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

[Sarah]

Cy dog does the same thing.  Eight months agoeahe used to wag his 
tail and come runing when I got out the harness.  Now, he will 
just sit and when I put it on, I have to tell him to stand a few 
times.
 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel" <daniel.sweeney1 at comcast.net
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:34:10 -0600
Subject: Re: [nagdu] wagging and harness or not happy about 
working?

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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