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We thought about some sort of obedience classes. Not that she's awful, but I know a lot of people do that for younger dogs. Thoughts?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 4, 2012 -> 12:28 PM) You know why they made puppies so cute right? Because at some point you will f***ing hate them but then you look at their face and all is forgiven. s***, sometimes with my 8 going on 9 year old I hate her guts, but all it takes it one face and you remember why you got a dog. Nothing is better than coming home to a happy dog. This exactly.

Thanks for the advice Rock, I'll definitely adjust. I didn't know she'd need as many walks. We'll go for long walks and then the park for a bit, then come back, she's still wound up when she gets back. Is that just because she's still excited from being out? She shouldn't crash immediately, right? I know dogs are work, I know you weren't directing it just to me. We knew what we were signing up for and waited a long time to jump in on this (I did have a dog growing up that started as a puppy, but since I was 8 when we got it, it's hard to remember what worked/what didn't). You are right, people have to be prepared for it and not expect it to be easy. That's why we keep trying to adjust and find answers, instead of just saying "why isn't she perfect isn't been 2 months."

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 4, 2012 -> 10:38 AM) Wait, you dont walk your dog in the morning? Not consistently. We need to make a better effort. I try to do a longer work late morning to early afternoon. QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 4, 2012 -> 10:51 AM) Yeah, give it a shot...you're home so you should hear if she gets herself into an awkward position... Owning a dog is a lot of work when they are young, especially if you have both adults working and no kids to help out. You are going to have to take some chances. Fair enough. Right now I just have towels over both sides. Doesn't seem too dangerous. Still can't believe she can jump that high (though she probably used the corner to help boost her up like an outfielder climbing the wall).

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 4, 2012 -> 09:11 AM) It's not quite that simple...yes, a dog enjoys a place where it can feel safe and comfortable. But if you're talking about an active breed and keeping it crated for 8 hours during the day, I'm not sure it wants to feel that safe... The key for me is going to be what are you doing with the dog the rest of the day? If you're going to be gone for long hours, and you have an active breed, you need to get that dog out somewhere to run and burn off some energy. Not only is that healthy for the dog, but its going to make the rest of your day easier because the dog will be content, behave better, and most likely sleep a lot more. I work from home. So during the morning I have to do some work, be on calls, and I can't supervise her a lot. But can't leave her just out to roam - even if she was in the room with me she's still going to run around and try to chew stuff, etc. The office is different than the main room so I can't leave her in that main room by herself. During the early afternoon I'll take her out and just let her roam. If I go to the gym, back in the pen. Before I have to work again I'll put her in the pen for a while until the wife gets home, and then she's free the rest of the time. If we go out on a Saturday night or whatever, we'll put her in the pen instead of the crate. We usually try to walk her in the evening, we don't always get to in the morning, but I try to play fetch etc inside the apartment during the afternoon to burn off energy. I just think the pen is a much better alternative than the crate for those few hour time periods she can't be supervised (and like I said I think it helps her associate night time and sleeping with the crate now) but maybe I'm wrong. Either way, would a roof fix part of the problem? She isn't always crazy in there, a lot of times she's just chill. But I think if she's wound up or has been with us a while and knows we're there in the other room, she'll jump. If she thinks were gone or it's been a while she calms down a lot and just hangs out.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 4, 2012 -> 08:52 AM) Why not just crate her all day? People thank that's abusive, but dogs prefer a safe den if they have to be alone. Especially as young dogs. I know we could, it's just having more space to play a bit, lay around, the food/water is in there to get to, if she needs to go to the bathroom it's easier (though she really hasn't, she waits to get out) etc. Just seems "nicer" to treat the dog that way, plus like I said at least now she associates sleep time with the crate at night. Right now we've cut the crate in half with a box in there, but we could take it out to make if the full size.

That is a concern, figured tied down towels (or some sort of other cover) would be pretty secure/safe, but I don't know.

So we ended up buying one of those standard play pen things for the dog, that way she wasn't always locked in a small crate or in a bathroom when we were gone or when she couldn't be left alone in the apartment (because she's shown she'll chew things like a tv stand, crown molding on the wall, etc. Been pretty good for a while, but she sure leaps at the thing and tries to get out. She's got some hops. Well this morning she was in there and going crazy, and all the sudden she got out. We didn't see it happen, but I'm guessing she either was able to get her front legs over and pull herself over, or she did it all in one motion and essentially tumbled over and landed awkwardly. It's a problem not only because she got out, but because she could end up hurting herself continually trying to do that now. I figure that if she knows she could do it once, she'll just keep doing it every time until she gets out. How do we fix this? Few ideas crossed my mind: Go back to the crate only until she can be trusted Go back to putting her in the bathroom with a closed door until she can be trusted Put towels on top of the pen and basically tie them down so it's a roof. Currently we have one draped over half of it so it's more like a "den" Prop up the pen from the bottom all the way around to make it higher Build something on top of the pen to make it higher Put the harness on her and tie it to the inside of the crate so it won't allow her to get out Anyone have any experience with something like this? What is the best plan of attack? Some solutions are much easier than others. But we'd love to be able to have her utilize the pen, as she has been much calmer than when she gets locked in a bathroom separated from everything. We've also had her sleeping only in the actual crate, and I think she's slowly associating crate with sleep time and she usually goes to bed without a fuss now and doesn't bark at all during the night. My initial thought was towels on top of the cage to build a roof but somehow tying them down with zip ties or something so they can't be pulled down either.

