[nagdu] Dog problems

Sun Dec 8 20:17:20 UTC 2013

Hi Minh.
Is O'malley physically OK?  Sometimes, a dog will hide or stay in his den 
when he doesn't feel well.  Yelping and not wanting to play with another dog 
might also be signs of a physical problem.
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darla Rogers" <djrogers0628 at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog problems

> Amen, Sherry; if and when I correct another's dog, it is with a "no!" or 
> at
> most a tiny snap on the leash
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sherry Gomes
> Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 10:12 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog problems
>
> It might be a good idea for you to back off from him and leave him alone 
> for
> a while. He's not your dog, and unless your Boyfriend isn't there to 
> correct
> an urgent bad behavior, it isn't really your place to do so. For one 
> thing,
> it sounds like he's becoming afraid of you, and you don't want that at 
> all.
> Also, it's possible he's becoming confused about who is alpha is. Let your
> boyfriend be the primary person in his life for a while and let the dog 
> come
> to you when he's ready.
>
> I've had experience with this, with an ex-boyfriend from many years ago 
> who
> thought it was his right to correct my dog. I had a very sensitive dog and
> she couldn't handle it. At the time, I couldn't get out of the living
> environment easily, so I returned her to the school to protect her. When I
> was away from that environment, I got another dog and I heard that other 
> one
> worked successfully with someone else. Now I'm a downright hard *** about
> people correcting my dog, even my closest friends, boyfriends or whatever. 
> I
> tell people don't correct, unless I'm out of the room and the dog is about
> to grab a nice juicy steak or something off the counter. Lol. And even 
> then,
> it should never be a yell or a physical correction of any kind. That's 
> only
> my place to do.
>
> Sherry
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of minh ha
> Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 2:03 AM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nagdu] Dog problems
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am at my wits end about an issue and I'm hoping to get some advice,
> especially from those of you that have a partner who also has a guide dog.
> My boyfriend and I both have guides and our dogs are very attached to us,
> meaning that they will listen to either of us when we give them commands
> (out of harness, obviously.) However, O'Malley, my boyfriend's guide has
> started exhibiting some very strange behaviors towards me lately. It's
> almost like he is afraid of me. When I tell him to come, he won't do it; 
> he
> will just sit there and thump his tail, acknowledging the fact that he 
> hears
> me, but he refuses to come.
> When I go to grab him to give him a correction, he will run to his bed and
> hide in the back and will not come out, no matter what I do. I've tried
> everything--corrections, talking in a stern voice, yelling, treats-and 
> none
> of it seems to do anything. Doing obedience with treats doesn't work 
> either
> because he knows treats are imminent so he'll come flawlessly. The 
> situation
> is made extra frustrating when he plays keep away with me; I will call him
> and he'll get really close, but not close enough where I can actually 
> touch
> him or grab his collar. And when I do try to grab him, he will run back to
> his bed again. The other thing that is really distressing both my 
> boyfriend
> and I is that O'Malley seems to prefer his bed over any spot. If his crate
> is open, he will go lay in there and not come out unless you call him or
> it's food time. Viva will try to engage him in playing and he plays
> sometimes, but most of the time, he will just lay in bed and does nothing
> else. One last thing, when we do manage to get him to come out and play, 
> he
> has been yelping a lot whenever I play with him.
> We do play a little rough, but not any more than when my boyfriend plays
> with him and he never yelps then. I'm just so frustrated at the situation
> and I honestly don't know what else to do. I love this dog and I spoil him
> to death, but for some reason, he is just acting so weird with me that it
> has brought me to tears more than once. If any of you has insight into 
> what
> is going on, I would really appreciate it. I will try anything at this
> point.
>
> Cheers,
> Minh
>
>
> --
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> recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity:
> but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their
> dreams with open eyes, to make them possible." T. E. Lawrence
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