I don't know what their "pet psychologist"'s credentials are, but actual veterinary behaviourists observe cats/dogs, interview the owners about the animal's behaviour history (and figure out what the triggers are, if any), and so on. Then they give a training plan to the owners, tell the owners what they need to…

Bad week for U of O, considering this isn't even the only rape-related controversy there this week. Ridiculous. Glad I went to Carleton (the one time I'll say that).

Yeah, I only have my own anecdote (so I am not making it the basis of any argument), in that multiple types put me in a deep dark depression, and I've never felt like that before or since. With added bonus of blood pressure spiking. Hormonal BC is not for me.

This might be an incredibly stupid question, but does it not work to just take a higher dose?

I'm surprised it's recommended, considering there's so much variety in terms of which pill works best for each individual, especially in regards to things like mental health.

Were you not on the internet in the mid-2000s? Probably pushing a decade since it was a thing (but still amazing even today).

How much better were they in backwoods Louisiana police stations? Because I've worked with some rural police departments that are overwhelmingly and extremely male. Far into the 21st century.

Teacher checks usually aren't too "fat," notwithstanding the odd blue state urban area after 20 years experience. You're playing into the wrong side by describing it as a fat union check.

If they miss that key socialization period when they're kittens, it's pretty tough to overcome that. They're basically just wild animals. No different than those rare documented cases of unsocialized 'wild' children where they can never succeed at getting them 'normal.'

Do you think whole milk is heavy whipping cream or something?

Gatorade and/or Pedialyte when sick with pretty much anything.

Interesting about the diarrhea thing. My family had a German Shepherd when I was a teenager/younger adult, and he had digestive issues as well. My parents were relatively bad dog owners (my opinion, they weren't abusive, but they were horrible about adequate veterinary treatment, food quality, etc), so they never got…

Yeah, breeders who focus on working-ability and not on how much they can make the back end of a GSD look like a frog tend to produce better dogs. Even among them though, they often need to import from eastern Europe to add quality to their lines. A lot of police departments and the like import as well to avoid…

German Shepherds have a ton of their own problems with health from horrific breeding, especially in the United States, Canada, and the UK. Physical and mental. Make sure you're very, very picky with your breeder, if you go for a puppy and not an adult rescue. What's been done to that breed over the last 50 years or so…

My three dogs and three cats all largely get along. The dogs were all adults when we got the three kittens (unplanned, strays that were born in our yard). The kittens grew up with the dogs and like them. The dogs just accepted them largely because they don't have a prey drive, a couple of herding dogs and a golden…

Yeah, I haven't entirely given up on the idea. Though I have three dogs right now, so it's not happening anytime soon (knock on wood). It's cancer that's my big concern, often even the best breeders can't avoid it in their lines. It's also a big concern now in a couple of my other favourite breeds, Goldens and,…

... why not? What makes it fundamentally different than a rat, rabbit, chinchilla, ferret, hamster, gerbil, mouse, degu, sugar glider, among other animals that anyone can own?

I want a Bernese Mountain Dog so badly. I hate that they've been so poorly overbred to the point that many of them die by the age of 5-6.

Okay. I don't feel like making sweeping assumptions about you, so I'll simply say that I disagree with you very strongly.

Yeah, you definitely have to have known the specific victims and specific school to be shaken and distraught by the idea of someone randomly gunning down a couple dozen first graders. That's definitely not something that people can generally identify with, no one else has small children in their lives who go off to…