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What is coming to your mind right now? Do you want to turn around and go back the way you came? Or are you ready to hop from rock to rock into the unknown?
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Friday, August 13, 2021
Top 5 Favorite Dog Grooming Must Haves
If you have a pet, you get to take care of them!
Here are the steps to follow to properly trim your dog’s nails:
Pick up a paw and firmly, but gently, place your thumb on the pad of a toe and your forefinger on the top of the toe on the skin above the nail. Make sure none of your dog’s fur is in the way.
Push your thumb slightly up and backward on the pad, while pushing your forefinger forward. This extends the nail.
Clip only the tip of the nail, straight across. Include the dewclaws, located on the inner side of the paw.
Avoid clipping past the curve of the nail or you risk hitting what is called the quick (the pink area of the nail that contains the blood vessels). A nick there is painful and will bleed. For dogs with dark nails, watch for a chalky white ring.
Grind your dog’s nails using a safe tool.
Only grind a small part of your dog’s nail at a time. Support the dog’s toe firmly but gently.
Grind across the bottom of the nail and then carefully in from the tip of the nail, smoothing rough edges.
For better control, hold the grinder higher up, towards the top.
Keep your dogs comfortable and take note of any sensitivities
If your dog has long hair, make sure to keep it back from the grinding tool so it doesn’t get caught.
Nail trimming is an essential part of dog grooming, and trim nails are one clear sign of your dog’s good health and hygiene. Professional groomers will perform the task for squeamish owners, but dog nail trimming is a simple procedure if done correctly.
Tip: You can make the process more fun for your dog by letting them lick peanut butter off a spoon while you handle the nails.
Be patient, keep a gentle and positive attitude, and continue to offer praise and treats. Make sure to use safe, dog-friendly clippers or grinders.
Tip: It helps if you frequently touch and hold your puppy’s paws (gently and cheerfully) right from the first day, so they won’t become sensitive to having their feet handled.
Day 1: Let your puppy sniff the nail clipper or grinder. Give a treat and praise.
Day 2: Touch the nail clipper or grinder lightly to each paw. Give a treat and praise.
Day 3: Touch the nail clipper to each paw and squeeze the clipper so the puppy hears the sound, or turn the grinder on and let the puppy feel the vibration. Don’t actually trim a nail. Give a treat and praise.
Day 4: Touch the nail clipper or grinder to your puppy’s feet again. Give a treat and praise.
Day 5: Try trimming off just the very tiniest tip from one front paw nail. Only do one nail. Offer lots of happy praise and a treat if your puppy lets you. Even if he lets you, just do one. Repeat every day until he lets you do this and doesn’t seem to mind.
Day 6: Try trimming just the tip off of just two nails.
Day 7: Keep working your way up, trimming additional nails each day, until you’ve got them all and your puppy doesn’t mind. Practice even when you don’t need to clip a nail. Even pretending you are clipping and going through the motions helps your pup get used to the whole process.
Failing to Cut Your Dogs Nails
Regular nail maintenance is more than cosmetic. Unhealthy nails can cause pain, and in rare instances, trigger irreversible damage to the dog.
A dog’s nail consists of the living pink quick and the hard outer material called the shell. The quick supplies blood to the nail and runs through the core of it. Nerves in the quick cause bleeding and discomfort when cut. Regular nail trimming will cause the quickness to recede from the end. Short quicks are the preferred length for the dog’s well-being and easy maintenance.
Long nails can turn a sound paw into a splayed foot and reduce traction, and they can cause deformed feet and injure the tendons over an extended period. As the long nail hits the ground, the pressure puts force on the foot and leg structure. Some dogs wear their nails down and won’t need to have them clipped as often.
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/how-to-trim-dogs-nails-safely/
Lastly #5
A dog grooming kit.
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Stardew Valley Merch / Ginger Island Update 1.5
My kid's favorite video game is Stardew Valley.
Move to the countryside, and cultivate a new life in this award-winning open-ended farming RPG! With over 50+ hours of gameplay content and new Mobile-specific features, such as auto-save and multiple controls options.
**Winner of the Golden Joysticks' Breakthrough Award**
**Nominee of Game of the Year 2017 - BAFTA Games Awards**
“The best version of Stardew Valley is the one you have with you … This game is absolutely incredible, and will not disappoint.” - TouchArcade
"Stardew Valley beautifully combines farm simulation with RPG elements to create an intriguing, absorbing rural world." - IGN
“Far more than just a farming game... filled with seemingly endless content and heart.” Giant Bomb
"Village life has never been so accessible and satisfying" - The Telegraph
“Stardew Valley has been the richest and heartwarming experience I’ve had in a game in years.” CG Magazine
- Turn your overgrown fields into a lively and bountiful farm
- Raise and breed happy animals, grow a variety of seasonal crops and design your farm, your way
- Customize your farmer and home! With hundreds of options to choose from
- Settle down and start a family with 12 potential marriage candidates
- Explore vast, mysterious caves, encountering dangerous monsters and valuable treasure
- Spend a relaxing afternoon at one of the local fishing spots or go crabbing by the seaside
- Forage, grow crops, and produce artisan goods to cook up as a delicious meal
- Rebuilt for touch-screen gameplay on Android with mobile-specific features, such as auto-select to toggle quickly between your farming tools and auto-attack to swiftly take down fiendish monsters in the mines
- Play the game your way with multiple controls options, such as touch-screen, virtual joystick, and external controller support.
- Newly Updated Single Player Content - Including new town upgrades, dating events, crops, fishing ponds, hats, clothing, and new pets! Plus more to be discovered...
Ginger Island is an island in the Fern Islands archipelago. It can be accessed only after completing the Community Center or Joja Community Development Form and then repairing the boat in the backroom of Willy’s Fish Shop. Purchasing a ticket to ride the boat costs Gold.png1,000g, and includes the return trip.
Ginger Island is the only island available to visit in the archipelago, though other islands can be seen from the boat on the way there.
The player can return to Stardew Valley at any time for free by entering the boat on the southern beach. They will usually arrive back inside the Fish Shop, except on festival days when the path back to the Farm may be blocked, in which case the player will be deposited on the Bus Stop instead. If the beach is inaccessible, on days such as the Dance of the Moonlight Jellies festival, the player will be deposited on the bridge leading to the beach south of Pelican Town.
Similar to the Greenhouse, crops planted on Ginger Island are not affected by the current season, so they can always grow.
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Thursday, August 5, 2021
Multiplication Facts Review
It's that fun time again!!! BACK TO SCHOOL!!!
Check out my google slide lesson for a quick multiplication review. All you'll need is paper and a pencil.
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