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Playing hide and seek with your dog as an enrichment activity

you can scatter treats throughout the house or hide yourself and have them come find you. It’s great for bad weather or nighttime boredom (or for high energy dogs who don’t really get tired because the more exercise you give them the greater their endurance and power grows). Benny’s dumb ass cannot find me when I hide behind the curtains!!

@taterhole

Sep 12, 2024

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Training your dog

Here’s a recommendation to all of the dog owners, train your dog. Nobody’s happy about your shitty dog. I don’t give a fuck how cute your dog is, if I walk past that fuck and have to worry it’s going to come after me then you the owner can immediately go fuck yourself. ( I live in a building with a man who owns a malinois and every time I walk past him he has to double grip the leash to keep it from attacking me)👍. you decided to buy it now be an adult and take care of it.

@schiesser

Jan 23, 2025

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Helpful and informational resources for dog training

1. Karen Overall’s Relaxation Protocol and Relax on a Mat — so good for teaching a dog with no off button how to chill and desensitizing them to stimuli. You can actually find YouTube videos of the relaxation protocol to follow along with which I think is much easier 2. 101 Dog Tricks by Kyra Sundance — I used this when I was a little kid to teach my Brittany Spaniel Holly agility tricks and it still holds up! Really natural cueing that’s easy to understand and follow I’ve taught my dog the usual simple tricks with it but also how to do hurdle jumping and how to army crawl so far 3. Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training by Steven R. Lindsey — this is a three volume book which some people refer to as the Bible of dog training. It explains the evolution and neurobiology of dogs and then how to apply that knowledge when training. It’s written like an academic text and each chapter has a long list of references at the end for further reading 4. Kikopup — Force and fear free dog training channel!

@taterhole

May 19, 2024

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Never changing

My dad teases me about how when I was a little kid, my favorite thing to do when I was on the landline phone with somebody—be it a relative or one of my best friends—was to breathlessly describe the things that were in my bedroom so that they could have a mental picture of everything I loved and chose to surround myself with, and where I sat at that moment in time. Perfectly Imperfect reminds me of that so thanks for always listening and for sharing with me too 💌

@taterhole

Feb 23, 2025

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SURFING THE TIDES OF THE EVERYONE TAB

I am a woman of the people

@taterhole

May 28, 2025

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Rejecting the Commodification of the Self

I’ve been thinking about how much of social media is centered around curating our self-image. When selfies first became popular, they were dismissed as vain and vapid—a critique often rooted in misogyny—but now, the way we craft our online selves feels more like creating monuments. We try to signal our individuality, hoping to be seen and understood, but ironically, I think this widens the gap between how others perceive us and who we really are. Instead of fostering connection, it can invite projection and misinterpretation—preconceived notions, prefab labels, and stereotypes. Worse, individuality has become branded and commodified, reducing our identities to products for others to consume. On most platforms, validation often comes from how well you can curate and present your image—selfies, aesthetic branding, and lifestyle content tend to dominate. High engagement is tied to visibility, not necessarily depth or substance. But I think spaces like PI.FYI show that there’s another way: where connection is built on shared ideas, tastes, and interests rather than surface-level content. It’s refreshing to be part of a community that values thoughts over optics. By sharing so few images of myself, I’ve found that it gives others room to focus on my ideas and voice. When I do share an image, it feels intentional—something that contributes to the story I want to tell rather than defining it. Sharing less allows me to express who I am beyond appearance. For women, especially, sharing less can be a radical act in a world where the default is to objectify ourselves. It resists the pressure to center appearance, focusing instead on what truly matters: our thoughts, voices, and authenticity. I’ve posted a handful of pictures of myself in 2,500 posts because I care more about showing who I am than how I look. In trying to be seen, are we making it harder for others to truly know us? It’s a question worth considering.

@taterhole

Dec 27, 2024