[nagdu] speaking too soon

[Joy Relton]

I agree with you AnnaLisa,

Belle has loads of energy. I can walk for over six miles and we come home
and she rests for a short while and is ready to play with her Kong or her
ball. When it is nice outside she loves to play in the back yard and
sometimes that means just running around like a crazy girl. She gets that
out of her system and we both get some rest.
She will crawl into my lap and pester me to rough house a little with her.
She is very gentle but that sort of play is a  good way to release tension
and it's the one-on-one attention that they really crave and earn. 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of AnnaLisa Anderson
Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 1:35 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] speaking too soon


Hi Lora,

I'm not Tami, but I think what she means is that if the dog doesn't get much
chance to play, and I mean really play like run around crazy play once in a
while, they start to go stir crazy.  It's like they just can't contain
themselves anymore and they get all restless or find some trouble to get
into.  I know Sunny is that way but especially when she was younger.  She is
7 now and still loves to play, but now play sessions in the house with a
kong or a bone seem enough for her most of the time.  Unless it's a gorgeous
day like today, then she wants to go across the street to the dog park in
the worst way!  People are amazed that I actually just let Sunny be a dog
once in a while.  They think a guide dog's life is nothing but work all the
time, 24/7, and I say no, of course it isn't.  So anyway, when Sunny has had
a chance to run off some steam, she is much more settled and focused.  As
one of the ladies on the LD list likes to say, a tired puppy is a good
puppy.

AnnaLisa and Sundance



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