[nagdu] passive dog

[Melissa R Green]

hahhahh!
the dog was trained in snow and doesn't like to work in it.
Pj doesn't really like it either.
on her feet when she goes to potty.  she gets all prissy about wet grass or 
grass covered in snow.
lol!

Have a blessed day.

Melissa Green
"Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your 
grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] passive dog


> 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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