hystericaldora
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7 years ago @ The Toast - Open Thread! · 0 replies · +7 points
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7 years ago @ The Toast - WHY YOU KEEP HAVING TH... · 0 replies · +24 points
Haha. Ha.
7 years ago @ The Toast - WHY YOU KEEP HAVING TH... · 2 replies · +91 points
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My therapist and I have been hashing this out of late, and did you guys know that you can feel anger without taking it out on someone? All of this time, I have been afraid to feel angry in case I acted like a jerk, and it turns out they aren't the same thing at all.
7 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 3 replies · +48 points
Leave bison alone, guys.
7 years ago @ The Toast - How to Help Your Frien... · 1 reply · +4 points
You can always shut your eyes during the violent bits (there's probably <1 per episode) - the significant glances are more important to the show than the murders.
7 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 1 reply · +16 points
If I can catch him when he's alerting to something but before he starts barking, I do the look at that/look at me protocol, like they have here. This is also really effective at getting him to not go nuts about stuff (sometimes we can walk past other dogs outside now!), though, again, somewhat slow going.
If that doesn't work, I know some people who have had success by teaching their dog to speak on command. Seems counterintuitive, and will probably suck for your neighbors while you're doing it, but I guess it's much easier to teach a "quiet" command if they know how to do the opposite. I think you just do something that will make the dog bark (they used a knock on the door), praise for "speak". When he gets the hang of that, use the "speak" command, and then praise for "quiet". That should teach him to shut up on cue.