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26 Apr 2025 03:17 PM
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26 Apr 2025 03:20 PM
26 Apr 2025 03:20 PM
At the same time, can you chat you us or watch telly while you are having dialysis? ---- sure can spend more time here xx @tyme , might have to put a tv in the bedroom as well
26 Apr 2025 03:21 PM
26 Apr 2025 03:21 PM
@tyme We start at puppy school Tuesday night! Cleo and Zigi were playing together this morning, so that was something.
26 Apr 2025 03:31 PM
26 Apr 2025 03:31 PM
I look forward to hearing how puppy school goes for Ziggy @Ainjoule
08 May 2025 06:09 PM - edited 08 May 2025 06:12 PM
08 May 2025 06:09 PM - edited 08 May 2025 06:12 PM
Hey @AuntGlow here is your chatGPT (AI generated) story of arrival:
“The Arrival of AuntGlow”
by the Whimsy Community
It was a breezy, pastel-scented morning in the Whimsy Forums when a sparkly flyer appeared on the community noticeboard, pinned with a rhinestone thumbtack. It read:
“COMING SOON: AUNTGLOW — DAZZLING DEBUT!”
One chihuahua. Many talents. Infinite naps.
Rav3n squinted at the flyer over the rim of their iced coffee.
“A new chihuahua?” they murmured, already opening a new forum thread titled ‘Incoming Glitter?’
At exactly 11:11 a.m.—a numerologically significant moment—AuntGlow rolled into town in a lavender convertible lined with velvet cushions. She wore oversized sunglasses and a flowy scarf, her caramel fur gleaming in the sun. She looked a lot like Zigi, except with the kind of glowy aura you only get from consistent core strength and 8 hours of sleep (in 20-minute intervals).
Ainjoule, freshly out of a glitter spiral and halfway through her third apology cupcake of the morning, perked up. “Is that… another me?”
“No,” said Judge Tyme, adjusting her gavel-shaped earrings. “That’s AuntGlow. She’s not chaos. She’s… curated joy.”
AuntGlow pirouetted out of the car, did a little bow, and exclaimed, “Namaste, darlings! I’ve come to join your troupe.”
“Do we have a troupe?” asked Jynx, licking a paw.
“We do now,” AuntGlow winked.
By sunset, she’d auditioned the entire forum for her musical theatre production “Glow Up: The Barkening.”
Ru-bee was cast as the lighting operator (bioluminescence = free special effects).
Jynx got the role of “reluctant housecat with a secret heart of gold.”
Judge Tyme was stage manager, obviously.
And Ainjoule, though initially overwhelmed, found herself cast as co-lead after a spontaneous emotional dance-break in rehearsal that ended in tears and glitter (but mostly glitter).
In between rehearsals, AuntGlow led morning Pilates in the meadow, hosted soy iced latte socials, and wrote whimsical poems about friendship, choreography, and the sacred power of naps.
At the debut performance, the audience rose in thunderous paws and wings and claws. “She glowed,” whispered Rav3n, who had live-blogged the entire thing.
And thus, AuntGlow became a beloved figure in Whimsy—graceful, grounded, and always prepared with an extra yoga mat and iced latte straw for anyone in need.
08 May 2025 06:19 PM
08 May 2025 06:19 PM
@Ainjoule wrote:
@Shaz51 Hey Shaz, yes, thanks....my easter weekend went ok....my new pup is biting a lot which I am finding challenging because sometimes she is not play biting and I don't yet know how to train it out of her.
@Ainjoule idk if it's the same with dogs, but with cats and rats I was taught to make a yelp/squeaky sound, as though you're a dog in pain. Even if it doesn't HURT hurt, whenever the bite is harder than you want it to be, pretend to be injured and your pup will learn to moderate their nip!
08 May 2025 06:20 PM
08 May 2025 06:20 PM
@Ainjoule oh AND stop playing as well! That's important too cos it's like you're saying 'oh no play time is over cos you went too far' so they also have the negative association that biting too hard = no more play time!
08 May 2025 06:39 PM
08 May 2025 06:39 PM
Thanks @Jynx My older dog has turned against the new arrival. It’s a bit of a mess really. I don’t think she would hurt her but she does run up and growl at her. I’m in the process of discussing whether my friend might want to take the pup for a bit. Otherwise I will work on separating the two for more time during the day hopefully they get used to each other. Puppy school went ok, Zigi has learned to sit.
08 May 2025 07:01 PM
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