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Another rainy day. This has been a super wet fall. I think I will sign up for the gym as riding weather is hard to come by.
Ok, so we let the dog out at 6:00 AM. He proceeded to bark fairly continuously, until wifey went out and dragged him in. I told her that I was interested in a bark collar, because I don’t ever want to be ‘those asshole neighbors’.
She kind of flipped out at the suggestion, calling it cruel, and he ‘wasn’t that bad’. She is now pissed at me about it.
Any of you have experience with this?
She kind of flipped out at the suggestion, calling it cruel, and he ‘wasn’t that bad’. She is now pissed at me about it.
Any of you have experience with this?
Morning, could have slept another few hours, but work beckons. Rain is forecast for the next 5 days so in a way I'm glad that I put the truck tires on yesterday. Sitting on wet concrete trying to put those heavy suckers on would bite. I get to spend today in the getto. First time in a long while that I have wanted to put on the kevlar
Wife and I just got one for our new dog, not for the barking, but because the dog needs to leave the cat alone already and every attempt we've made to break her of it has failed. The new collar has worked like a charm. The collar dials from 1 to 100. Putting it at 25 is enough...it's not even as hard as a static shock you might get from a light switch. It's better than the dog maiming the cat.
BTW, we did this at the suggestion of our dog trainer.
And good morning! I ran 6.2 miles early this morning. Heading to Vermont now for a long weekend of MTB and hike.
Any particular reason he's barking? Obviously you want to curtail obsessive barking without cause, but he is a puppy so he might just be finding his borker.
They do offer citronella spraying bark collars. Perhaps she wouldn't consider that as cruel?
Ive tried our dogs e-collars on myself and wouldn't consider them to be cruel. It's not a jolt of electricity (on lower settings that is). It is just a slightly uncomfortable feeling that helps break their focus and return it to you.
No one ever said you were smart!
OT today. That was probably dumb of me.
Our DSO is an asshole so I probably can't comment. But we've definitely pondered something like that.
hello.
I have work, a bike to tune up, and skis which need bindings swapped, but today I might just take a lunch ride.
I have work, a bike to tune up, and skis which need bindings swapped, but today I might just take a lunch ride.
You are smart, you are beautiful, and you are wonderful. Don't let anyone tell you what you can or can't be. Don't let them define or pigeon hole you. Pigeon holes are for pigeons. Spread your wings and fly @Pesqueeb!
last night i apparently started cleaning out the attic above the garage. hooooooweeee was there a lot of crap up there. good thing today is trash and recycling.
found an old bmx freecoaster wheel, and a set of 8 speed campy wheels, and a set of drill trials rims i never used.
found an old bmx freecoaster wheel, and a set of 8 speed campy wheels, and a set of drill trials rims i never used.
Rice cooker died last night, rip lil' Cuisinart, you served me well for the last 13 years.
Anybody have/use an Instant Pot for rice and other things? Seems like a magical mystery machine of food making power, do I spend the extra money to buy one, or just get another cheap rice cooker?
Not planning on doing anything productive today, just researching rice cookers.
Anybody have/use an Instant Pot for rice and other things? Seems like a magical mystery machine of food making power, do I spend the extra money to buy one, or just get another cheap rice cooker?
Not planning on doing anything productive today, just researching rice cookers.
Just get one and wear it yourself for awhile... then you can make your own informed decision.
Well, they just use an ultrasonic noise that humans can't hear to break their concentration. It's not a shock collar. I doubt it would do much...
I have used the ultrasonic thingy before. It worked and is not cruel. It isn't painful, just annoying.
Know what is more annoying? A dog that barks constantly.
The thing I used wasn't a collar but looked like a birdhouse. So it didn't train the dog to not bark, but not stand in this spot and bark.
For the love of all things holy, get the collar. We have been fortunate at our current residence that we have not had any incessantly barking dogs for almost 20 years... but at our last house, we had several neighbors with non-stop barking mutts and it is maddeningly obnoxious.
Now you're just being a dick.
Cut that shit out."Apparently"? Were you shitfaced when you did it such that you just realized this morning that you'd initiated this task? NTTAWWT.
Hello monkeys! Yesterday's adventure in urology was an eye opener, the assessment (NOT diagnosis) is ct1b but could also still be ct1a. I had thought it had gone from a 1 to a 2 instead of a to b so, basically the earliest possible detection. Specialists see things differently. Monday morning is TURP scan or MRI, biopsy sometime after that. This is the first time I have seen this doctor, he made a point of saying that PC is over diagnosed and over treated.
Back to biking, I'm gonna reward myself with an XC ride on the skinniest possible tires. Might even wear spandex. Skies the limit?
Back to biking, I'm gonna reward myself with an XC ride on the skinniest possible tires. Might even wear spandex. Skies the limit?
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Worth a try actually, we had issues with Alice barking and a shitty ultrasonic speaker that reacts to barking along with some training has fixed 90% of it.
The rest is just my bat-shit crazy neighbor yelling at her when she gets near the fence, which of course she reacts to. Just hoping the bitch next-door dies soon (Antivax Trumper with tons of health problems, one can hope) and that'll solve that.
no, more just that its apparently a project i'm doing that i had not previously been planning."Apparently"? Were you shitfaced when you did it such that you just realized this morning that you'd initiated this task? NTTAWWT.
Well... frankly, that's disappointing.
well i was half drunk by the time i finished.Well... frankly, that's disappointing.
atleast you did not suggest debarking...
at the clinic in nashville some one came in asking about declawing their boxer....
the aussie vet told him point blank yer fucking crazy mate....
there was a guy i knew in college that illegally had a dog in his campus apartment (no pets). one time he was talking about debarking and i almost punched him straight in the face.
My day just went to hell. Blew a radiator hose out on I80 in Richmond. Made it to a large turnout. Tow truck is an hour out. Fucking work vehicle.
There is a tremendous amount of pedestrian traffic around my house. When I first moved here my dog would go nuts every-time someone walked by. It took a week of telling him no, perhaps an occasional squirt from the garden hose and he stopped barking.
Crazy, almost like you can train dogs. Of course if you don't, they will train you. All depends on who is smarter and has the most will power. Waiting to see how that works out for @rideit
