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Let me preface this by saying that yes, I know this dog needs to go to the vet. There are no emergency vets anywhere local. She will see the vet first thing in the morning.
My parents have a 14 year old schnoodle. She’s been in stellar health for years, recently confirmed by a checkup. She has progressively began eating dirt over the past year or two, but the vet 2 weeks ago said it’s likely her “trying to eat worms” and not to worry much. The cause for the most recent vet visit was a random change in her lifelong eating habits, as she suddenly stopped caring much for food, and beginning to just nibble throughout the day. Historically she has always scarfed down food, obsessively, likely due to her being a puppy mill rescue, but never foreign objects or poo. Queen of diligently waiting for a human to accidentally drop something in the kitchen. Now she doesn’t care much for stealing the other dogs food, a favorite past time.
Tonight, about 3 hours ago, she was found in the hallway having thrown up, with a 3” twig around the thickness of spaghetti in it. Unsure if it was just in the fur around her mouth, or actually ingested. Could go either way. She was seemingly okay, but then an hour later she was found laying in the hall again, having pooped(kinda mushy, a-typical from her standard poo), and seeming a little lethargic. When her stomach has hurt in the past, she is typically lethargic afterwards, and 14 year old dog having an accident isn’t terribly strange. She’s old and while very spry, obviously aging.
However, she is now unable to stand, is seemingly confused(but she’s also deaf so she doesn’t always respond), and seems to be exceedingly weak. Her chest also seems to be enlarged or bloated, though my family doesn’t agree. Pulse and breathing are normal. She doesn’t appear to be in pain or be struggling to breathe, nor is she trying to get up and move around.
Is this a stroke? Is it perhaps a piece of twig causing a blockage? Just seeking some guidance in the interim before the vet opens in the morning.

We have a 13 week old potcake from St. Lucia, we brought her home just over three weeks ago. She is extremely food driven, and she enjoys training. We signed up for a five week puppy basics course, there is just one other puppy in the class of a similar age. The first two sessions went well, I didn't love the trainer but I felt like we were making progress. Overall I feel like the trainer is a bit scattered, she jumps from activity to activity and isn't always prepared. She frequently focusses on one puppy for many minutes, and sometimes when she does that I feel like we're just repeatedly doing things wrong with our puppy without advice or correction from her.
Today was a rough class for us. We were doing an exercise in which the trainer poured some very high value treats in a bowl, teased our puppy with them by waiving the bowl under her face, and then placed the bowl on one side of the room and had us try to refocus our puppy away from the high value treats by putting pressure on the leash. The trainer had separated the room into two with some dividers (one side for each puppy), but she had done so in a way that made our side of the room much too small, so there wasn't much space between our puppy at the end of the leash and the bowl. The other dog was also right behind the barrier, and they had just come off some very rambunctious play, so not only was my puppy very into getting to the treat bowl, she was very into getting to the dog behind the treat bowl. Overall I think it was much too overwhelming for her, given how food driven she is.
While the trainer was focussed on the other puppy my dog started pulling hard towards the treat bowl, so much so that she started choking. I refocused her a few times but she kept pulling hard to the bowl. The trainer finally came over and basically scolded me for having our puppy in a martingale collar (she kept repeating "it's strangling her!"). The martingale collar is recommended by our rescue and we haven't previously had any issues with her pulling so hard in it.
I was pretty upset by the experience and I'm considering finding a new puppy school. Am I being dramatic? Is this normal conduct from the trainer? Should we stop using a martingale collar for training?

I’m wrapping up my first week after adopting my dog and it’s pretty challenging. I helped my ex with her dog who was a rescue puppy as well, and that felt doable and enjoyable. Doing it solo has been kinda intense though ngl. The time and energy invested in taking care of my puppy is pretty incredible, to the point where it’s definitely affecting my work. And I find it hard to imagine how I can fit in the other cherished parts of my life with my dog owning responsibilities. So I look to community here - what mindset should I try on? Despite the challenges I feel ruggedly committed to making this work. But any “smarter not harder” tips from vets or just perspectives on how this can improve over time would be helpful.

