LaunchesKayaks

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

I do this when I’m on the phone and alone. Or I set my phone on my tits. But only when I am isolated. I don’t want to bother people with my phone on speaker.

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

And whatever that shape from Picard was.

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

Lmao. I thought it was a flower, but it totally looks like the Citadel, ngl.

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

How did you assert your dominance? I don’t want to be rough with my dog and make him more anxious.

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

Lol she’s not because the dogs don’t even listen to her

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

I’ve found that talking to him calmly when correcting other bad behavior is more effective than being firm. He really doesn’t like when people aren’t chill. Lil dude has made huge improvements with his anxiety since I got him, and I know we can get through this as well. When I brought him home, any kind of precipitation would send him into panic attacks. I had to get him a raincoat so we could work on getting him used to rain and all that. Now he’ll go outside in the rain, but wants back in as soon as he finishes his business lol. It’s just gonna take time for this current issue. I have so much time since I’m laid up, so I can work on training constantly.

I’m looking into trainers, but there aren’t many around me that are affordable or have good reviews. I live in a rural area that has the “be the alpha” mentality when it comes to animals. I get judged a lot by other dog owners around me when I say that I don’t hit or yell at my dog. They say he’ll walk all over me, but he’s a good boy. He listens really well for the most part, aside from when his nose gets the better of him.

I’m going to try trading him stuff and teaching him to drop stuff and see how it goes. I told my sister to come get me or my mom if he has something he shouldn’t. My sister has a hard time grasping how to behave around animals, so I want my mom and I to do the training at first soy sister doesn’t get bit again. I’d rather get bit. My stepfather is a bit extreme with some things, so the rest of us have been downplaying the resource guarding so my stepfather doesn’t get mad and get mean with my boy or want him put down.

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

Oh yeah. I’m not going to do anything to traumatize my dog. I just didn’t know if there are ways to assert your dominance in a non-aggressive way.

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

Ive been having my little sister take him and the other dogs out to play several times a day. My boy sleeps most of the day though lol

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

I’m not going to be violent with my dog. He has enough issues. I wanted ways to get this behavior stopped in a way that has positive reinforcement or some shit.

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

Yeah. We are going to be at my parents until at least January. My ankle/leg got super fucked up. The accident was also traumatic for my dog. I was screaming with pain when it happened and had to drag myself inside to call for help. My boy got so scared that he ran off into the woods. I wouldn’t let my mom call an ambulance until she got him back. She said he was so scared he was shaking. Throughout this whole ordeal, I’ve cried a lot and I’m sure it makes my dog upset. He has been up my ass since I got hurt and does his best to comfort me.

My parents also have two dogs and one is an anxious mess, which doesn’t help my boy. The anxious dog freaks out over the littlest things and has to be consoled constantly. My parents’ dogs also love to sneak in and eat my dogs’ (I have a goldendoodle puppy as well) food. My dogs also had a very strict routine before all this happened and it’s completely different now.

I’m going to make some toys for my dogs to keep my hands busy and hopefully help my boy. All of his fave stuff is at my house, and my parents haven’t had time to grab it for me

My little sister has also been getting very frustrated with all of the dogs running around and/or misbehaving. She has autism and doesn’t understand that yelling at them and lecturing them doesn’t help. In fact, yelling and lecturing makes my beagle very upset. I’ve been working with her to try to make her understand what is and isn’t appropriate behavior towards the dogs. I’ve been helping her with how to recognize what the dogs need to do in situations where they are being crazy. Sometimes they need a nap, or to run outside, or they’re hungry.

I’m going to call my vet today and see if they think upping his Prozac temporarily will help at all.

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

Thank you so much for all the advice! I’ll definitely try out what you said. He just got a checkup and the vet said he is fine. He could probably use more exercise, but I physically can’t take him out because my leg is messed up. My sister is in charge of that during the day until my parents get home.

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

He just had a checkup and everything is fine. I’m 100% not taking the tough guy route.

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

Thank you so much for the advice! I’m looking into trainers. My boy knows “leave it” when he is actively trying to get something he shouldn’t. I think I’m going to use “drop it” when he has things in his mouth. I don’t want him to get “leave it” confused after taking almost a year to learn it.

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

How should I do that without being rough or scaring him? I don’t want him to regress psychologically. He’s improved so much in regards to his anxiety, and I don’t want that to get messed up.

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

I’ve tried that and he would just get very scared. I don’t want him to be scared.

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

Thank you! I haven’t launched a kayak in a long time because my kayaking partner and I have been hella busy. My goal is to just get back to my own house asap lol.

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

A shirt with an airplane on it. Get one that’s a few sizes too big so he can wear it for a while.

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

Broke my ankle recently and had to have surgery to fix it. I’‘m laid up at my parents’ place until after Christmas at least. It’s been rough because I have to rely heavily on my family.

Anyway, my bladder goes crazy at night and I was having trouble opening doors on my own because I hop around with the aid of a walker. Well last night my mom wouldn’t answer her phone to open doors for me. I had to piss so fucking bad that I risked my safety to open the necessary doors. It was actually really easy and everyone’s lives got so much easier because of it. I’m making a lil bag to hang on my walker so I can get my own snacks from the kitchen. I’ve also learned to use my cane to grab shit that’s out of reach. Being a burden on others is a really good motivator to figure out how to do shit that seems impossible physically.

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

I love the yeti theory. It’s so absurd

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

I agree, but I love hearing different theories for stuff like this lol.

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

Thank you. I definitely didn’t realize how bad shit is until my appointment.

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

That’s so cool! Thank you for sharing!

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

Thank you. My psychiatrist found out I’ve been depressed lately because of everything when my mom mentioned it during her appointment yesterday. I didn’t think I needed seen because this situation of mine is temporary. The doctor immediately scheduled an appointment for right then. He upped my antidepressants and prescribed a medicine that should hopefully help with the nerve pain. I ended up crying like a baby because I didn’t realize how bad I’ve been emotionally. The nerve pain medicine should hopefully help me sleep as well. I’ve barely been sleeping because of my leg.

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

The healing is going very well. I got my surgery on Oct 30th. I’m in a lot of pain still, but I have a chronic pain condition, so I’m not surprised I still hurt so much.

I got a Maisonneuve fracture in my right ankle/leg I got a screw on the right side of my ankle to reattach a bone. I got a plate and two tightrope devices on the left side of my ankle to put my syndesmosis back together and to get my tibia and fibula back in place.

My surgeon seemed super pumped that I got this type of fracture. Apparently you have to twist your ankle in a very specific way to get a fracture like this. He told me all about it and he was so enthusiastic. He got even more excited when I asked him to take pics of the inside of my foot because I wanted to see it.

His enthusiasm has made the experience less terrible lol.

LaunchesKayaks, 2 years ago

There’s a gang of 3 raccoons at my house that makey life hell. They jumped me and my dog after tearing out my trash for weeks. Now they’re breaking into my duck run. I’m looking for someone who is into trapping. It’s trapping season in my state right now, and I want rid of the lil fucks.