which there was, either through treats or play or praise/pats or a combination.

Sometimes I use real world rewards too. I love using those. Our biggest one was you want to go sniff that, do this first. Usually it was stop pulling and/or look at me but sometimes it was another command.

That was the other thing, I taught him “watch me” which came in handy quite a lot.

And he was so dang smart that he knew what pressure on the leash meant and he would take a couple steps backwards to loosen the pressure and then we’d continue the walk.

Or sometimes he would come all the way back.

Of course I did teach him most of this stuff but still.

Sometimes it only took one or two lessons and he knew it. Other times it took longer. Mostly the long term stuff like instilling manners and learning what I wanted when. But he could literally learn new tricks in a matter of minutes.

And one time I had taught him something like months before and we had only done it maybe once or twice, not a ton at all, but he remembered it when I decided to work on it again months later.

So dang smart.

I forget what the exact command was but I was amazed.

I swear he could understand every word you said too and you could literally talk to and negotiate with him like you would a child.

Anyway, sorry for rambling on and the massive novel, I just got to thinking about Gator and couldn’t stop.

I miss him.

He sounds like my dog Molly. I'd be lost without her. She is turning 10 in April. My dad had a Brittany and his name was Caleb, he was an amazing dog. I miss him a lot. I also had a mix dog from when I was 4 till I was 18... That loss was really rough on me.

 

[Sara L]

Oh wow! I guess in a way that’s good though cause he met you.

And thanks. that makes sense. Tbh I’m not really in a hurry or anything, I like being single currently, but it’s just seeing people get married/seeing cute kids has me thinking otherwise..

Just because someone else your same age is at that stage in their journey through life doesn't mean you need to be as well. It's not a competition. You aren't "behind" or "ahead" of anyone. Don't feel pressured to be in a relationship because it's expected. That's not fair to yourself or the significant other, and will result in unhappiness. Wait for the right one.

Also, examine your goals. Short term (within 1-2 years) and longer term (5-10 years). Actually write them down and think through the steps you should take to get there. Are they actual goals or just daydreams? Do these goals allow for or require a significant other? Work on improving yourself, and learn new skills. If you work on improving yourself and becoming happier with who you are, that happiness and confidence will help attract the significant other who is right for you.

 

[ShrekDawg]

He sounds like my dog Molly. I'd be lost without her. She is turning 10 in April. My dad had a Brittany and his name was Caleb, he was an amazing dog. I miss him a lot. I also had a mix dog from when I was 4 till I was 18... That loss was really rough on me.

What kind of dog is Molly? Gator was a Black Lab/Great Pyrenees mix. Mom was a beautiful Pyrenees and dad was a black Lab.

He was a great dog.

We had to put him down a couple days after Christmas last year.

Those all sound like amazing dogs!

We had a yellow Lab before Gator and he was an amazing dog. We got him at 18 months old or around there and had him for maybe 11 years or slightly longer. Think he was 12 or 13 when he died. We put him down in 2009. So I grew up with him. He was amazing.

I was 15 when we put him down.