Whe adopted our girl (a medium sized mut) when she was around 10 month old, she's 4 now. She was at the fosters for 3 months, found in the relative wilderness, completely dessicated, just skin and bones. When we adopted her she was still extremely skinny and seemingly not food motivated (that changed after a while).
We noticed she has keen prey drive, and while she's othervise pretty obidient and velcro, a sight, a sound or sniff of a prey animal gets her going. In that order. We think she has strong sighthound traits, but are just guessing. DNA is too expensive and too difficult to get here so the guess will have to do.
She's great with dogs and people, terrified of cats, but wouldn't leave her unattended with a kitten (she licked lips when my she saw a rescue bottle baby). Will chase after a boar (big problem where I live) but won't confront it, will also chase a rabbit. She'll chase anything just for the hell of it. When she plays with other dogs, she likes to run not wrestle. Oh, and she's obsessed with lizards. Between her and our cat, no lizard is safe in our yard.
But her favorite pray is not a pray animal at all. Hedgehogs. And it's a problem. She killed several hedgehogs over the last couple of years. I hate that because hedgehogs are cute and useful, and I don't want her to kill anything (she's mostly bad at hunting lizards, they hide). She expertly opens them and holds them in her jaws WITHOUT HURTING HERSELF, ever. She will not listen to "drop" command, and we cannot force her to drop them phisically without getting impaled on the hedgehog ourselves. I don't understand how she does it. Hedgehogs mostly have no natural predators because od the spines, and curling into a ball, but somehow she manages to uncurl themand never gets impaled. Even the trainer couldn't get her to stop fixating on the hedgehog in front of her. She was responding to "leave it" and "wait", but wouldn't stop looking and fixating on the hedgehog.
My theory is that while she was wandering and hungry that was the only thong she could actually catch, since she had no energy for faster pray. I dunno...
I need advice because it's another summer full of hedgehogs, and I'd like to avoid further casulties.

TLDR; Is my boss and I at major risk of littermate syndrome if our puppies live separate lives?
So I work as a private caretaker for a woman who is a friend of mine. Recently, she lost one of her dogs and her other dog was heart broken. He was constantly bored, being destructive, very lonely as he missed his buddy. Well, at the same time my room mate had just moved out with her dog and my house had been getting pretty lonely. So I decided I wanted a dog of my own. Well, she told me that if I got a pup then I could bring it to work with me so that her dog had a playmate. I decided to get a puppy because my room mates dog chased and scared my cat and so I wanted to be able to raise this puppy around him so he could get used to it as it grew.
So I fell in love with this little girl from a rescue- a Bernese Mountain Dog mix. I've always adored the breed and she was perfect for me. Well my boss found out about her breed and found out she had a brother. She was adamant that she needed this puppy because her previous dog did mobility work for her and Berners are in the top 10 for mobility. We were both concerned about littermate syndrome but at the time we figured that since the puppies were only going to be together a few hours a day, with weekends between, that it wouldn't be a huge issue.
It's been a few weeks since then and we have been vigilant about it. They eat lunch in different rooms, take naps In separate rooms, and each day my girl goes home with me and gets all the toys, attention, and treats she could ever want. There haven't been much symptoms of LMS so far. No anxiety when apart, they will go lay apart from each other often, they both like human attention, and respond well to potty training and basic commands. They both adore her other dog and will play with him as well as each other.There's two concerns, however. When one of us gives one puppy attention the other immediately gets jealous and tries to shove the other out of the way, often nipping at the other's legs or face. The other is that they have gotten pretty rough with each other a couple of times over the past few days. Like to the point where it sounds like playing turning into fighting. We correct and separate but it happened once yesterday and 3 times today, which is concerning to me. Its gotten me pretty spooked and I just need advice on what more we can do to prevent aggression from escalating.

Just a question for you guys, do your pups become nauseous in the morning??
Our old girl who passed last month had something we now call "empty stomach syndrome" where, we assume is due to the lovely high greyhound metabolism, she would experience extreme nausea in the mornings, her stomach would make loud noises, lip licking, gulping and so forth. Once she ate, it stopped and she was fine.
We got our new pup on the 28th of may and we've come to find he does the exact same thing, in the morning his stomach is deafening, he demands grass, he starts gulping (only very slightly)
Now our old lady that passed earlier was a rescue from the Greyhound Adoption Program in Seymour, but our new boy was given to us from a woman that races greys, she wanted us to have him because she was retiring him and he needed a good home.
This woman lied about a lot of things when it comes to this pup and we really don't believe much of what she's told us, specifically that him having a loud stomach, gulping and constantly eating grass is a normal thing, "he just does that."
We called bullshit and have started giving him very small breakfasts early in the morning and he no longer has a noisy stomach or shows any sign of nausea afterwards. He's happy, content and comfortable instead of stressing, nauseous and chowing down grass.
By no means am I saying that him eating grass is out of the ordinary as a lot of dogs eat grass basically just for funsies, they do it without a reason and that's ok. But grass eating accompanied by nausea and restlessness is where we have a problem.
Considering this is now 2 greyhounds with the same problem, my family was wondering if this is a frequent issue amongst greys
So I ask, did/does your pup experience morning nausea and how did you combat it??

