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It’s been a rough last couple of months for me. I’ve struggled with anxiety the majority of my life, and depression since I was about 12/13ish. I had a flare up of the anxiety, oh, probably 2 months ago and I lost 7 pounds in as many days because I couldn’t eat anything for an entire week without throwing it up. So I tried a new therapist, and things seemed to be going better…Until about a month ago, when in one week my therapist quit on me, a couple of friends stabbed me in the back, & my main horse and my youngster turned up lame for no reason. Then, to cap it all off my little ‘therapy bun’ (as I liked to call Luna) passed away while I was out of town for the weekend. It’s taken about this long for me to get myself together enough to write this without melting down. But, things are finally looking up and on Saturday I’ll be picking up a new little addition to my animal menagerie…A little broken cream English Lop that I’ve named Calypso. She’s the runt of the breeders litter, and has been bottle fed since she was about two weeks old (the mother passed). She’s the breeder’s favorite, and when I told her what had happened/what I was looking for in a bun she said this little one would fit the bill perfectly
(the one on the middle is Calypso <3)
(and here she is again <3...Excuse the low quality of the photos, they're photos that the breeder sent me
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Isn’t it a pain in the derriere BrunosMama? I really want to get on medication for it, just something to take the edge off, but the looks and speeches I get from my family when I mention it *rolls eyes* And thank you <3
I’m very excited to pick her up Saturday, and it’s looking like I have a hat full of names to choose from since I decided that I probably shouldn’t settle completely on a name until I had met the bun *laughs*. Right now I have Waffles (from Parks & Rec and my friend, Hazel’s, pick), Calypso ‘Callie’ (my cousin, SJ’s choice), and Athena. I know this is a horrible idea, and odds are I’ll go with a completely different name than any y’all choose, but y’all want to throw your names into the ring? I have a horse named Artemis, dogs named Max and Mara, and my geldings are named Sonny and Kai. I like different sounding names, especially any from mythology. I LOVE Greek and Celtic mythology…and I’m really into the show Supernatural
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Moxie, I missed your last comment! I don’t really have triggers either…I just always have a pit in my stomach and pretty severe insomnia. I also have issues getting the courage up to talk to people on the phone/talk to strangers period. Once I force myself to it’s no big deal and I get along with people great (although I overthink everything later on and assume everyone dislikes me
), but getting myself to do it is quite the feat. I’m seriously contemplating meds for it because it’s getting to the point where it’s impeding my ability to function in the real world…and Calypso *IS* a great name if I do say so myself 
LBJ 10, Thank you <3 And she is quite the cutie! I get to pick her up in three days
Here’s a picture the breeder sent me today-
She’s 4lbs 10oz at 11 weeks and her ears are 20in from tip to tip
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Aren’t those ears just something else!?!
Vienna, I was actually thinking about getting my Border Collie certified as a therapy dog…As a kid I used to volunteer over 60 hours a week during the summer and easily a good 40 a week during the school year. I haven’t had the opportunity to volunteer in a very long time (since we moved from Charleston, SC tbh) and I think if I could calm Max down at all he would be great at it and love it! (plus it would help with his timidity a bit…he doesn’t get bad, he just kind of ‘melts’ into me) Thank you for the confirmation…now to get Max into an obedience class and calm him down/get him to stop jumping on people
The ears go back through centuries of breeding. The way they bred these ears into the rabbit was via a VERY hot room/house/shed and then selective breeding. They don’t naturally grow this long. The breed is also known for (at least what I was reading when I was researching rabbit breeds that would be good for me!) their very loving and people friendly disposition. Actually, here are a couple of links I found that go into the breed’s history and etc
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http://www.angelfire.com/mi/belsonsbunnies/page3.html
http://www.justrabbits.com/english-lop.html#gs.ZeQhvCI (you have to scroll down a bit on this one to get to the ‘history’ bit
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ABH – I’m a strong advocate for mental health treatment. It does not get better if you ignore it. Medication and probably some therapy would help lots. I have had bipolar since I was 13 (20 years ago!) And through my own experiences, medicine helps! I was off meds for about 3 years. I was miserable and made many bad life choices. Even though now I struggle to remain “balanced” I would be a train wreck without treatment. Definitely a good thing to consider. If you need help getting started, you may try looking up the NAMI (national alliance on mental illness) website. They have a national site ( I believe it’s either NAMI.org or NAMI.com) and then from there it breaks down into state and local chapters. Your local chapter may be able to guide you to a good doctor and give you information that is helpful.
