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

[Daniel]

That's the same here, Cass gets so serious. She won't always back up when I
pull the harness over the head, but about 80% of the time. I have tried to
start getting real excited like we are going to have a real party and
sometimes that keeps her from backing up, not always.
I guess as long as she does a great job as she always does I won't worry
about it. 
It's just when others talk about their pups jumping into their harness, it
makes me feel like a bad dad,, or like my kid is rebelling against me.
Silly, eh?

Daniel and Cass
Lakewood, Colorado

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie McGinnity
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 2:30 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] wagging and harness or not happy about working?

Hi Daniel and all,

I am the one who started this whole thing.  My dog does not like to
get into her harness.  She still enjoys working, and she never refuses
the harness, but it's like her whole demeanor changes when I put the
harness on.  She loses all her bounce.  The school told me that this
is just how she works.  Apparently, it's rare, but some dogs are just
like that.  But yes, she really hates when I put the harness on.  I
wonder if she has head issues too.  Interesting.

It's awesome how these dogs have such different personalities.

On 6/14/13, tina thomas <judotina48kg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone all of my dogs couldn't wait to jump into their harness
even
> better yet when they saw me pick my purse up my keys or my shoes they were
> ready to go Tina and the girls
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 14, 2013, at 1:03 PM, "Daniel" <daniel.sweeney1 at comcast.net> 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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Julie McG
National Association of Guide dog Users board member,  National
Federation of the Blind performing arts division secretary,
Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President,
and Guiding Eyes for the Blind graduate 2008
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
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