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Introduction

Petrine is often an overlooked villain due to the fact she is underneath both Ashnard and Black Knight in terms of Daein's hierarchy and power. Most people notice how ruthless she can be as that is quite apparent but often overlook how cunning she is. She is often referred to as the same archetype as Narcian and Valter, the crazy evil general you must fight before late game which makes her come off as less competent than she truly is.

Chapter 5

Petrine is introduced after Daein fails to capture Princess Elincia and while it is ambiguous it is implied, she will execute the leader for his failure. This shows she's very ruthless, arguably to the detriment of Daein's army as fighting to the death isn't always better than a tactical retreat. However, it is Daein army's motto, and we know Ashnard is Daein's leader so one can argue she's compelled to obey his orders and is arguably being more ruthless than she otherwise would be.

Petrine: “What? What did you just say? I think I must be hearing things. I thought you said, “They got away.””
Dakova: “Ge-General Petrine. I am deeply ashamed. By my honor…”
Petrine: “Honor? I care nothing for your pathetic honor. Have you forgotten the Daein army’s motto? Success or failure, life or death. Hey, you! Get this trash out of here!”
Daein Soldier : “Yes, ma’am! Move it, you.”
Dakova: “W-wait! General Petrine, have mercy…”
Petrine: “Dog’s breath! I’m surrounded by worthless imbeciles. Ena!”

Anyway, Petrine is quick to ask Ena for advice on where the Greil Mercenaries are heading. Once Petrine is told they are heading to Gallia, she quickly takes the initiative to hunt them down. While this could be reckless compared to waiting for Ena to gather intel. However, one could argue this is actually smart despite her arrogant overconfidence due to the fact they must be defeated before they arrive to Gallia.

Petrine: “Tell me which way we should move to catch these mercenaries and the girl.”
Ena: “…The Crimean capital, Melior, is already under King Ashnard’s control…The remnants of the Crimean army are neglible…Which means the only place left for the princess to turn is south, to the kingdom of Gallia.”
Petrine: “Hah! So the girl, like her dead father before her, seeks the friendship of those hairy devils, eh? What an absolutely stupefying world we live in.”
Ena: “If she gains sanctuary in Gallia, capturing the princess will become that much more difficult….The mercenaries she has escorting her are a powerful group, not one to be taken lightly. I will gather intelligence on them as quickly as…”
Petrine: “It’s not necessary. I will head up the pursuit of our wandering princess.”
Ena: “General Petrine, you will go…yourself?”
Petrine: “If we know where the princess and her band are headed, there’s no need for subtlety. I’ll just hunt them down and kill them. Mercenaries? Hah! What’re they to me? Remember, I am General Petrine! No matter who I face, I have never failed, nor will I ever! Ha ha ha…”

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Chapter 6

So Petrine had already taken the initiative of sending scouts to track them and figures out they are making their way through the forest in Crimea near Gallia. We learn how Petrine was angry with Ena being her tactician, but she still ended up asking her for advice in the previous chapter which goes to show that despite looking down on her allies, she gives them a fair chance.

Daein Soldier: “…And that’s when we lost track of them. I assigned a squad to pursue them and returned so I could give you this report.”
Petrine: “Understood. You may step down.”
Petrine: “So Princess Elincia is making her way through the forest to Gallia…Ena!”
Petrine: “It appears your advice was sound. Well done. You have earned my praise.”
Ena: “Thank you.”
Petrine: “When the king assigned me a tactician, I wondered what I had done to lose his trust. When I saw it was a young girl,I burned with anger at the king’s judgment. Still, it’s worked out better than I had expected. Keep up the good work.”
Ena: “Of course.”
Petrine: “Now then, it’s time for the hunt to begin.”

Soren forms a plan to send Greil, Shinon and Gatrie as an elite diversionary force to distract the Daein army waiting for them at the edge of the forest which could allow the main force to cut through the weakened Daein force that is guarding the point of exit.

