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This might seem like a very silly question but I was wondering how comfy the beds/mattresses are at Yale. I am a prefrosh and was wondering if I should invest in a mattress topper or something of the sort. I'm a big believer in getting a good night's sleep and I saved up to buy myself a nice mattress at home, so I take sleeping pretty seriously.

Basically, I got admitted to my dream school last month and I am going to commit this week. In high school, I committed tons of time to activities that I hated so that I would be more appealing to colleges. It's not something I am proud of but it's something I did and it ended up working out for me. I am pretty much going to be quitting all my major ECs, so maybe like 7/10 of the activities on my common app list. Is that something that colleges pay attention to or not? I can't get rescinded right?

So our 4 month old golden retriever Simba is part rescue situation, part we didn't know any better/poor decisionmaking (backyard breeder type thing, but we know better know). He is an amazing and lovable dog most of the time. He is loving and affectionate with us and loves to be at our side, fully potty trained, a joy to train in general, very smart. He isn't anxious on walks (though he used to be) and walks past people no problem (he used to veer away from them on walks, but consistent walking has desensitized him to them for the most part I think). He still fear/protectively barks at passersby sometimes but it used to be much worse. When someone wants to pet him, he gets nervous and tries

Hi everyone! Forgive me if I'm being pesky or annoying but I'm a finalist for the AB Duke scholarship. This is gonna be similar to that post where the guy was a finalist for Robertson, but I am super freaked out about the finalist week, especially the interviews! Does anyone know what the weekend is like and how the interviews are, what kind of questions are asked etc? Thank you so much!!

My golden retriever puppy is 3-4 months old. I didn't expect him to have these urges so early but ever since he was 2 months old he's always aggressively humped his stuffed toys, especially at night when he gets his "crazies". We try to discourage it by taking away the toy and, if he's standing up, pushing his butt down on the ground, but that's done little to quell his "urges" at night. Do we need to neuter him-- I am just worried because he is so young and people have said, especially for large breeds, to hold off on neutering until they are at least 6 months old. I am just worried that he'll progress from toys to legs and furniture and that it might become a behavioral problem. Is this no

Ever since I got my golden retriever puppy he has absolutely consumed my life. Every second he is awake is a second that I am devoting almost all my attention to him. He is almost 4 months old now. This is something I expected when he was tiny, like 2-3 months old. He is fully potty trained now and is getting better on the biting so we are definitely making progress but it is exhausting. Part of the attention thing isn't that he's badly behaved necessarily (though he does like to get into all sorts of trouble) but because I am paranoid (what if there is something on the ground, etc--even though the house is puppy proofed).

I worry that I'm not as rigorous about training as most of the peop

We got our Golden Retriever puppy when he was 6 weeks old, so way too early to be separated from his litter. Now we know better but what's done is done. He hadn't had his vaccinations and the parvo risk was fairly high in our area so he hasn't been getting much socialization until he was around 10-12 weeks old. One thing I noticed is that he really used to like people-- when we took him to the vet when he was very young he was all over her licking her and wagging his tail. He used to be a little skittish around strangers but when they pet him he would warm up and be totally fine.

Now he barks at strangers sometimes, barks (and sometimes growls) at strange dogs very often, and often just s

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I have a 3 month old golden retriever. We have been socializing him for the past month or two and he does well with new people, mostly, though whenever someone tries to pet him he will lie down on the ground, lick them vigorously, and then jump up onto them. I thought it was cute and that he was just really friendly until I learned that this is probably anxious/fearful behavior and that it could turn into aggression if left unchecked. Sigh :( Other times when he sees someone he will just straight up start barking really loudly at them probably out of fear too.

With like 80% of other dogs he gets scared out of his mind. At most he will sniff their face and then try to run away. Usually just

I have a golden retriever puppy, he is 3 months old. We take him on at least 2 20 minute walks per day, plus he usually gets at least 10-20 minutes of training etc. However, he is very mouthy and often gets in "crazy" moods, I think he just wants to play honestly but he will jump up and bite you (90% of the time when he bites it is not hard, but when he's in one of his moods he seems to lose his understanding of bite inhibition), steal socks and want you to chase him with them, it is super hard to manage so when the weather permits, we just put him outside in our large fenced in yard to burn off the excess steam, for like an hour or so, until he scratches at the door to be let back in, and

Hey! So I've got a 3 month old golden retriever puppy. So far I've taught him spin, sit, down, paw, and a variant of paw where I stick my foot out and he puts his paw on it.

I really want to teach him stay but the issue is whenever he goes to down, he just doesn't really want to get up. I worry that when I say stay and he doesn't move, he doesn't really understand what it means, since just putting him in down has the exact same effect if you get what I mean. I'll hold a treat in front of his face and he'll lean towards it but he's never inclined to get up and follow me.

One thing I noticed is that when we go to a new place he's always stuck to me, basically I can't go four feet away wit

so im really confused it says that there are 3 interviews during finalist week and its the final step in the selection process. does that mean that they are going to weed us out even more there and that we aren't guaranteed to be in the program yet or do you just have to do the interviews to "seal the deal" so to speak (ie you are an emory scholar regardless of how it goes) also do we get any money out of this? thanks 💕

So my 3 month old golden retriever is for the most part an angel during the day. He naps for around 14-16 hours a day and he goes on two 10 minute walks per day, 1 in the morning and 1 in the evening. He also goes in and out as he pleases and is outside by himself quite a bit, just running around and getting exercise by himself. So I don't think exercise or lack of stimulation is an issue here.

At night he turns into a little demon, complete 180 from his normal personality... jumping up and biting everyone, running around and barking and whining and nipping. It is so exhausting, I hate evenings now. I have tried everything to stop him from acting crazy at night. Including isolating mysel