[nagdu] passive dog

[d m gina]

Hi there,
Hope you get well soon.
I don't mind the passive dog in working, where at home my other dogs 
would chew the bones things like that.
Now if it is a new bone, he will chew it silly until he gets tired of it.
I can give him a raw hide bone while I am doing the washing, he will 
chew this until it is gone.
Just interesting to watch.
thanks for writing back.
he really is a swell dog in his work.
Well ahem,
even though he was trained in New Jersey he hates to work in snow.
I haven't tried the boots yet to see if it makes a difference, but 
folks love to laugh when he sees snow.
It is ok to play in it run in it, but one must not work in it loll.
Original message:
> Hello Dar,
> Sometimes dogs are just the way they are. It is just their personality 
> to be passive. I was a bit concerned at first when I came home with my 
> dog because all the other dogs I had previously met were hyper, but 
> mine is extremely calm. I thought that maybe something was wrong with 
> her but then I learned from her puppy raisers that that is just the way 
> she is. I am also in a similar situation as you. It is beginning to get 
> very cold and it has been raining recently, and I have a cold that I'm 
> trying to get rid of. Therefore, I have not been out in a few days. All 
> I can really do at this point is initiate some playtime with her and 
> our other dogs. She will not initiate it on her own and that is okay. I 
> guess if our dogs really wanted to play they would initiate it on their 
> own. I just let her be because most of the time she doesn't get any 
> days off. She usually works seven days a week so I am letting her take 
> advantage of her free time right now. She loves sleeping so she is doing a lot
>  of sleeping. I think that what you are doing by initiating playtime is 
> good. If your dog doesn't want to play otherwise then I guess that's 
> fine as well. I don't see anything wrong with that.
> Juanita & Anise

> Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 26, 2012, at 7:30 PM, d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net> wrote:

>> I have a question for you folks,
>> When we play with my dog he will play, if I am on the computer, or wish 
>> to knit, he stays by my chair and will not chew a bone anything like that.
>> I had dogs that would chew for hours, and it didn't matter how long I 
>> knitted anything like that.
>> Now we are in the teens where I won't get out and walk with him, so I 
>> am doing things in the home where he just isn't lieing around.
>> I am also getting over a cold so getting out is going to have to wait 
>> until this is gone.
>> He loves to be near me which I love, just wondered if there are any 
>> tips on how to get him to do something for himself with out me having 
>> to start the fun.
>> Not often he will take a bone in his mouth if he hears a song he likes 
>> rolls on his back and growls at the bone.
>> If you ask him if he is happy he waggs his tail.
>> he is a thumper so loves the sound of his tail.
>> Thanks for reading.

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