Greil: “Hold it right there, everyone. We’re coming to the edge of the forest. Form up. Combat positions.”
Titania: “I don’t suppose our Daein pursuers were willing to let us just slip away.”
Soren: “There is no doubt that they will attack again. Without knowing their numbers, it is difficult to advise a course of action.”
Greil: “Take your best guess, Soren. With the limited information we have, what is the best way to proceed?”
Soren: “…Some of our group cannot fight. If we are caught, we’ll have a difficult time defending them and attacking the Daeins. I propose we separate into two groups: a small fighting force to engage the enemy and buy the main group some time, and the rest of us–who will escort the princess to Gallia at full speed.”

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However, the plan fails due to the Daein army being concentrated in the location where Ike's force emerges preventing Greil from distracting them at a different point. Petrine being the overall commander of these troops as well as promising to begin the hunt must have been able to deduce where the main force would emerge allowing her to foil Soren's diversion strategy. In summary, she shows that she's good at predicting the movements of her enemy.

Ike: “So they’re waiting for us after all…”
Soren: “There are…more of them than I’d imagined there would be. I thought they would have been spread out across the forest border…I didn’t expect to see so many in one place.”
Ike: “Do we rethink our strategy?”
Soren: “No, we’ve already split up. It’s too late to reconsider now.”

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Chapter 7

Ike is looking for his father in a fort but ends up getting ambushed by Daein soldiers. Soon after, Petrine shows up and orders Ike to give Elincia up or die but good thing is that Ike had already managed to send her to Gallia by the end of chapter 6 although she doubts he's telling the truth.

Petrine: “Ha ha ha…Found you at last. You provided more entertainment than I thought you would.”
Ike: “Who are you?”
Petrine: “Me? I am General Petrine, and my arrival marks your doom. Lament your fortune,dear children, for all hope is lost. You will not leave this place alive.”
Soren: “Petrine…of the Four Riders of Daein?”
Ike: “Do you know her, Soren?”
Soren: “If she’s who I think, then she’s one of the four generals who are King Daein’s most trusted confidants. She is said to wield a flame lance of terrible arcane might.”
Petrine: “Ha ha ha…You’ve heard of me? Why, I’m flattered. I’ll try to make this easy on all of you. Give me the princess, and do it now. If I roast the girl along with you curs, I won’t be able to present her head to His Majesty.”
Ike: “Sorry to tell you this, but the princess isn’t here. She’s been in Gallia for quite some time now.”
Petrine: “What…nonsense is that? Do you expect me to believe you? There’s no way mercenary scum like you could get past my troops!”

Soon Greil shows up and calls her out on her arrogance.

Greil: “They say that blind arrogance sows the field of its own destruction. Something tells me they were talking about you.”
Petrine: “Who–“

He challenges her to a one on one duel which proves to be too tantalizing as she does like to fight against strong opponents even though she was smart enough to know it was a ruse.

Greil: “You said your name was Petrine, is that right? Listen up. This place is nowhere near big enough. There’s not enough room for a true contest between the two of us. I’m going elsewhere. You coming?”
Petrine: “Do you actually think I’m going to fall for such a simple ruse?”
Greil: “You and I, we’ve got more power than the average person. We don’t come across a chance like this too often. I’d like to flex my muscles without any distractions getting in the way. You?”
Petrine: “Ha ha…You really do know how to sweet talk a girl, don’t you? All right, I’m coming.”
Greil: “Over here.”

Greil was right that Petrine was too arrogant but despite Petrine being on the verge of defeat, it sounds like she has a plan to turn things around.

Petrine: “Dog’s breath! Who are you, man? You look like a common sellsword, but you fight like a demon!”
Greil: “What’s wrong? Ready to surrender?”
Petrine: “And admit defeat? Me? Dont’t be absurd…”

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Well Petrine's reinforcements show up and box the Greil Mercenaries in which shows why she was so confident in taking on Greil. She had a contingency in place in case Greil proved to be too strong which goes to show while she can be quite arrogant, she thinks ahead.

Daein Soldier: “Here they are! Over here!”
Ike: “Blast. Enemy reinforcements! Father! Let’s get out of here! There are too many–“
Greil: “…Looks like I’ve got no choice.”
Petrine: “Ha ha ha ha…So now, the tide has turned, hasn’t it?”
Petrine: “All troops, attack! Kill them! Kill them all!”
Greil: “Hm…Looks like our luck’s run out.”
Ike: “Father!”
Greil: “You have to survive this, Ike. I’m not going to lose you, not in this place. Are you ready?”
Ike: “Yes, Commander!”
Petrine: “You’ve nowhere to run. Curse whatever gods you hold, for they have abandoned you!”

