(Part 3) Top products from r/Eyebleach

Gardein and Bocca make some pretty damn good ground beef replacements. I remember making speghetti with some of Gardein's beefless ground a few weeks after going vegan, and even then I remember absolutely loving it. Cow's milk is also super easy to replace. I actually like almond and cashew milk a lot more than dairy, completely looking past the inherent problems in dairy production. Butter is also super easy to replace, Smart Balance/Earth Balance both work, look, smell, and taste just like regular butter (albeit slightly "thicker" when fresh out of the fridge).

I'm not going to lie and say all the meat/dairy replacers out there taste great, because they don't. I've tried some really fucking bad black bean burgers, and some amazing bean burgers. Some tofu I've had was pretty plain, but some I could eat every meal if I knew how to prepare it. You're not going to love every veggie burger just like you most likely don't love every beef burger you eat. But just like beef burgers, theres some amazing veggie burgers out there as well (if you can find it, try Amy's California veggie burger!). Besides from store-bought vegan food, there's /r/VegRecipes on reddit, The Vegan Zombie on youtube, and if you're really serious, the cookbook But I Could Never Go Vegan! by Kristy Turner. The cookbook is categorized based on the different excuses people give to eating vegan food ("What will I do without cheese?" "But I love seafood!", etc). The way I think about is, even if my sandwich I'm eating would taste better with a beef burger on it, does that slight difference in taste warrant what happens on factory farms (where at least 95% of meat is sourced from in the U.S)

Veganism is a philosophy that recognizes eating/exploiting animals inherently causes them suffering, and that we should try our best to avoid causing that suffering where we practicably can. I went vegan overnight about 6 months ago and haven't ran into any problems since. If you're interested in going vegan at all, check out this video. It'll help you go vegan overnight if you decide you want to try it, and even if you don't, it still has some great advice.

But even if you don't fully go vegan, any change you make is a positive one. Can you only replace cow's milk with almond milk? Are you only willing to replace a single beef burger a week? Can't give up dairy ice-cream yet? Don't stress about it too much. Obviously living off of strictly sustainable, garden-grown fruits and vegetables is optimal, but you doing anything is better than nothing, even if that's just one vegan meal a week.

Anyways, hope I wasn't being too preachy. Check us out at /r/vegan. Even if you don't decide to go fully vegan, or plant-based at all, I'm sure people will be more than willing to talk to you if you come in with an open mind.

We would take a small training treat and put it in the palm of our hand with fingers closed around it and tell him gentle, and he had to use either his tongue or nose to get to the treat from inside our hand, instead of trying to nip or nibble at fingers to get it. We started focusing on gentle (as well as a few other critical commands like sit, stay, off, down, come/heel, bed, leave it, drop it etc... the basics are really really important for larger dogs) as soon as we brought him home knowing he would eventually grow to be a pretty big boy, and he took to it pretty fast.

We carried the behavior through with larger things by giving him a toy or larger treat and only releasing when he would softly take it from us and do so slowly and with control. It's funny to see how excited he gets sometimes but will do everything he can to control himself when getting something, and then dart off somewhere because he just can't hold it in anymore lol. It gives you a sense of appreciation and respect to see your animal make decisions around their behavior because they know what you expect, and what nets them those tasty treats.

I've been using this for about a year and it's pretty awesome. I had never used an electric sharpener before, so I have nothing to compare it to.

Pretty much every time I cook, I run the chef knife through the 3rd stage (finest grit wheel) to make it perfect. At this point, it's so sharp you barely need to press on it when cutting most veggies.

The first stage is really rough. I've only used it a handful of times.

Btw, the knife I mainly use is an off-brand $10 chef knife from the grocery store. I imagine there are better knives, but a good sharpener goes a long way in making mediocre knives great.

This is amazing. I’ve noticed the balls I get for my dog make a whistling sound, your pup might really benefit from the sound! Planet Dog Orbee Tuff Ball, 3-Inch https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000AY6W26/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_5bKcBbJY6131R

I’m sorry. I know how frustrating that is. Hopefully the crate will help. We got these bones for our dog when she was a puppy and we were crate training. It was great because it kept her so occupied and helped her channel some of her extra energy. I swear they’re indestructible- we had the same one for years and I finally had to take it from her because she was getting old and cracked a tooth (not on the bone, but chewing the bone would have made it worse).

. stuffed shin bone

Worth a try.

Those balls are sweet - they glow in the dark which makes it much easier for my dog to find and they make a whistling sound when you throw them which makes my blinder dog able to track it. https://www.amazon.com/Chuckit-Medium-Glow-2-5-Inch-1-Pack/dp/B001B4TV2W

It's called the "Cat Charmer" and is made by a company called Cat Dancer. It's just a super-long (approx 4-5 ft.) rainbow-colored string made of tough felt that's attached to a short plastic wand. We got ours on Amazon: non-affiliate link. Sometimes I tie it around my waist and walk around (doing chores etc), and my kitty "hunts" the string trailing after me 😺

Yes they absolutely do. They don't peel hard skins but any softer skin like apples, pears, potatoes, etc.(?) will do.

It appears to be a [Rotato peeler.] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000X9EPT0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_RIVyCb22EQZDF) from a quick Google search.

This book will show both how adorable they are as pets and unfeasable to live with (they will bring down your dining room table, chew threw your floor.)

There was a book based on this premise. It was a good read imo.

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Next-Generation-Planet/dp/1451691513

Yeah, he's not their parent. He's probably a half-generation ahead of the puppies. I knew some Frenchie breeders and they usually had a new litter before the last one was fully mature.

I don't condone dog breeding but these guys weren't running a puppy mill. They doted on these dogs and trained them and did super puppy exercises with them and whatnot.

I like these

They did ! Or rather, they did publish a book (The Mouse in the Manor House), but it's not an anthology of their poems on reddit.

You say "ass"terisk, they say dishtowel holder.

I make the same faces with the Tingler.

The Amazon customer images for this scale are a goldmine

Amazon sells catnip bubbles. My cats come running when I shake the bottle.

VTech toys are very loud and have lots of buttons. There's also this classic https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00000IZOU/ref=pd_aw_sbs_21_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=GT0D8ERZKRAWGZ9VC3HW

All I can think about with a dog's name "Walter"

https://www.amazon.com/Walter-Farting-Dog-William-Kotzwinkle/dp/1583940537

Buy a moka pot. Shoot some espresso shots before you go to class.

Mine makes 9 shots/batch.