INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Collectors are people who acquire specific items.  Collectors will often display these items in an organized manner.  Hoarders, on the other hand, save random items and create hazardous mounds of clutter.  People who collect one type of thing—like dolls, stamps, antique end tables, figurines, etc—and organizes them in a particular way are not hoarders; they are collectors. Do not let your own feelings about cleanliness, organization, and whether to keep important or significant items influence you to label someone who is disorganized or a collector as a hoarder. Living with a hoarder can be especially difficult, as he may become upset any time you try to clean or organize.  It may be particularly difficult to get a hoarder with whom you live to assist in cleaning out clutter. You need to remind the hoarder that you both share a living environment.  Emphasize making improvements to “our” living environment.  Try not to separate “his things” from the shared space of the home. If your loved one is adamant that he “needs” to keep all of his things, try to establish acceptable limits in shared spaces.  You may want to keep common spaces such as the living room and kitchen free of clutter, designating a particular room or rooms for storage. You can provide space for your loved one’s things while addressing your concerns about the hoarding and maintaining your own need for a less cluttered environment. Discarding belongings, even if you view them as junk, can create a rift between you and your loved one.  It can cause you to lose any ground you’ve made in helping the hoarder become more organized.

SUMMARY: Differentiate hoarding from collecting. Be patient. Focus on the shared nature of your home. Offer a compromise. Do not throw away hoarded belongings.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Keep the big picture in mind and get to know what's normal for your dog. Make yourself familiar with how far the dog likes to walk, how it reacts when you come in from work, how sweet-tempered or grumpy it is, how much water it drinks, what its stool looks like, how often it moves its bowel a day, what the inside of its ears look like, and what its breath smells like.  For example, some dogs are greedy eaters whilst others are finicky. If your dog is usually a greedy eater, it's significant if the dog refuses its food. However, if you own a lapdog that turns its nose up at anything but best steak, then refusing a bowl of food it less of a worry. If you know all of these things like the back of your hand, you are ideally placed to spot changes that could indicate the dog is unwell. Dogs experience emotions, such as grief, depression, boredom, and frustration. The trick as an owner is to recognize these emotions. Most commonly, the first sign to be aware of is a change in behavior or body language.  For example, be suspicious when the outgoing dog who is always at the door to greet you becomes withdrawn and does not get out of its bed when you return home. Pay attention to your dog's usual body language. Is it holding its ears or tail lower than normal or is it shying away or taking a dominant stance when approached? These are body language signs that there could be something wrong.  A hint that your dog is bored or frustrated includes destructive behavior, digging, whining, barking, and crying. In this case, the dog is adopting a displacement activity, such as chewing the furniture, as an outlet for his frustration. Many dogs are capable of expressing emotions, such as depression, on their faces. If your dog doesn't usually have doleful looking eyes or sad expressions, but suddenly does, then it is probably an expression of the dog's current emotions. Physical changes could be symptomatic of mental stress or depression. For instance, pay attention if your dog stops grooming itself. Depressed or sick animals often stop taking care of themselves and their coat condition drops, becoming harsh, stray, and unkempt. If your dog is sad or misbehaving, you should try to find the cause of the distress and then attempt to change the situation, if you can. Not all problems can be fixed, obviously, but some can! If your dog is stressed out about a new routine or home, for instance, that cannot always be changed but you can comfort your dog and try to make transitions as easy as possible.

SUMMARY: Get to know what's normal for your dog. Assess your dog's emotions through its behavior and body language. Look at the dog's facial expression. Be aware of any physical changes to your dog. Address possible causes of your dog's unhappiness.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: During the first inch of filling, you can continue walking around the liner and working the wrinkles to the outside of the pool. This will be the last chance you have to create a straight surface for your pool floor.  If you’re walking around on the liner, make sure you aren’t wearing shoes (even water shoes or flip flops) and that you haven’t tracked any rocks into the pool with you. Sit back and slowly fill the pool. Once your pool is filled half way, check your skimmer and filter instructions on how to install them. You’re almost done! Apply the finishing touches, and fill the pool the rest of the way.  Install the safety warnings. If you don’t have them, get in touch with your manufacturer and they will provide you new warnings for free. Your warranty will be voided if you don’t add your labels. The bigger label is for the outside of your pool directly next to the entryway. Smaller label is attached on the liner, above the water line, and directly across from the pool’s entryway. Fill the pool. Your water level should be 1/3 and ½ way up the skimmer.

SUMMARY:
Work out the wrinkles. Fill the pool half way. Finish and enjoy.