Granted, she did end up getting her army ambushed from behind by the laguz foiling her strategy. Granted, originally she did not anticipate that Elincia had already gotten away to Gallia to call for help, let alone fast enough for Gallia to mobilize troops and reach them in time.

Ike: “What was that?”
Daein Soldier: “B-b-beasts! Gallian beast soldiers!”
Daein Soldier: “R-r-run! We’re going to be torn to shreds!”
Petrine: “Stand your ground, all of you! Don’t panic! I will personally slaughter the first man to turn his back on the enemy!”
Daein soldier: “Noooo!”
Daein Soldier: “B-b-beasts!”
Petrine: “Pfeh. Worthless cowards, one and all.”
Ranulf: “Attention, Daein soldiers! Leave this place at once! If you do not comply immediately, you will face Gallia’s full strength!”

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To her credit, originally she did not know that Elincia had already gotten away to Gallia to call for help, let alone fast enough for Gallia to mobilize troops and reach them in time. Even Ike was surprised at Elincia and the laguz showing up despite him knowing that Elincia had reached Gallia.

Ike: “Princess Elincia…Why did you return here?=”
Ranulf: “The princess came and requested Gallian aid for your mercenary company. That is what brings us here.”

Petrine shows a lot of bravery and is willing to continue the fight even when her underlings flee which may sound dumb but that's Ashnard's orders. It goes to show he's more of a brute than she is. Anyway, much like how the Greil Mercenaries were saved by the laguz, Petrine is saved by the Black Knight and he promises to convince Ashnard to explain her retreat.

Petrine: “Threaten me all you like. It’s not going to frighten me off. If I leave, His Majesty will have me executed. I’d rather die here in battle, with my honor intact.”
Black Knight: “Withdraw, General Petrine.”
Petrine: “The Black Knight…”
Black Knight: “As for your king, you have nothing to fear. I’ll explain things to him. Take your men and go.”
Petrine: “Tsk! All troops, fall back!”

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Chapter 19

When Ike invades Daein, Petrine decides to hire Naesala to fight alongside Daein to counter the invasion. She pays part of the cost upfront while promising to pay the rest afterwards, striking a balance between Daein's interests and Kilvas' interests. This shows she's good at making deals with a cunning potential adversary like Naesala, who managed to outwit Morris, one of Daein's commanders. All of this goes to show she too is quite pragmatic and cunning.
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Naesala: General Petrine, Kilvas will always stand at Daein's side... As long as we receive our payment, of course.
Petrine: If gold is all it takes, then may our friendship never end. See to it that your performance warrants such consideration! Homasa! Come here!
Homasa: Yes.
Petrine: Work with King Kilvas and put a stop to Crimea's army. No screw ups! Or else!
Homasa: Leave it to me, General.
Petrine: I will not suffer another failure, King Kilvas. You must finish them, and do so quickly...Are we clear? Arrr! I am sick to death of being made a fool by that Crimean floozy and her pathetic band of sellswords!
Naesala: And the remaining portion of my fee?
Petrine: Don't worry, we have it ready. You'll get paid when the job is done.
Naesala: As long as we're clear on that point, everything's settled. Well then, I'm off.

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This shows she's good at making deals with a cunning potential adversary like Naesala, who managed to outwit Morris, one of Daein's commanders, into creating an enemy with Begnion so that he can steal both of their treasures while they fight amongst each other.

Norris: Grrr...Look at this mess! I paid you good money to help me outmaneuver everyone else and catch the Crimean princess's ship first. Everything seemed to be going exactly as we'd planned. But now, we're being attacked by a squad of pegasus knights! We're flying no flags! We've stripped our armor of any crests! They should have no clue who we are! Why are they attacking us!?
Naesala: Call it a miscommunication...One of those unfortunate misunderstandings that seem to happen now and again.
Norris: You deceitful...King Kilvas! I wouldn't be surprised if you'd planned this treachery from the start!
Naesala: Such unkind words! You wound me. I would never intentionally lie to you. And as proof, I bring good news. I have it on unshakable authority that the ship that just sailed up alongside Begnion's carries the Crimean princess.
Norris: Oh...But unless we can break through the Begnion ranks, there's nothing we can do...
Naesala: Would you care for some assistance?
Norris: And what would it cost me this time?
Naesala: You learn quickly, my friend. Let's see, you'd be receiving my own royal assistance, so...double--no, triple rates. ---------------------------------------------
Naesala: We should take advantage of the confusion of battle to help ourselves to the cargo. These humans seem interested only in fighting their fellow men. If they can't be bothered to defend their treasure, I think it fair to say they've lost their claim to it.

