[nagdu] Calm Dog

[Tracy Carcione]

My Ben is a very calm dog.  I think he was a Zen monk in another life.  He
will play a bit, but only for a few minutes, and not all that often.  A
few minutes chewing his bone, or squeaking a stuffy, and he's good for the
day.  He also enjoys a quiet sniff around the backyard, on occasion.
I don't try to get him revved up, though.  If he's happy being tranquil,
that's fine by me. I do prefer a calm dog to what a friend calls a spaz.
Tracy


> My first shepherd was very much the same way.  I had to teach her fetch
> to get her to burn off energy...even then, I think she was only playing
> fetch because she looked at it as a trained task that was part of her
> job, but she did grow to enjoy it in time.
>
> On 3/1/2012 1:27 PM, Juanita Herrera wrote:
>> Hello All,
>> I had been meaning to ask this for a while now, but the list had been
>> a little busy so I decided to wait. I have noticed that a lot of dogs
>> work well when they have their harness on and that's great because
>> that's what they are supposed to do. But once their harness is removed
>> a lot of dogs go crazy. Hahaha! As in playful crazy. Well, for me that
>> is not the case. My dog stays calm about 95% of the time. She does
>> play, but only when I highly encourage her. I litterally need to start
>> jumping around and running and praising her. Does anyone have a dog
>> who is just as calm as mine?
>> Best,
>> Juanita And Anise
>>
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