[nagdu] speaking too soon

[Lora]

It does make sense. All the dogs that I know can handle working all day and
then playing in the evening. I have tried that with Trice and he obviously
needs more play time. Hopefully I can figure that balance out. OT do you
know how to get  him not scared of traffic? To me I am amazed that the
school graduated a dog who was scared of traffic and am Trying to work on
that.

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Tamara Smith-Kinney <tamara.8024 at comcast.net
> wrote:

> AnnaLisa,
>
> Cool!  You nailed exactly what I meant.  /grin/
>
> Tami Smith-Kinney
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of AnnaLisa Anderson
> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 10:35 AM
> 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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Lora and Trice