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Naesala does betray when Reyson talks to him which does foil Petrine's plan. However, Naesala does forfeit his right to gold. Furthermore, Naesala only betrayed her because Reyson joined Ike's army and because Naesala needed to make up to Reyson for selling him to Oliver. Petrine is not privy to these two facts so its not like she made a blunder due to oversight/miscalculation on her part.

Reyson Oh, yes! Friends! In fact, we're such good friends that you sold me to that foul, bloated man!
Naesala I didn't really sell you! Besides, I planned on rescuing you right away. You were just impatient and flew away on your own, so--
Reyson Are you blaming me?
Naesala No, no! Well, maybe... I mean...It was I who was in the wrong. On all accounts.
Reyson ...
Naesala No one was hurt in the end. Come on, smooth those ruffled feathers. All right?
Reyson Leanne is alive.
Naesala Yes, Tibarn's attendant told me. That's wonderful news. When he sees her face, I'm sure King Lorazieh will begin to feel better at once. Things are really looking up, aren't they, Reyson?
Reyson ...I suppose that... If you hadn't deceived me and taken me to the forest... We might not have discovered her... So, I will forgive you. Just this once!
Naesala Reyson! Oh, that's--
Reyson WITH...conditions. Will you accept them?
Naesala ...What are they?
Reyson Pull your troops from this battle. Now. And never again enter into combat against your fellow laguz.
Naesala Oh, come now, Reyson. That's asking too much--
Reyson What will you do, then? Will you continue to fight the Crimean army to which I'm in service?
Naesala Very well. You win, Reyson. I'll leave and take my soldiers with me. However, I cannot say what the future will bring. I have the fate of my nation to consider after all.

Chapter 20

Once Ike's army approaches Talrega, Petrine forms a clever yet devious strategy to slow him down and exhaust the army. Also, this shows she understands how much of a threat Ike is and isn't going to underestimate him unlike a lot of other villains who only lose because they underestimate the heroes and toy with them.

Shiharam Yet, that's... General Petrine! If we do this thing, Daein will suffer.
Petrine It's for the good of the country. Besides, it's only one territory! Stop mewling like an old woman.
Shiharam I hear you, and yet...If the goal is merely to stop the Crimean army, this is not necessary. The strength of my troops will suffice to--
Petrine The last idiot who told me that ended up on a corpse pile! Now listen to me, and listen well. No matter how passionate you are when you tell me you'll defeat Crimea, I'll never pin my hopes on a bunch of foreigners. All you have to do is stop their forward progress. That's all. My plan will accomplish this.

The strategy was the flood the area which turned the ground into mud making it hard for ground units to traverse the terrain. What makes the strategy even more effective is that Shiharam's army is mostly wyvern knights who fly so it doesn't impact them as much as Ike's army.

Bengion Soldier General Ike! Sir, we've got trouble! The road ahead is blocked by water!
Elincia What? How can that be?
Bengion Soldier Perhaps a local river has flooded. The whole region is soaking wet.
Ike Is the road completely impassable?
Bengion Soldier No, sir! We can move forward, but the water's turned the ground to mud. And the water is still flowing at a tremendous rate, sir! This is going to cut back our speed dramatically.
Soren This is the work of Daein. They thought to impede our progress in order to gain some time for themselves. And they've succeeded.

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While Ike certainly wins the battle, it has slowed him down due to him distributing his supplies to the refugees of Talrega who have lost their homes in the flood along with the fact it was a hard fought battle due to the terrain conditions.

Ike: Soren. Take a portion of our supplies and distribute it among the locals.
Soren: What? Are you serious?
Ike: Our opponent is the Daein army. We've no quarrel with these people.
Soren: Ike, I know you feel for these people, but this is war! We don't have--
Ike: I don't know what it will accomplish, Soren. But, moving on without lifting a finger is something I cannot do.
Titania: I understand. I'd rather regret something I had done than regret taking no action at all.
Elincia: I would like to help, too. Perhaps I can aid the injured.
Soren: ...Idiocy...
Petrine: Well, that's that. We gained some time by flooding the river, but it won't hold them for long. I knew that foreign cur was useless... It looks like the decisive battle will be fought near the capital.

