[nagdu] wagging and harness or not happy about working?

[Larry D. Keeler]

YYou sure Mitsy and Holly don't know each other? Holly will follow me until 
I get the harness. Then, she'll go visit my wife or eat something first. 
Lastly, she will buzz around and touch me with her nose or wagging tail. If 
AI grab the cane, she will sit at th4e door and wait. But, if I really need 
her to hurry, she does! But, I think she lov34es to mess with me a bit 
first. And my little dog takes her getting the harness on as a great 
opportunity to run over and sneak a sniff or two!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tami Jarvis" <tami at poodlemutt.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] wagging and harness or not happy about working?


> Daniel,
>
> Glad you're back!
>
> Mitzi poodle makes a game at harness time, playing hard to get or running 
> to her daddy for "protection," knowing perfectly well he will nab her. 
> Once she is in harness, she is happy and ready to go. If I act like I 
> might just take the cane instead, she will not let me out the door. 
> Apparently, she's just making a statement of some sort or playing. It 
> seems like some dogs actually do leap into the harness or something like, 
> but some dogs don't even though they clearly like to work.
>
> Tami
>
> On 06/14/2013 01:03 PM, Daniel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> I am not sure how long the posts have been going about dogs being happy 
>> to
>> get into their harness when you get ready to go since my email has been
>> messed up but here goes.
>>
>>
>>
>> I have always had an issue with Cass, with only a few exceptions where 
>> she
>> pulls away from me when I put her harness on. After it is on, she works 
>> like
>> a champ, and seems perfectly content. She is all work, and extremely 
>> focused
>> on her job. She does not want to get the physical praise as much as just
>> verbal praise, and her usual kibble.
>>
>>
>>
>> When I brought this up to my field rep, who is no longer with me, she 
>> said
>> that Cass was head-shy and that it had nothing to do with not wanting to
>> work.
>>
>> I must admit I am always taken a back a bit when she resists the harness
>> since I feel like she doesn't want to go, but I go with what my rep said.
>>
>>
>>
>> Does anyone else have any similar issue?
>>
>>
>>
>> Daniel and Cass
>>
>> Lakewood, Colorado
>>
>>
>>
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