One time when I was like 8 I was playing Minecraft and I was cycling through the different discs and playing them because I wanted to see the pretty songs. Well while I was doing this I ended up putting disc 11 in and walking away to go do something else.
When it started playing I didn't know what it was and for some reason I couldn't make the connection between the sounds and the disc I had just put in. I got so scared that I started crying and I turned off the PlayStation and then I didn't play Minecraft again for week
this dog would NOT catch all weekend and still managed to snag a second place & longest catch (70 yards) on Saturday. on Sunday, she caught ONE SINGLE FRISBEE and somehow managed to get another second in Skyhoundz XD.
i think i probably threw 30-40 discs this weekend and she caught 6. 5 of them were in one day. incredible. but i am so absurdly proud of this dog and her ability to be off her game and still place.
Absolute theory/headcanon/analysis/general idea legend whatudottu character arc of slowly becoming one of the four (4) Cerebrocrustacean fans in the entire fandom (even if Petrosapiens will always be #1 in its heart, which, you know, completely understandable NGL) let’s gooooo!
Also I can’t believe I haven’t made this connection until now but:
Cerebrocrustacean: “My people have a rich and complex history and culture, but most of the galactic audience boils us down to being nothing but ‘the violently bigoted xenophobes who keep destroying their own planet’ and it frustrates me to no end.”
Gourmand who’s been forced to hear the same “I can excuse cannibalism but I draw the line at marrying outside of your own race” joke over and over again: “Yeah, welcome to the club, pal.”
Me and my homies (4) being cerebrocrustacean fans: If cerebrocrustaceans have 0 fans we are dead, haha- Would buy merchandise to convince CN that Brainstorm is a cool transformation *looks over my shoulder to see the playdough brainstorm with removable brain toy that either I or my sibling got millions of years ago*
ANYWAY!
It's very evident when I don't think about a particular species when I have to look something up like the gourmand cannibalism, but seeing as though they have a collective pocket dimension where their stomach goes (at least that's where the logic got them in the show instead of being consumed food expelled in energy reflux), if cannibalism didn't implode the two gourmands like how bag of holding inception works then I suppose it's far better than *shudders* perk murk relationships. Got a whole 'house divided' 'alike in dignity' situation over here, Perkulet and Murktague having asses-
...You know what if I get a chance to think about gourmands in more detail I might turn that pocket dimension into a magic thing instead of a xenobiology thing that's just overall bullshit- comes free with potentially real cannibalism but like they've eaten 11 planets I think cannibalism just in general pales in comparison to what they could do-
Well, whatever cannibalism gourmands excuse and all the jokes they have to deal with about perk murk relationships being somehow much much worse, at least they don't get shoveled with 'violent bigots' that 'aren't smart enough to support their lifestyle without destroying their own planet' which well- I don't have any present headcanons as to why Encephalonus is on it's 4th edition yet but let me tell you, when cerebrocrutaceans found out the galvans lost their planet (admittedly to the Highbreed Invasion) and then galvans WEREN'T immediately assumed to have fucked up somewhere, you can bet that Dr Psychobos was one in the crowd that went absolutely livid.
Basic health things first: make sure your dog is old enough and have their growth plates closed before working on this. When in doubt, wait. Also make sure that your dog is in physical shape to do this and has a good body awareness.
Unwritten foundation skills I'm using here that I didn't think of when editing video:
a strong drive to bite the disc. Either a natural desire like Hopper, or for dogs like Bern a built one where they know that Bite is the last action before their cookie of choice so it develops value that way.
Dog is 100% allowed and encouraged to be on the human's body (normal people probably add "In this specific context". I honestly don't care)
Dog is comfortable with the human supporting/touching them while in mid-air
Basic breakdown of how I teach a leg vault.
Move on from each step when your dog is confident and enthusiastic with where you are currently at and don't be afraid to take a step back to reinforce the foundations if the current step is getting a little shakey.
Foundations skills - a and b in the video can be worked in either order and are pretty standard not-disc-specific skills. Vertical disc is just another form of impulse control and means pay attention because you are getting information, but the disc isn't available to bit until flat.
Place the target at the appropriate spot for take off. Cue going to the target, then add in your vault cue. (there is an extra yes in here because we are pass this point and Hopper thought it was stupid) . Mark the correct position and release to disc (flip flat so it becomes available to bite).
The reward/disc position is what is used to get the vaulting behaviour. The dog's head goes where the disc is, so you want to position it where the dog will have to hit your leg to get it. Remember to leave room for the dog's body and the vault. You'll also want to keep it closer towards your torso so it becomes inefficient for the dog to go around your leg to get it. /
At this point I also help the dog with the landing in case they are so focused on disc that they forget about the landing.
Same as step 2, but you drop the first target cue and have just the vault cue to get the dog into the proper position.
Here you can drop helping the dog land. You can feel when the dog is ready for this from the previous steps as you help them down since you can feel them setting up for landing (or not in which case don't move on quite yet). If it is going slow or your dog is relying on you to be a dumbass who doesn't have to think about landing you can adjust how lightly you support them first.
Add in the toss. Practice the toss without the dog multiple times first so you know where it is going. My vertical pose indicates to the dog where the top of the toss will be so they can plan their jump from where they are.
Remove the target indicator and make sure that the dog is getting the right spacing.
When moving up to standing, I go all the way back to the beginning to make sure the foundations for that specific look of the vault are solid.
Huh. Ordered a three pack of glow in the dark Jawz Hyperflites as the evenings get shorter, but this time I actually ordered a set of 7in Pups instead of the full size ones.
And.... she loves the Pups. Matilda's big Jawz were met with disgust (her) and awkward regret (me): I'm much worse at aiming them, they're heavier, and they're therefore much harder to catch. That said, for a dog who routinely tries to catch discs by intercepting them with her body, returning to the cheap plastic PetSmart discs is not a great idea. So we were grumpily trudging along, trying to be safe.
Enter the 7inch Pup. Suddenly they're much lighter and more maneuverable again. They're smaller, so short little Matilda finds them easier to carry. She seems to like the material fine, she's easy on her discs, and she's back to gleefully insisting that HUMAN THROW THE FRISBEE instead of suggesting repeatedly that we play with the jolly ball instead.
I really wouldn't have expected the much smaller and slightly cheaper disc to be so much better for us, but shows what I know! I'm really pleased with it.
may have girlbossed a bit too close to the sun and ... already finished setting up my discord server for my fult ... uhrm now i need to like advertise it .. on here, this is gonna be cringe TwT
Literally never forgiving mr tomathy innit imagine if he made the dream smp finale on November 16th and we had the poeticness of him and tubbo blowing the dream smp up exactly 2 years after wilbur blew lmanburg up.
Was considering buying (ridiculously overpriced) Sunny blu-rays to (very, very legally) rip them (for Personal Use archival purposes), decided to test on a blu-ray I already own, realized my external drive only reads DVDs, successfully ripped a DVD, but then was sent down a rabbit hole trying to see if I could use my (again, very, very legally) hacked PS3 to rip the .iso (I can) since it is indeed a blu-ray player with an attached PC-adjacent machine...
Long story short. If you see me spending $70 on seasons 1-5 on DVD and 6 on blu-ray, no you didn't, but also expect a 1080p season 6 bloopers upload in the near future.
definitely not from me, though. no way. i would never do that. i'm not a pirate. i'm just a good ole upstanding wiki admin.