"Sundog and I repeated yesterday’s leash training protocol to ensure a happy experience. Took him in the bathroom and put him on the electric blanket. Zen. Gently applied the harness. He snuggled up next to me and even chuffed to me (for the first time) a little bit. I clipped leash on. Put him in the carrier and took him outside. He was pretty excited to do this again and led me on a confident walk. As we approached a flower bed he noticed a small hollow log there that I had intended for his enclosure, but had no room for it. He went in the log. And came out the other side. WITHOUT THE HARNESS!! I was holding a leash with no lizard on the end of it. Panic (on my part). Excitement (on his part). I reached down and scooped him up and he went into full out tegu rebellion—twisting and whipping and carrying on. Holy Jeeezzzus! It was crazy!!! I managed to stumble to the carrier and put him in and zip it up. Crazy lizard inside! I put my hand in and he settled. Whew! I pulled myself back together, put the harness and leash back on and got him back out —-to end on a good note. What I learned today: His harness is tight enough that if I keep a little pressure straight up, he can’t get out of it—BUT, if I release pressure and he zooms through a log with his little arms behind him, it comes right off. Lesson learned."
"Sundog and I repeated yesterday’s leash training protocol to ensure a happy experience. Took him in the bathroom and put him on the electric blanket. Zen. Gently applied the harness. He snuggled up next to me and even chuffed to me (for the first time) a little bit. I clipped leash on. Put him in the carrier and took him outside. He was pretty excited to do this again and led me on a confident walk. As we approached a flower bed he noticed a small hollow log there that I had intended for his enclosure, but had no room for it. He went in the log. And came out the other side. WITHOUT THE HARNESS!! I was holding a leash with no lizard on the end of it. Panic (on my part). Excitement (on his part). I reached down and scooped him up and he went into full out tegu rebellion—twisting and whipping and carrying on. Holy Jeeezzzus! It was crazy!!! I managed to stumble to the carrier and put him in and zip it up. Crazy lizard inside! I put my hand in and he settled. Whew! I pulled myself back together, put the harness and leash back on and got him back out —-to end on a good note. What I learned today: His harness is tight enough that if I keep a little pressure straight up, he can’t get out of it—BUT, if I release pressure and he zooms through a log with his little arms behind him, it comes right off. Lesson learned."
You may recall that, back when Facebook started changing WhatsApp’s terms of service, a number of news outlets reported on, and even recommended, switching to Telegram. Pavel Durov even said that users should delete WhatsApp “unless you are cool with all of your photos and messages becoming public one day.” But Telegram can’t be described as a more-secure version of WhatsApp. It is unclear who runs the account, although Russia's official Ministry of Foreign Affairs Twitter account promoted the Telegram channel on Saturday and claimed it was operated by "a group of experts & journalists." One thing that Telegram now offers to all users is the ability to “disappear” messages or set remote deletion deadlines. That enables users to have much more control over how long people can access what you’re sending them. Given that Russian law enforcement officials are reportedly (via Insider) stopping people in the street and demanding to read their text messages, this could be vital to protect individuals from reprisals. Perpetrators of these scams will create a public group on Telegram to promote these investment packages that are usually accompanied by fake testimonies and sometimes advertised as being Shariah-compliant. Interested investors will be asked to directly message the representatives to begin investing in the various investment packages offered. Despite Telegram's origins, its approach to users' security has privacy advocates worried.
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