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Chapter 23

Petrine makes a last stand on the bridge that connects Daein and Crimea. She has modified the bridge with traps which makes it hard for you to advance. A lot of people complain that the bridge chapter is annoying due to the pitfalls but that's the point, Daein is supposed to be annoying to fight. It's also good for psychological warfare as it can cause panic in the army as many soldiers get trapped. This psychological manipulation is made even more potent when Petrine orders her army to kill off the enemy one by one, thereby making the enemy troops panic as they are picked off one at a time.

Petrine: So they're finally here, are they? Has the work on the bridge been finished? And your answer had better be yes!
Daein Soldier: Y-yes, General! Do you think it will work?
Petrine: Sometimes the simplest of traps offer up the best results. Lure the enemy in, and then finish them off one by one. Got it?

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Petrine sends Haar to flank the enemy from behind once Ike's army has been lured in thereby effectively sandwiching his army on a booby trapped bridge.

Petrine All right, Haar! Time for you to go to work.

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Haar ends up defecting when Jill talks to him but Petrine anticipates this and has a bunch of her henchmen fight alongside Haar to keep tabs on him which goes to show she anticipated Haar defecting. This goes to show she has great predictive capabilities and plans far in advance.

Haar: The ones responsible for General Shiharam's death, are the Daeins. I pretended to return to the fold so I could get close to General Petrine...I'm just waiting for my chance. But I think they may be on to me. My unit's a bunch of tough guys who serve as Petrine's watchdogs. Plus, I've been ordered to charge the Crimeans head-on. It's Daein's way of killing two birds with one stone.
Jill: Don't do it! Come fight by our sides! If you're looking to kill Daeins, then we share the same goal!
Haar: Jill... I, um... I don't trust Crimea anymore than I do Daein. I'm sick to death of serving countries.
Jill: Captain...
Haar: Still... I can't abandon the daughter of the man to whom I owe so much... Guess I'm changing sides again.

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Now Petrine does lose the fight but one of the reasons she loses is that at last minute, Lucia decides to ambush Petrine's army at the edge of the bridge in Crimea when Ike's army also gets near the edge, this pincer proves to be too much. There is no shame in losing to the combined efforts of Lucia and Ike when Lucia herself is a great tactician and we all know Ike is a brilliant general who has a brilliant strategist at his side.

A unit is near the end of the bridge
Lucia: Is that the Crimean army? ......................................... Two turns later
Lucia: Are you ready to fight?! Are you ready to die?! We must give our all to protect Princess Elincia!
Crimean Soldier: My fellow Crimeans! Now is the time we stand and fight for the life of our homeland!

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Conclusion

While Petrine may have failed to prevent Ike from reaching Crimea, she does show to be a formidable general regardless and her failure is made even less bad when you consider most of Daein's soldiers were in Crimea. Three of the four riders of Daein are fought on Crimean soil as well as Ashnard himself. Daein's best soldiers were in Crimea) and they were more numerous too.

Overcoming many hardhsips, Ike and company finally arrive in theDaein capital of Nevassa. However, much to their dismay, King Ashnard is nowhere to be found. According to intellegence reports, the king is in Crimea's capital of Melior, preparing to wage war against Gallia. In addition, at least half of the Daein army, including its most elite forces, remain unharmed and at his side.

Petrine might be arrogant and reckless, but she does take the threat seriously and plans accordingly.

