[nagdu] stress, how much is too much?

[Julie J.]

this particular meeting is quarterly.  I have gone to another one since 
the August episode and he was fine.  However the meetings are in 
different locations all over the state.  So to him I doubt the two 
resembled each other very much.

 From August to now I have been to out of town, weekend meetings 4 times 
and have had one in town all day meeting.  He's been relatively fine 
with all of it.

I have no idea why he had a problem at the August meeting and I have no 
idea why he might be nervous in the grocery store one day and not the 
next.  Same with other places where he's been anxious, it'll be shaking, 
lip licking and big eyes one day and happy times the next.

Honestly he seems to be over whatever was bothering him.  I bring it up 
because recent messages on this list would suggest to me that there are 
others dealing with stress issues that may not be recognizing them for 
what they are.  I thought it would be good to talk about it and I used 
Monty as an example because it has been a recent event for us.

Julie



On 11/12/2012 3:16 PM, d m gina wrote:
> Do you know when you would be doing this kind of traveling again?
> if it is down the road, I would keep working him.
> if it is in a couple of weeks I would try a gentle leader on the 
> pulling hard times, and if it still didn't settle down, then I would 
> figure he was stressing out, except for smaller trips and walks.
> Is his work still good around home?
> Original message:
>> I'm wondering how your dog's show that they are stressed and how much is
>> too much?
>
>> a bit of background...a few months ago I went to an all day meeting out
>> of town.  This involved about 8 hours of car travel there, an overnight
>> hotel stay, the all day meeting, another hotel stay and the car ride
>> home.  Monty has done all of these sorts of things before and since.
>> Before this weekend he showed few signs of stress and they were minor.
>> However for some reason still unknown to me Monty had a tough time this
>> particular weekend.  His signs of stress included: looking at everything
>> incessantly, startling at noises, lip licking, difficulty relaxing  at
>> relief breaks, shaking and pulling like a crazed maniac in harness.
>
>> For me his signs of stress were pretty high.  If he had continued at
>> that level I would have stopped working him.  We have struggled off and
>> on for the past few months with smaller episodes of stress/anxiety.
>> Overall things have improved dramatically.  Occasionally he will do the
>> lip licking and the looking at everything, but he's not at a level that
>> I feel is risky to his or my health or  safety.
>
>> Recent messages to the list and my own situation caused me to think
>> about and ask the questions: How much is too much?  What would cause you
>> to quit working a dog completely? What would cause you to quit working a
>> dog in a particular situation?
>
>> Julie
>
>
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