I’m reminded of that one post where a guy said put a sparkly pink unicorn sticker on the best forklift in the warehouse, and confirmed that it is indeed always available for him to use now.
parents were amazed how well the dogs walked on leash so in case this trick is more uncommon than I thought here’s my training technique
If a dog pulls on the leash just stop and stand there
that’s it that’s the trick you become a seat belt it works real fast. Start walking again if they stop pulling & even better if you wait until they look at you first (sometimes u might have to call them back to stop pulling if they are a bit dumb)
wow ok since this seemed to help people here’s my trick for getting dogs calm before we leave the house (this also works for crates and cars it’s pretty common)
I crack open the door a little and when they charge it, I shut the door. I am become video game. Butt on floor opens the door. I have them sit and then slowly open the door again. Get up? Door shuts. Sit down? Door slowly opens. After they’ve been sitting and the door is all the way open and they’re looking at me, okay we go outside.
Works fast and is so gentle and it’s really letting them be in control. If they want to go outside all they gotta do to open the door is to sit. Consistency is 99% of it
ok last thing the thing with consistency is not that you are “winning” each interaction. It’s that for your dog, you are the matrix. You are rendering his reality.
The most heartbreaking thing I’ve ever read was someone musing that when dogs dream, they probably dream of you. Are these good dreams? You’re hanging out together having fun? Or bad dreams? He’s in trouble? The person he loves the most in this world has rejected him?
Dogs don’t generalize well. If you teach them to sit in the house, you’ve taught them to sit in the house. Now you have to teach them to sit outside too. The reason some dogs don’t like to be pet and cuddled outside is because they’ve never been pet and cuddled outside.
Consistency is a tool to lock into his brain and really clearly show him what you mean. It’s communication. I don’t think my dog listens to me because he’s been pavlov’d into muscle memory. It’s because he knows what I mean and he likes me.
The thing to remember is your dog doesn’t think they’re pulling. Your dog thinks they’re walking normally, and just happen to have a leash attached.
i like this photo because it looks like i just told clefable we’re letting her go from her job were she’s been a loyal and dependable employee for 20 years
Me seeing young gay people who live in hyperaccepting areas make fun of people putting flags in the windows of their businesses or on their lawn and shit like that and morphing into a grandpa on the porch yelling “you take it and be grateful for it!!!”
I did grow up in the “queer people given crumbs and said thank you” era, right before major genuine concessions were made (and then promptly rolled back lmfao). Pre-2014 anglophone gay people forget that the mainstream opinion on gay people used to be negative. Like it was absolutely socially acceptable to be a homophobe and you (as the out gay person) were considered rude and obnoxious for pointing out that this homophobia affected you.
Seriously everyone, it changed so quickly. I am from a liberal town in a liberal state and when I was in high school in the late 90s it was pretty much unthinkable for someone to be out in high school. Like, of course no one would admit that they weren’t straight. It just wasn’t really talked about. And this level of avoidance and indifference was what happened in the good areas. I love seeing flags openly displayed in shop windows. I even love seeing the corporate pride displays in June, because what that tells me is that public opinion has changed so much since high school that it is now profitable for corporations to openly court queer customers. It may not always look like it, but this is progress.
I don’t know what’s in the air in Brazil that makes Brazilian people genuinely batshit. We’re just built different
I don’t know how to explain to gringos the concept of gambiarra without making it sound like the entire country of Brazil is set to creative mode
Please try anyways, bestie ❤
So gambiarra is the art of finding solutions with what you have. The art of improv. Not always the best solution, but the solution you’re capable of. I’ll get some examples
These are some amazing Brazilian gambiarras
Are these the best solutions? Probably not. But the important part is that the problem is solved
some royal jewels were stolen from the louvre which is unfortunate for historical reasons but you gotta appreciate a classic crime. so many crimes are online these days it’s nice to see heist culture is still alive
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