#a nice hike

[jenjen4280]

I shamelessly seize any opportunity to drag the Hot Wife out for a walk in the woods whenever she’s bored. This time she was an expert fungi spotter and pointed out several fungi that I missed (see photos) as I was taking photos of other fungi.

It’s rare that she is such an active participant on my mushroom hikes, so it’s super special when she gets into it and points stuff out to me. And she used an app on her phone to identify the pine trees that she really likes (loblolly pine).

[egophiliac]

was this anyone else's first thought, or

[beansnpeets]

Thinking about human behaviour compared to animal behaviour again.

It's funny to hear people (the older gens) complaining that "kids these days are lazy, they don't wanna work, etc." What do we get for busting our asses? There is no reward. Many will never own homes. Many are unemployed, trying to find work, and nobody will hire them because they don't have a million years experience and a masters degree OR they want people to work for minimum wage??? People are giving up because there is no reward. Why would we do all this for nothing?

Same as a dog that won't recall when you haven't reinforced it with a reward. Your dog isn't going to do what you tell it to if there is no incentive. No, your dog SHOULDN'T listen just because you're boss and it should respect you. That isn't how it works. They don't think that way. And honestly neither do people.

When we went hiking Sprocket wasn't always taking treats gently from me when I recalled her or she checked in and I rewarded and my one friend told me to stop giving her treats. I told him I won't work for free so why should she. And he said "I do things for free all the time because I want to do them," and I didn't say it then, but I wish I had, but if you like doing it, that's the incentive. It's a self-rewarding behaviour. Just like anything else a dog does, like chasing a squirrel or sniffing things or getting into the trash. Heeling instead of going off to sniff stuff or recalling off of something they want to chase is something you have to reinforce. You have to give them something better so they make the choice you want them to make. They won't make it just because they *respect* you. They won't willingly recall off of exciting prey out of RESPECT. You need to give them a tangible reward for that. You cannot possibly expect your dog to listen just because and then punish them for disobeying you.

Yeah, Sprocket bit my fingers a couple times. The one time pretty hard. But she was excited. She knows how to take gently and I reminded her and she tried very hard to be gentle most of the time. I wasn't going to stop rewarding her for checking in with me and recalling while we were off leash hiking in the woods. I want her to know that coming back to me is good and in the event of an emergency I would like her to not blow me off.

[cloudstuffs]

THE GANG

[mossypidder]

I know it’s seven AM, but I just finished this little guy and I just really need to share him.

Pricing will be $3.84 and the sticker would be about three inches tall.

[chlobody]

me + my girls at Red Rocks in Morrison, CO

[bradaw94]

[shotmrmiller]

⚠️TW - KIDNAPPING⚠️

Okay so it's obvious that this would never happen, but just imagine you SOMEHOW manage to escape from the 141, no way you're getting more than a few days before they find you again

you're right that slipping through their fingers would never happen. as if they wouldn't have shifts to keep an eye on you. and cameras. and dogs. but if you somehow did, this time they're lacing their fingers together and making a prison with em.

i personally love the idea of them being really really tolerant of your outbursts. they get it. this is all very different for you, no doubt hard to handle. so they take your punches and kicks and bites with incredible grace. at the end of the day, you're better off with them, no matter how resistant. but then you make your grand escape and decide that they've clearly been too nice. they've given you everything you could ask for; a bedroom fit for royalty, your favorite foods stocked full, their unconditional love and attention.

but that ends when you decide to bite the hand that's fed you. if you're gonna act like a runaway dog, then they'll treat you like it. (depending on who's decided to make you a permanent part of his life, this punishment could last from a half hour to days 🥲)

[sophietite]

When you're trying to take pics on the trail but the wind already made alternative plans. Thats okay though because the sky looks painted on 😮‍💨

[herigo]

[got-to-go-my-own-way]

[comicaurora]

this is non comic or OSP related, so sorry if i'm overstepping, but do you have any advice for someone that wants to move/exercise more but is utterly unmotivated?(not exercise for muscles, just movement for the sake of movement)

Honestly? Think of something physically demanding you want to be able to do. Stuff like hiking and/or climbing rough terrain, running free with the wind in your hair, swordfighting, stunt falls, sick metal gear combat rolls - anything that has ever made you sit up and think "I wish I could do that!" Once you reframe movement and exercise as a way to make your body capable of more fun things, it becomes a lot easier to stay motivated.

[julykings]

gym stoner bf summer …

[portraitoftheoddity]

Y'all. I moved to the fucking middle of nowhere and somehow have the most active social life I've ever had???

HOW???

[so-very-small]

borrower who decides they’re long overdue for a vacation, and sneaks into the human’s bag to tag along on their lazy beach getaway. except they climbed into the human’s roommate’s bag, and now they are dragged along into an intensive wilderness hike in the middle of nowhere with a human that doesn’t even know they’re there (yet!)

[corvidaedream]

dysphoria vs the need to be the cutest bitch in the 18th century: fight!