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

Michelle m-johnson at bigpond.com
Sun Mar 28 08:58:54 UTC 2010 

Hi,

I still give my guide dog nose bumps because of the way he dives and bounces 
his way into his working gear, but it never has ever stopped him from 
litterally smacking himself into it! Sometimes he goes so far as to open his 
mouth as wide as he can and shoving his open mouth at the leather before 
holding it gentle with his back teeth as if to get ready to swallow it. I 
somewhat sternly tell him to let go while giving him a quick harness check, 
and that settles his playful behaviour. He's a very playful, bouncy lab and 
having a play with his harness while I'm putting it on is out of the 
question for me. His chewing on the leather is a very rare occurence though, 
so I don't worry about it.

Michelle
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tamara Smith-Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 1:22 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] What do you do when you're angry with your dog?


> Meghan,
>
> Love how you describe hwo your relationship has grown and will keep 
> growing.
>
> I think I gave Mitzi some nose bumps early on in putting the harness over
> her head, so now she's stsill a little persnickety about making sure I'm
> paying attention and am holding the harness just right, etc.
>
> I lost the whole targeting approach when we moved in with Daisy, since 
> she's
> difficult to dodge and will go for the treat and try to get herself into 
> the
> harness.  /lol/  I think Daisy's ready to move into a new phase in 
> learning
> better house obedience, so we'll see if we can manage.  Poor old hound in
> rehab needs such careful treatment to keep her sane that I find myself
> making many compromises while I work on one bit at a time, let her plateau
> for awhile, then work it some more.  /smile/
>
> So I guess I'll be dancing the harness dance for awhile!  Although it just
> occurred to me that Daisy is less intrusive more and more of the time now,
> unless she's really on a tear.  Or unless it's a family outing, in which
> case she dashes between her dad and me making her case that she should 
> come
> with us.  /smile/  Even when her dad puts her collar on her and has told 
> her
> she's going, the sheer excitement of it all turns her into quite the
> whirling dervish.  And opera diva!  Which is not a good argument for her
> case, BTW, since she doesn't always manage to settle down in the car, and
> that coonhound vocalization is pretty hard to take when it's right in your
> ears.  /smile/  She's doing better at being quiet in the car, too, and at
> quieting down when she forgets herself... Maybe my ears will stop ringing
> some day?
>
> Keep on enjoying your Kirby, and I wish you many more happy years 
> together.
>
> Tami Smith-Kinney
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Meghan
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 3:54 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] What do you do when you're angry with your dog?
>
> Kirby used to not come when I grabbed the harness.  I used clicker, had 
> her
> target my fist right through the harness.  Tada, dog in harness.  Once she
> was always doing it, I taught her the command "work", and now, if I say
> "Kirby, work," she comes running and dives into the harness.  I think she
> had a couple of nose bumps from the harness straps when she was a 
> sensetive
> green little guide dog, and that made her a little reluctant to get into 
> the
>
> harness.  Now it's the best thing ever, though.
>
> I can also just snap the clicky thing on the leash, and there she is, just
> like magic.  This works if she's running like a doofice having a great 
> time
> in the yard or if we're just in the house.  No matter what, there she is.
>
> I'm loving this whole working a dog in the prime of their working period.
> This is the first dog I have had long enough to see what the prime years
> really are like, and it's lovely.  I thought I was bonded to my first dog
> after 19 months...wow, we're coming up on 3 years, and let me tell you, I
> feel like I know every little thing that makes her tick...and stop 
> ticking.
> It amazes me to think that in 3 more years, I'll know her even better and
> the level of understanding we have right now will seem like nothing.
>
> What wonderful animals.  As long as I have a dog or two in my life, I can
> take on anything, I'm certain of that.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tamara Smith-Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 1:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] What do you do when you're angry with your dog?
>
>
>> Dar,
>>
>> I've been entertaining myself with the image of you storming out of the
>> house in a huff with your cane while your dog watches from the crate...
>> Well, I've done the same, although I don't crate Mitzi.  I just grab my
>> cane
>> and blow.  Whaching the ground vigorously to make sure it knows I'm mad 
>> at
>> it!  /lol/  It's a wonder I haven't broken a good cane that way.
>>
>> Okay, I'm exaggerating a bit, but there are just times when the "hard to
>> get" game is not nearly so amusing as Mitzi thinks it is.  Actually, I 
>> can
>> take a 3-minute walk around the block to convince her she really, really
>> wants to put on her work clothes.
>>
>> A couple of months ago, we were taking some guests to the train station,
>> and
>> Mitzi was being too cute and cool to let me just put the harness on her
>> without trying to chase around after her.  Oh, aren't we funny?  So I
>> finally got disgusted, tossed the harness into a corner, grabbed my cane
>> and
>> blew out with everyone else to get in the car.  Including Daisy, who was
>> delighted.  We have never, ever before taken Daisy without Mitzi.  It's
>> usually the other way around if we're not taking both dogs.
>>
>> Since then, we haven't had a single game of "hard to get."  Funny how 
>> that
>> works...  I guess it's not so amusing if you have to stay home by your
>> lonesome, is it?  /grin/
>>
>> The flip side is that I can't even think that I might want to go out
>> somewhere without having a poodle attached to my leg.  /lol/  Makes it
>> tough
>> to get ready, especially with the coonhound bouncing around in front of 
>> me
>> to make sure I don't forget her...  We don't have a convenient staging
>> area
>> by either of the doors, so I need to grab things up from here and there,
>> put
>> them down to take a final trip to the loo, pick them up, put them down 
>> and
>> remember to grab the think I almost forgot this time...  /lol/  Turns 
>> into
>> quite a production because I can't take a step without tripping over a
>> dog.
>>
>> Talk about the Law of Unintended Consequences!  Problem solved!  New
>> problem!
>>
>> Tami Smith-Kinney
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of d m gina
>> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 9:44 AM
>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] What do you do when you're angry with your dog?
>>
>> Oh he loves to go everywhere.
>> I knew when I took this stand I would be watched.
>> He doesn't wait for dad any more.
>> Now even going outside, I just get the bag and he comes running.
>> Now he thinks all bags are for him smile.
>> Took four years of training but I did the trick.
>> I am pleased for both of us.
>>
>> -- 
>> --Dar
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