[nagdu] stress and nervousness

[GARY STEEVES]

Hi:

I have always been curious about this. At my school they taught us to hold the harness in front of the dog and it would walk in to the harness. Yeah, Bogart did that twice and never again. I couldn't say he ever seems excited to see his leash or harness but maybe thisw is a poodle thing. When I have his harness I hold it in front of him and say "harness Bogart, harness". Usually he turns his head away and then I say it again and then he'll most of the time put his head out in order to have  harness slid over his head. So I've never understood those who talk about their dogs being excited to work for them. I think bogart likes working but he also likes not working. :) Once he is harnessed up he is wonderrul. Even when I put the harness on after I've been letting him just walk and sniff after relieving  he does this same sort of game. But in poodle fashion, he often thinks about commands I give him before he executes them.


interesting thread.

Gary


----- Original Message -----
From: "PICKRELL, REBECCA M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
Date: Thursday, May 5, 2011 7:04 am
Subject: Re: [nagdu] stress and nervousness
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>

> Marsha, 
> I hate to be the one to tell you this, but just because she is 
> excited to see the harness, doesn't mean she is excited to work. 
> She's excited to be with you, which doesn't always mean she 
> wants to work for you. 
> I'm sorry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of Marsha Drenth
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 6:01 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: [nagdu] stress and nervousness
> 
> All,
> 
>  
> 
> Wondering if you all can provide some advice or suggestions. As 
> of lately
> Emma has just been this ball of stress and nervousness. It 
> started off when
> we were at school, another service dog barked at her. Now she is 
> so stressed
> and nervous at school, her behavior is almost unbearable. She 
> has the left
> hand side tendency thing. She does not guide well, and when I go 
> into that
> particular office, she will literally pull me over to get out of that
> office. But now it really does not matter what or where we are 
> going. She is
> always nervous, always stressed. I went on a women's retreat 
> this last
> weekend, and now I wish I had not taken her. She will not eat 
> her food. I
> have to beg her to eat, because if I didn't beg or coax her some 
> how to eat,
> she never would eat. She already needs to put on some weight. We 
> are seeming
> to have more bad days than good days. I honestly do not know 
> what to do. She
> wants to work, as she is excited t go into the harness, but it's 
> the rest
> that is driving me up the wall. I am not stressed, I am not 
> nervous. 
> 
>  
> 
> Ok guys, give me some good suggestions and advice here. 
> 
>  
> 
> Marsha and Emma
> 
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