And The Killing just got more weird. Interesting, but another strange twist.

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Jun 3, 2012 -> 09:57 PM) Really? Why? It seems to me that more people going to the games would increase concessions sales. I have the same experience he has. The revenue per goes way down. Overall increase possibly just by sheer numbers in the park, but it's diminishing returns. So if you already "lost" money on tickets or parking, you aren't making up for it with the merchandise (or possibly food).

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 2, 2012 -> 08:29 PM) 50 walks in 88 innings last year. If he goes back to that, he won't be a starter very long. The Cubs will be bad for at least 2 or 3 years, it would be a good time to dump him. Well clearly he hasn't. Regardless 1.3 whip and under 3 era last year. Point stands. Clearly not hot garbage.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 2, 2012 -> 01:12 PM) Hawk is an employee of CSN/WGN, not of the White Sox, not of MLB. Selig cannot fire him. It would be like saying he can fire you from your job. If Selig was so pissed about this and had some authority, Hawk would at least get the weekend suspension BS. He and JR don't want him ripping umpires, and its not because Hawk is necessarily wrong. Selig could end Hawk doing games if he wanted to, zero question.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 2, 2012 -> 01:15 PM) If I was Theo, the guy I would trade is Smarjdkfdjfdk. He was hot garbage until this year. You could probably get a mint for him. He just seems like a short term wonder to me. Might want to check your facts, he was actually good last year too for a full season, and this is his first year starting, and he's been good there now too. Not sure what baseball sense that would make.

I don't know how he'll hit the ball if he doesn't have a face

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 1, 2012 -> 10:03 PM) Do you really think they let Hawk have it? It was a PR move for the umpires. They probably told Hawk he's was absolutely correct, but they don't want problems with the umpires. No, they don't want problems with announcers going f***ing crazy out of line on umpires.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Jun 1, 2012 -> 08:57 PM) They can go back and correct this, no? Um, no.

Nice, a fan ran onto the field to try to celebrate with Johan

That's why the unwritten rule of "pitcher's never catch any pop ups" is just so stupid. Peavy has the much easier play, and was right there until AJ waved him off.

LMAO, I played on a team in that league for many years and still know a lot of guys who play in it. I'm 90% sure I know who wrote that.

Yes, I know the internet is full of articles about how to sell your car. But hearing from people here is always better. Anyway, we have a 2nd car we never use, it's a Ford Focus. About time to sell it. Is craigslist the way to go, or is that too dicey and too much of a hassle? Anyone have good experience selling their car/recs/tips on doing so? I'm sure some of you have gone through this whole process. Thanks for any advice.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 1, 2012 -> 07:15 AM) As always greg, you ignore the facts. Konerko got hit with a mistake, a splitter that Samardzija let go early. Sliding hard into a base is not what AJ did. I think you haven't seen a replay of it, because if you did you wouldn't be saying what you are saying. Zobrist was standing behind the base, AJ slid in PAST THE BASE cleats up, and intentionally cleated Zobrist in the ankle/leg. That is not part of the game, that is bushleague bulls*** that breaks ankles and legs. AJ is our guy and all, but sometimes you have to call a spade a spade, and that was most definitely a spade. If that happened to one of the Sox players, you would be calling for MLB and God Ozzie to come down and smite the offender off the face of the planet. That's the biggest thing. He's just beyond a homer at this point, that's all there is to it.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 31, 2012 -> 01:51 PM) Hal McRae made a living out of spiking a ton of second basemen and shortstops. It's part of the game. Intent to injure by spiking...not part of the game. But this post coming from a guy who was outraged that he thought someone threw at someone else with intent to injure - but that's not part of the game in his world. Comical.

Man, Joe must be distraught with Hawks management right now. The nerve of them to talk to Kane to try to curb this.

QUOTE (MuckFinnesota @ May 30, 2012 -> 10:04 PM) Life isn't the worst thing in the world, I have many friends, a college degree, a good family and recently have begun dating a wonderful girl. What is missing is fulfillment and being paid for the work I do. The entire source of the problem is the fear of going down the wrong path which is why I haven't picked anything. But I'll quit worrying and just try to pull a 180 and be more positive. It's going to be tough but it's necessary to have joy in all parts of life. That said, maybe it's time to play to my strengths and start talking to people to figure out if the jobs I am thinking of or an advanced degree is necessary. Just sent you a PM after reading this.

Another thing on networking...a lot of it is networking with the people you already work with. They leave, you leave, suddenly you know people in different companies/towns/states. Try to make strong connections where you're at.