[nagdu] taking the day off?

[rhonda cruz]

hi hanna,
 i'm happy to hear princess is doing much better.
 hugs.

On Mar 2, 2012, at 12:55 PM, Hannah Chadwick wrote:

> Thank you all. Princess does get new routs and she often (most of the time
> to be exact) does brilliantly. I'm just wondering why she sometimes doesn't
> seem to want to work but perhaps she wasn't feeling well and didn't have any
> outside symptoms.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Ava Foster
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 12:36 PM
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> Subject: Re: [nagdu] taking the day off?
> 
> Based on my experience with ( pet ) poodles, they like and seem to thrive on
> challenges. Does Princess get to do anything that might take her a lot of
> thougt, or travel new routes? I know my guide, Jet, hated walking the same
> route daily. She got to the point once where once she realized where we were
> going ( same path as every day ) she would stop. Just stop and either look
> around or toward home! Walking different ways and finding some fun,
> challenging work for her always made such a difference, even if she wasn't a
> poodle. She almost needed to go to places where she could show off her
> skills LOL dont know if that's helpful! Ava and Cocoa
> 
> On 3/1/12, Hannah Chadwick <sparklylicious at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> I realize that bonding will take a very long time but there is 
>> something I see that may stay the same. Princess sometimes does not 
>> seem to want to work and believe me, I've tried many things (e.g. 
>> praises, corrections, coaxing,
>> etc.) and nothing seems to work when she does not want to. Julie said, "
>> Cooperation can't be controlled or forced.  It must come as a free 
>> will donation of the heart." And that is definitely something I want. 
>> I don't want to force her to do something she doesn't want to, but I 
>> also don't want her to think that if she doesn't work, then I'll just let
> her do whatever.
>> Maybe she is depressed during those times because we're stuck in a 
>> classroom all day long, or maybe she's still transitioning, whatever 
>> the case... I'm just not too sure how to approach this.
>> Are there times your guides don't seem to want to work? If so, how did 
>> you approach it? Are there things I should try and perhaps it will get 
>> to where she wants to work all the time? Sometimes it's just very 
>> frustrating for me when she just wants to walk slowly along and look 
>> at everything that catches her attention. She does do a lot of "air 
>> scenting" and that is something I'm working on with her, but I 
>> honestly don't think she is distracted during the times she does not seem
> to want to work.
>> Her stools are healthy and I don't believe there is anything wrong 
>> with her health wise.
>> Comments, advice, suggestions, experience, etc would be greatly
> appreciated.
>> All the best, Hannah and Princess
>> 
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