[nagdu] a bizaare question

[wcmerritt at gmail.com]

I think that some of this moving out of the way has to do with whoever
the dominant person is. I've heard that if you step around the dog,
then that can give them the impression that they're in charge. If
however you move the dog out of the way or prompt them to get up, then
you're communicating that you're in charge. Perhaps this plays into
your dog not moving out of your husband's way.

Jmt,
Wayne

On 1/18/09, Charlene Ota <caota at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
> The dogs  must know that we're blind at some level.  I have to add about a
> cat that I used to have.  I raised him from a kitten and he was around me
> most of the time and at that point in my life, not many people came to my
> house.  He got used to me and at times like vet visits, he'd stay just out
> of my reach moving backwards just beyond my fingertips.  But the thing that
> really got me was when people who could see did come to visit, he'd sit in
> the middle of the floor and get really uncomfortable and upset when people
> would sit and stare at him or just be looking at him because he wasn't used
> to someone watching him.  He was nicknamed the Invisible Cat.
>
> Charlene
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Alexis Read
> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 6:46 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] a bizaare question
>
> When we were at Mom's apartmetn, which is larger than this box we currently
> live in, Julia would sometimes move when I approached her.  Other times, she
> would wait to get stepped on.  Then she'd decide she better move.  LOL  One
> time, Mom freaked out and said that I had broken her leg because I stepped
> back and she was behind me.  She didn't whimper or anything so I blew off
> what Mom said as someone who didn't know any better.  If she had whimpered,
> then I would have taken it more seriously.
>
> Alexis and Julia
>
>
>
>
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