Couch 200: The Bicentennial Couch.

I am so tired of thunderstorms, and it's only the second week of July. I don't recall getting nearly this many last summer.

She may need to be crated when you are not actively working with her for awhile. Some puppies are hell on wheels until they get past that phase. Better to have some containment and . . . dare I say it . . . boundaries than to let them have too much freedom and not know what to do with it.

Crate training 101 | The Humane Society of the United States

We’ve been getting a lot rain too. It’s raining right now.

It’s hot and humid. The rain is making it more humid.

I have to go to work. I was only able to book work for 20 hours or so last week due to the holiday. My goal for this week was to make sure I booked 40, I will end up shy of that at 37 total. I’m still considering it a win since it is close enough to my 40 hour goal. I only have to keep fishing for enough work each week for a couple more weeks.

Any pocket riders for T in an hour? First session back from his vacation. I forget if I updated this, but he did reply to my email yesterday saying that I knew he apologized, and I appreciated that, but the email/text exchange was still upsetting me, and I wanted to discuss more Monday. He said, "That's fine, I'll see you Monday and we can discuss anything you'd like. I hope you have a nice rest of the weekend." Which didn't feel like enough, but I realized that it was probably because I was just in a bad headspace. I mean, we can always discuss whatever I want. At least the weekend wishes were good... Just hope today's session goes well and doesn't make things worse. Especially as he's away again in 3 or 4 weeks (forget which). Sigh.

I'll pocket ride. I hope you are able to resolve this.

I have my first session back after the break in a few hours. I am not feeling the connection at all right now.

Thanks, NP. I hope you can feel the connection again. That's what initially led me to reach out to T last week--I couldn't feel the connection at all anymore.

I'll hop in. I hope it goes well!

Must be a day for seeing Ts after a break. I see mine this evening, but it was only a 4 day vacation. And another this week after Wednesday

Thanks, SheHulk. Hope it goes well for you too.

+1

I hope your session goes well.

Stopdog...Either someone hacked your account or it was just an error, but on one of my post I have a “hug” from you. You might want to go remove it. I know how you hate that little thing on your profile that shows how many hugs given.

I am soooo jealous.

I got a Stopdog hug!! I may go hug her back.

She said she was gonna try kratom. Now we know for sure that stuff is dangerous!

What type and for what? I have experimented with kratom a bit. Really helped me when C hurt my arm one time. I didn't want to go to the doctor, but I was also in a lot of pain.

There are a lot of bad vendors out there, as well. I joined a kratom discord server and the people there had a lot of information. I've bought from Sosa Speciosa and Restore Botanicals - they were both pretty good. The best I got was actually directly from Indonesia - Bahari Kratom. Shipping is really expensive if you purchase direct, but I was able to do it since I was performing a merchant verification for the discord server I mentioned, so I got the kratom for free. I've also heard really great things about Kracker Kaps, Liza's Best Botanicals, and Beleafer.

I really recommend drinking extra water when you take it since it's a diuretic. When I've taken it to help me sleep and not done so, I've woken up with a headache. Probably also a good idea to take something to prevent the constipation. I usually eat several spoonfuls of sugar free chocolate syrup because it has xylitol in it - and that prevents the issue. Otherwise, I don't go for days and days. I've also heard magnesium oxide works.

The discord server is Democratic Republic of Kratom if you ever want to check it out.

She will have to change her name to stoppedupdog

Yes. That must be it!

Hi everybody. I hope you are all having a good day. I'm super anxious. I had to take some anti anxiety medication. I'm at work but I may try doing a drawing like T suggested. I'm really surprised she picked up on the terror I feel. Hugs Kit

I agree--a hug is an invitation to a return hug.

Right. I’m on it. Now I’m going to go find the perfect post to hug her.

Be careful out there!

Thanks - I fixed it. I have been having a lot of difficulty with the forums today. A lot of error messages no matter what device or browser.

As for the rest of you - good lord

I believe in crates for puppies -but also a smart herding puppy needs something to do. It sounds a lot like boredom to me and just playing with older dogs and going on some short walks won't fix it. The puppy needs to use her mind. Teach her tricks, take her to an agility class or herding class or FUN obedience class etc. A smart bored puppy is an unhappy puppy.