What country/region is this? If you don’t mind me asking

Just an FYI incase they weren’t typos but the word you’re after in the first and last paragraph is ‘loses’; the one in the second para is correct.

That’s not how you get pneumonia, but he may have weakened his immune system through exposure to make him more susceptible to viruses.

I lie down in my backyard. In Australia. There are ants of all kinds. The occasional little spider goes past. Midges and butterflies and dragonflies and bees. The birds have gotten used to me so they walk within feet of me too.

They go about their business and I, mine. No harm has come to me. It’s nice to be part of their world sometimes.

Client feedback.

They’re wrong, but because they’re paying, they’re right.

Yeah everyone is just set to zero, no matter how innocuous the comment. So a bot makes sense

Is it just me or has someone gone through and down voted every single comment in here?

Edit: actually every Lemmy world post is showing all comments as having 0 points. Interesting.

Her?

Omg thank you this. The way it runs away with its hands in its pockets afterwards.

Our dog is a mixed breed, big old baby at 10 years old. He’s always been sweet, pulled his punches playing with tiny dogs, very soft mouth when he uses it etc. if he ever accidentally hurt one of us he’d immediately look concerned, try to lick you better etc.

But he’s old now and getting cranky. I’ve been trying to explain to my partner that getting all up in his grill used to be playful for him, but now you can tell it’s kinda pissing him off. He’s started to get a bit snappy if he puts his face in his after repeatedly giving signals he doesn’t want it.

I said ‘don’t put him in a position where he hurts you - we’ll all be upset but it’s going to be your fault’.

When I got a big dog I paid attention to the breeds he came from (not bully breeds but still) and made sure I learnt his visual cues. I’ve also made sure I’ve adapted as he’s gotten older and his behaviours change.

I say all this because while he is my baby, he’s still a large animal with a significant bite force. There’s nothing historically about his breeds to worry about, but that doesn’t matter. I’ve put a lot of effort into making sure he’s safe, and my vigilance hasn’t changed. He’s a lovely dog, but he’s a dog.

Now add a breed type with built in aggression and lock jaw. I strongly believe that the people who decide to get these dogs don’t do any of the above. They’re blindly playing with fire and they have no smoke alarms.

I just don’t understand. If you bring a living creature into your life, you owe it to them and everyone around to make sure it can interact safely. I’ve watched people let their dogs almost attack mine because they haven’t seen the cues. I’ve stepped in because I have. Like how the fuck do you not know when your dog is not happy but I can see it a mile away? It’s so bloody negligent.

Anyway, big rant. But this dog would’ve shown signs of being on edge and that would’ve been bad enough with any dog. But these breeds? Why risk it?

… Do you have footage of this?

So many people I know through the workplace have done the Myers Briggs nonsense and hold onto their persona like a badge of pride. They’re well meaning, intelligent people who don’t know the background of MB and how it’s as scientifically rigorous as those paper chatterboxes we made in school to help you find out which boy you were going to marry by picking a colour.

I don’t say anything when people bring it up. I also have a few star sign friends. Sigh.

Most of our wildlife is cute I reckon. You don’t see the scary stuff that often. Unless you mean spiders and really the big ones are harmless.

The wild. I live in Canberra - it’s called the Bush Capital for a reason. Wildlife on your doorstep (or a 20min drive away at most).

Hoping to see some echidnas, fingers crossed!

I’m getting some springy marshy boardwalk this weekend. Can’t wait.

I went to relocate a spider outside yesterday like I normally do. Scooped it up in Tupperware and took it outside without much thought.

Only when I released it did I realise it was a redback. Those I usually do murder if I find them in the house, mainly out of concern for my dog. I’m now reconsidering that approach. It was no biggie catching or releasing it (huntsmans are a whole other story… So fast and jumpy) so maybe I’ll do that in future.

Funnily enough I thought he’d already gone there

What the fucking fuck

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