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Being Scottish doesn't make me mean - it means I'm frugal.
I've always thought of myself as quite a thrifty, frugal person, but with a penchant for slightly impulsive behavioural traits. I squirrel away every penny I can, in true 'cyberdosh' fashion, and then, just when I think I can afford to breath a sigh of relief at the bills being paid, I'll SPEND, SPEND, SPEND on something major. Or, at least, it's major in my financial league!
Like the time my friend and I went to market for a wander around, and I came back with 12 laying hens, 2 lambs and a bootload of cheap bedding plants... my reckoning was, FREE eggs, NO MORE MOWING THE LAWN, and SELL THE PLANTS FOR PROFIT, which I promptly did. Before anyone asks, the lambs grew and flourished and were retired to pasture as company for a pony. But I did get £35 each for them after paying £4.
Well, I'm certainly in save, save, save mode now because I have just agreed to live for a full 12 months on no more than £4,000.00 Right now, it's worth a whole lotta dollars and, had I not agreed to the Cyberdosh.com Challenge, I might have found myself tempted to cross the Atlantic. Exchange rates as they are CANNOT be very tempting for US visitors to the UK. My answer to that - come to Scotland, we know all the tricks of existing on a budget.
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Perhaps I can help; like babies, puppies' digestive systems aren't quite fully developed. The best way, I've found, to get them to understand housetraining is to keep it regulated along with mealtimes. (I'm assuming that you don't leave food out all the time) Outside first thing in the morning, lots of praise for doing what's to be done and then, after every meal, repeat the same routine. It helps if mealtimes are at regular times and if supper is well before bedtime, to allow time for nature to take it's course. Try to make sure your pup associates a certain word or phrase with each action, ie dinner, walkies, toilet etc, and after a few days of sticking rigidly to the routine, puppy should associate each one of his/her newly learned actions with the appropriate keyword followed by your response. At mealtimes, make sure the puppy knows that it's time to eat up, give him/her adequate time and then take the food away if it isn't all eaten. This way, you know how much he's consuming and it also helps save on the petfood bills. Hope this helps :) ... View related article. |
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