I was NOT prepared for oatmeal as a puppy (storytime)

puppies are adorable, and that's why they can get away with being EVIL!

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro: Meet Adria & Oatmeal
00:31 - Life Before Oatmeal: Fostering Puppies
01:50 - Deciding to Get a Golden Retriever Puppy
02:34 - The Craigslist Puppy Delivery
03:44 - Naming Oatmeal
04:15 - Canadian Thanksgiving Puppy Chaos
05:24 - The Poop Eating Begins 😳
06:05 - Nightmare Puppy Era
07:32 - Slowly Starting to Bond
08:18 - Training & Deep Pressure Therapy
08:50 - Tahoe Trip & Full Circle Moment
09:40 - How Oatmeal Changed My Life
10:46 - Advice to My Younger Self
11:03 - Supporting Shelters & Future Fostering
11:38 - Outro: Oatmeal Today ❤️
Highlights:

Adria introduces herself and her Golden Retriever, Oatmeal, and talks about their content focus on YouTube Shorts.

Shares her college experience fostering puppies for a local animal shelter and the chaos it brought.

Details the spontaneous decision to get a Golden Retriever puppy from a Craigslist ad in 2019.

Tells the wild story of Oatmeal being delivered by an old man in a white minivan straight to her college house.

Explains how Oatmeal got his unique name from a family breakfast tradition involving chocolate chip oatmeal faces.

Describes Oatmeal’s first chaotic day during a Canadian Thanksgiving party at her house.

Opens up about the struggle with Oatmeal’s poop-eating habit (coprophagia) and the many failed solutions she tried.

Recalls the destructive, nightmare puppy phase — including drywall damage, nonstop barking, and bad behavior.

Talks about how quarantine (COVID lockdown) helped them bond through constant time together and training.

Shares how Oatmeal learned deep pressure therapy to help manage Adria’s anxiety.

Highlights a special moment at Lake Tahoe where a stranger called Oatmeal “the dog everyone wants.”

Reflects on how Oatmeal changed her life and became more than a pet — her best friend and support system.

Offers advice to her younger self about adopting adult dogs and supporting animal shelters.

Mentions her current relationship with animal rescue organizations and plans to foster again in the future.

Ends with Oatmeal showing how far he’s come — from a chaotic puppy to a calm, sweet, angel boy.