[nagdu] What do you do when you're angry with your dog?

[Julie J]

Linda,

It's a bit more amusing these days, but I don't know if I will ever laugh.

And honestly, no, I still have feather pillows on my bed.  I do try to 
compromise and make sure that very tempting things are put away, but there 
are limits to what I will rearrange for the dog's sake.  Pillows belong on 
the bed and I am not willing to put them any other place.  Monty simply had 
to learn to leave them alone.  For a long time I left my door shut, until I 
was fairly certain that he was clear on the rules.

He hasn't gotten into anything he isn't supposed to have in quite a while 
now.  Hopefully we are past all that now.

Julie



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] What do you do when you're angry with your dog?


> Hey Julie,
> Hahahahahahahaha!!!!! About all those feathers!  Yeah, I bet you wwere mad 
> at the time - I sure would have been! (grin!) But, I bet you can laugh at 
> it now - and keep stuff out of doggie reach!
>
> That's right, these are dogs fiorst and foremost - not furry canes. 
> Landon likes to sneak into the trash occassionally. He'll take stuff out 
> and leave it on the floor - like teabags and tissues. I just put him on 
> tiedown when I'm on the computer for along time.
>
> Appreciate our dogs and we need to make sure WE aren't causing the dog to 
> get into stuff.
>
> Have a great day, everyone - it's SPRINGTIME!
>
> Lyn and Landon
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Julie J" <julielj at windstream.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 9:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] What do you do when you're angry with your dog?
>
>
>> One of the low points in my life with Monty...
>>
>> About a year ago the weather was warming up and therefore the backyard 
>> became muddy.  the dogs, husband and Kiddo had tracked mud into the 
>> house. I spent a good hour sweeping, mopping, vacuuming and washing rugs. 
>> I was feeling pretty good when I sat down on the couch to wait for the 
>> floor to dry.
>>
>> then I realized that there were some odd noises coming from my bedroom. 
>> I called Monty.  He came promptly and happily, but he looked odd...a bit 
>> more gray than black.  I reached out to touch him and there was this odd 
>> fluff stuck all over him.  I had no clue what had happened...until I went 
>> into the bedroom.
>>
>> My ordinarily dark green and brown bedroom was white.  Upon closer 
>> inspection I realized that there were feathers all over everything. 
>> Teeny, tiny goose down feathers that had previously been encased in my 
>> favorite pillow.    I didn't know whether to cry or scream.  I found the 
>> mangle pillow, showed it to Monty and hollered at him.  Then I got a grip 
>> and  put him in his crate.
>>
>> If you have never had the joy of cleaning up a down feather mess, let me 
>> tell you that the feathers stick to everything.  I vacuumed it several 
>> times and still found feathers for days.  I took the bedspread outside to 
>> shake it out, except that it was a rather windy day and I ended up 
>> covering myself head to toe with feathers...feathers in my hair, feathers 
>> stuck to my sweater, feathers in my shoelaces.   Yeah, it was a good 
>> time.
>>
>> I'd like to say that Monty learned his lesson, that hollering at him had 
>> some effect, but I'd be lying.  I can say that I learned my lesson.  I 
>> was much better at keeping tabs on him and what he was doing.  the next 
>> time he grabbed something with lots of fluff inside I was able to 
>> intervene sooner with a firm "no" and removal of the object before 
>> destruction. Well, most of the time I got the soft fluffy thing before it 
>> was destroyed.
>>
>> For me the best thing I can do when I'm angry or upset with Monty is to 
>> have a time out.  He goes in his kennel and I go do something soothing. 
>> Half an hour or an hour later I go get him and we resume life as usual.
>>
>> Julie
>>
>>
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