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I have a dog named Mari who turned 3 this month and she’s my best friend. I’m a big animal lover in general and am very passionate about animal rescue and shelters for abused animals. I plan to get a cat in the future so Mari has a friend while I’m out working.
I want a family in the future so if you don’t want kids this won’t work out. I don’t smoke, drink, or do any sort of drugs and would ask that you do not either (social drinking is fine of course, not trying to police anyone I’ve just had bad family experiences with alcohol)
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Putting this in the front, if you message me with just “hey”, “how are you”, “what’s up”, or any equally low effort response to this post I’m flat out ignoring your message. So please read this post.
Hey there, I’ve tried this a few times but still haven’t managed to find what I’m looking for, so I decided to suck it up and make a way too long post to cover all my bases. Seriously, this is probably gonna be a little long, but hey that’ll help me know who really is interested in me. So here we go.
ME - My name is Tanner, I’m 23 from Texas and am currently enrolled in music and theology school for another year. I will be working as a library assistant in August which is exciting, and will do that for a couple of years.
I’m 6’3 since people care about that stuff, a little overweight but currently building up muscle. I have dark curly hair, white skin, and glasses. (I have videos on my profile that show what I look like)
My interests include lots of nerd stuff. Anime, manga and manhwa, building model kits, video games, streaming, writing, music of course, stuff like that. I’m also learning Korean at the moment which has been a bunch of fun. I really want to go to Korea someday either with friends or with a special someone, or both, ya never know.
I have a dog named Mari who turned 3 this month and she’s my best friend. I’m a big animal lover in general and am very passionate about animal rescue and shelters for abused animals. I plan to get a cat in the future so Mari has a friend while I’m out working.
I want a family in the future so if you don’t want kids this won’t work out. I don’t smoke, drink, or do any sort of drugs and would ask that you do not either (social drinking is fine of course, not trying to police anyone I’ve just had bad family experiences with alcohol)
YOU - I’m looking for someone with a good personality, decent looks, and some sort of plans for their future. My preferences for appearance include darker hair, and either white or asian ethnicity, but this isn’t necessarily a deal breaker as personality is definitely a huge factor. I want someone who loves me for me and likes spending time together, even if we aren’t doing stuff together. Just the act of sitting on call while we do our own things, or in the future just hanging out in the same room doing separate stuff is a huge plus for me.
Similar interests aren’t a huge deal though of course I hope that we have a couple of things in common to make early conversations easier. Overall I just want someone who loves to be with me and talk to me, and that I feel the same way towards. I love hard and promise you that you will be loved more than you thought possible.
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My little girls a rescue who grew up on the streets as a pup. I don’t know all of her history, but what I do know is that she must’ve had some bad encounters with people because she can be fear reactive around them, and in particular children. We’ve been working with a trainer that comes into the house once every other week. It’s expensive but the homework we get to work on with her has done wonders for her confidence. I’m really excited to build her up enough to take her on out door adventures with my friends, however, I know that it’s gonna take her time to acclimate, and I’m totally OK with this. She’s made such good progress and I finally feel comfortable enough take her on a walk without her soft or hard muzzle. (I have a leash that clips to the front of her body harness that prevents her from lunging and she has yet to do so.) We redirect if there is someone who crosses our path that she’s nervous about. Recently, my roommate had a barbecue birthday party in the backyard, which we had discussed prior to the event. We’ve had a few events with our friends coming over and usually my dog stays my room and is comfortable with that or I put her in the backyard and let her acclimate to the people like we’ve been taught. If she’s uncomfortable, I’ll let her go to a safe space which is my room. Well, I am happy to report that my dog did great! It took her bit to warm up to the people. They all let her approach them as they had been warned prior to the event that my dog is nervous around people. She was muzzled, but the permission of my friends I took off the muzzle put her on the leash and let her walk around. She came up and started licking some of our friends, and even had her tail up and wagging! I was so proud of her! Then, yesterday I was taking her on a walk, and one of the neighbors who just got an Aussie puppy, approached us rather quickly. I alerted the neighbor that she can be people reactive and the neighbor stopped dead in her tracks (thank goodness). My dog (who loves puppies) Approached the dog timidly at first but a minuet later her tail was up and wagging happily. She started sniffing the woman which had me a little bit weary but neighbor was very kind and let her do her thing. After a moment she walked away with all of her attention on the puppy! I was so proud of her she’s come such a long way. The first time her trainer came into the house she spent the entire session hiding under my bed and refused to come out and when the trainer approached she would growl as menacingly as a 30 pound dog could. My baby is doing so well I just had to brag about it since my roommates, tired of hearing me talk about it.

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Adopted a puppy from a rescue in Southern CA. The puppy brought hookworm and roundworm with her. We are treating all dogs. What should I clean our artificial turf with to avoid reinfestation? My vet just recommended hiring a company, because they use specific enzyme cleaners. I do not have the money for that on top of all the other expenses. I am only finding cleaning solutions that address odor, none claim to disinfect or kill worms (not even the enzyme cleaning solution sold on the website from the company my vet recommended). Please help! Friends and daily occasionally bring their dogs over and I do not want any other dogs to become infested.