[nagdu] Eager to get harnessed up

[d m gina]

Now that would have been a hoot.
I would have laughed as well.
I hope she will be as excited forever to work for you.
That is good.

Original message:
> Laveau has a thing about harnesses.  No, I'm serious.  Between Julie
> and my husband, we've rebuilt her harness at least three times.  She
> loves it so much.  If she hears me pick it up she will come running;
> even if she's in a dead sleep.  She will shove her head in it and if I
> dare put it on another dog, she will try to push them away.

> I used to make the mistake of storing the harness on a low shelf when
> she wasn't working.  Laveau would frequently get it out, and try to
> dress herself in it, putting her legs through the wrong holes and
> getting altogether tangled up.  Then she would chew herself free.
> This is why we've had to repair it so often.  If she's not trying to
> dress herself in it, she will take it to her bed, and hold it to her
> chest with her front legs.  It is hysterical.

> Her harness is made of nylon and the histrionics that she displays
> when it's time to throw it in the wash could win her an academy award.

> One time, I put her harness on Mill'E-Max, my golden.  Laveau saw
> this, and immediately ran over and grabbed the handle grip in her
> mouth and started pulling backward in an attempt to get it off of
> Mill'E.  I teach my dogs that backward pressure on the handle is their
> cue to go "forward."  So off went Mill'E-Max, guiding Laveau around my
> house by her mouth on the harness handle.  It was honestly one of the
> funniest things I've ever seen and I wish I had a camera, because my
> words don't do it justice.

> I have learned to hide the harness from Laveau.  She is now grown up
> enough and has not chewed one in a year.  My husband is starting on
> her new grown up harness-- the teeth mark free edition.

> Rox and the Kitchen Bitches
> Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD and Laveau guide dog, CGC.
> Do not meddle in the affaires of dragons, for you are crunchy and
> taste good with ketchup.
> http://pawpower4me.blogspot.com
>   pawpower4me at gmail.com
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