[nagdu] Stress Issues

[GARY STEEVES]

Hi:

Yes, I try to make time for a bit of play with bogart every day, or several times a day. However, he is pretty good with expressing his needs. Usually the little games only last a couple of minutes before he is able to go and lie down. But I think it makes our bond better. He plays a bit with my girlfriend but not with anywhere near the intensity that we play together.

By the way, Bogart is now on some antibiotics and something else to help with his 
Diarrhea.  We just started last night and he is already feeling better. He ate about two handfulls of food this morning using the rolling kibble to him on the floor game. :) Things are looking up.


Gary



----- Original Message -----
From: Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire <orleans24 at comcast.net>
Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2011 8:11 pm
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Stress Issues
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>

> hi, Lora,
> What you might want to look here is how to make adjustments with 
> your schedule so your dog has some free time and you both can 
> play together.
> I had a busy schedule myself for a while.
> Still, I'd slip in a time slot for Odie and I to have a break 
> from one another and we'd also play little games of hide and seek.
> Other times, we'd lightly wrestle each other on the floor or I 
> wukk throw a toy across the apartment by the front door to make 
> him chase it upon bringing it back into the bedroom.
> He will lie down on the floor and chew on it, especially if it 
> is a nyla bone.
> Sometimes during school, I'd happily take Odie's harness off of 
> him to let him stretch, spraw out next to me while I sat at a 
> table and he lie down on the floor.
> At times, I'd bring a few bones for him to play with or chew on 
> just to help relieve pressure and stress.
> One game I remember playing with Odie was when I decided to fit 
> myself into his porta crate.
> He'd look at me and have that look as to say, "Uh Mommy! What 
> are you doing in there?"
> Just some thoughts and suggestions.
> Bibi 
> 
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