Animals are great therapy! Just hugging a bunny cheers me up.
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BrunosMama- My uncle’s a psychiatrist and my mom’s side of the family has a myriad of mental health issues so I know how important catching it early and getting on the right medication (or combination thereof) is…My best friend has very similar symptoms as me and went on meds recently and it’s amazing how much better she’s doing since starting. I will definitely check out that website. I’m just leery of therapists now because all three I’ve tried have just made it worse in the end
And animals are amazing therapy! It’s why I have 6 horses & 5 dogs (although only two of the dogs, and three of the horses + the pony are actually mine
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I have a Border Collie X Mini Aussie cross that was originally bought to be a working cattle dog (then life happened and I had a slight falling out with my old boss who had the cows and the knowhow), and he lives inside and is basically my shadow. I also, personally, own a Livestock Guardian Dog (she’s a Great Pyrenees X Anatolian Cross) who stays out with my horses and keeps the mountain lions and coyotes back. She’s always outside, and the one time we had to contain her because she had just had a bunch of foxtails removed from her feet…she ended up eating THROUGH a door to get back to her livestock O_o She’s my heart dog, though, and I wish she was happy coming inside for even just a little bit, but she HATED when we used to drag her in (we no longer live on property). We also have a pitbull and an old lab who run with the LGD because we couldn’t find anywhere that would let us bring them with us after we moved off property…It was hard enough convincing anywhere to let us have the BC and my mom’s chihuahua (ok…so maybe the chihuahua doesn’t count as a dog
He’s more like a rat mixed with a cat ?) I’m also extremely jealous of your German Shepherd mixes…Ive always wanted a long hard black German Shepherd or a black Siberian Husky. We had a GS growing up and he was a slightly crazy but AMAZING dog <3 -
The German Shepherd mix puppies are about 9 months(?) now. They were unexpected rescues. We were told they were 12 weeks old, but they CLEARLY weren’t. They were probably about 8 weeks. The people bought them when they were about 5-6 weeks old and had them for only about 2 and a half weeks. But they were not fed during that time and were starving. They were covered in feces and urine and tied upstairs to a wheelchair. They only had each other, barely any human contact or care at all. It was terrible. My dad was there helping clean out the basement (the people had no running water and their sewer pipes burst). They had MANY animals living in that house (chickens, cats, bunnies) but sadly my dad could only rescue the puppies. The people said they didn’t have enough money to leave them at the shelter so they were just going to release them if we didn’t take them.
So we brought them home, bathed them and fattened ’em up. They still have severe food aggression (to other animals, not people) though, and Tilly is scared of new people. But we are working with them. Zero (husky) is turning 6 next month. We got him from somebody who didn’t have enough time for him. He was pretty much always in a kennel, but other than that he had been loved and taken care.
Snickers (mini dachshund) is my dog. I was able to convince my parents to let me get her for my birthday 4 years ago.
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The D3200 is a decent entry level camera
They came out with it about a year after I got mine…although I still wish I’d gone with the 5100 and spent the little bit more cash. The swivel screen is definitely worth the money. You HAVE to get the fixed 50mm with the 1.8 aperture. The bokeh and the depth of field and the beautiful background blurring and just *sighs dreamily* It’s by far and away my favorite lens of all time…but it’s definitely a lens that should be shot in full manual for full effect/to see how beautiful it is. It takes your photos to the next level
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[[hugs]] {{{{Binky free Luna}}}} 
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