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when dogs are scary smart

over the last several months, we have been implementing a protocol to eliminate karybelle the sheltie’s barking surrounding her mealtimes. we have accomplished this by initially introducing an alternate activity during prep time (stuffed kong) and religiously giving her a time out gated in the yard if she stops that activity to bark, thus delaying her dinner until she’s quiet. this has been extremely successful; she’s gone from barking literally 100+ times during meal prep to barking 0 times, and only occasionally slips up. the behavior she has chosen to replace her meal-prep-screaming (after all, that energy has to go somewhere) is frantically - but silently - running circles around the coffee table to finally slam into a perfect down-stay as her bowl is set down.

this evening as the food was coming out, karybelle seamlessly slipped into her silent circling routine. except after a couple of reps, she abruptly changed course, yeeted herself out the dog door, barked once, and immediately jumped back in to resume her circling.

if that isn’t a demonstration of crystal clear understanding of criteria, i…don’t know what is lmao

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Today in niche genres of joke that I can never get enough of and will probably still be secretly thinking about four years later

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Everyone please behold this baby tree:

It's so much smaller than the support posts, they had to secure it with caution tape.

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He finally got to meet him!

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Being autistic shouldn't affect how people treat me and see me. I'm still the same person I've always been.

All knowing I'm autistic should do is explain why I am the way I am.

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reading the symptoms of autism as a now grown adult after being bullied for no explainable reason all your life

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Reblog if you are autistic and haven't flipped a sieg heil to a crowd of cheering people.

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Wrapping up Logan Valley Mall now. It really is a pretty mall. I love the nice plaque with the old upside-down crown logo of Crown American, the mall developer. As a bit of trivia, Logan Valley Mall was the first enclosed mall built by Crown American, as well as the only two-story mall they built. I hope that plaque gets saved if this place closes.

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We need to raise Allism Awareness. Poor souls with no autism. We must help them.

Yes, this is all pure sarcasm.

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Design graphics Geya Shvecova (Glass Substance) V.2 Archive_281224

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god i love people

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Younger writers. Please, just know that you could not skip to different songs on a cassette tape, that’s CDs. With tapes you pressed fast forward or rewind and prayed.

Also, VHS tapes did not have menu screens. Your only options were play, fast forward, rewind, pause, stop, or eject.

Y’all are making me feel like the crypt keeper here, I’m begging you 😭

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This is high art.

in absolute tears about the pride module at my work

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you ever look at a girl n think how the fuck are you that pretty

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not me having multiple mental breakthroughs not even an hour after waking up

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not me having multiple mental breakthroughs not even an hour after waking up

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oh cool i'm doing that thing again where i immediately start to fall in love with anyone who shows me barest hint of a romantic attraction despite being self-aware enough to know that this is not healthy for me