[nagdu] a bizaare question

[Charlene Ota]

Good point. You're probably right, too, because when my husband calls him or
trys to give him a command it's not with authority and the dog just ignores
him most of the time.  He's pretty much a one-person dog, too, so that
probably doesn't help much.  When I had surgery a couple of months ago, my
husband had to take care of him for a while and I had to practically go out
the door with the dog much of the time to get him to go out to relieve.
Once he was out he was okay, but I had to be a part of it.  Now, dinner,
that's another story, he had no problem letting my husband feed him dinner,
he's does his breed, black lab, proud when it comes to eating.  He can put
away food with the best of them!

Charlene 

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 4:53 PM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] a bizaare question

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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