[nagdu] Doggie hates to get wet!

[Sheila Leigland]

tres tries to jump puddles. My first dog drake a black lab use to do 
that also.
On 8/30/2014 3:03 AM, Raven Tolliver via nagdu wrote:
> The Golden Guy is hydrophylic for sure. But he is excellent at guiding
> me around puddles, whether they are on the sidewalk or at curbs. I'm
> not sure if puddles in the walk just look different to dogs and they
> intentionally go around them, or if the trainers actually work them
> around puddles. My dog will guide me into the grass around puddles if
> he must. It's very funny, but also awesome.
>
> On 8/29/14, Phyllis Stevens via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> My second dog from TSE, Dresden, was a puddle jumper!  problem was, that
>> sometimes said puddle was on the steps that went down to the street, and not
>> only could I not stay out of the puddle, but since she was two steps down
>> from me, I basically had to splash said puddle hard!  Used to really make me
>> furious, but you had to be really up beat with Dresden or she'd just sit
>> down and refuse to work.  She was way too sensitive for my growly self!  We
>> worked together 8 years, though.
>>
>> From: Larry D Keeler via nagdu
>> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 11:03 AM
>> To: Daryl Marie ; NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>> Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Doggie hates to get wet!
>>
>> Well, even though Holly doesn't mind getting wet, i caught her jumping a
>> puddle in harrness. I felt it go up and my feet went in! Sense of humor on
>> her part?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Daryl Marie via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 10:57 AM
>> Subject: [nagdu] Doggie hates to get wet!
>>
>>
>>> OK, so the proof is in the pudding!
>>>
>>> I have told my husband for months that Jenny does NOT like to get wet,
>>> period. She will guide me around even the tiniest puddles, walks slowly
>>> around sprinklers, and goes as fast as I will let her if it's raining
>>> outside (she calms down considerably with her rain poncho on).  Hubby has
>>> made jokes all summer about using a doggie pool, or taking her swimming,
>>> and I have maintained that it will NOT happen because Jenny hates so much
>>> to get wet.
>>>
>>> Last night, we were playing in the back yard, and hubby was working
>>> around the yard, harvesting vegetables and watering the garden.  We
>>> decided to see what Jenny would do with the sprinkler on, so we played
>>> games with her favorite ball away from the sprinkler.  Then we threw the
>>> ball toward the spray...
>>>
>>> The first time she grabbed it, she got wet, and mince-stepped back to us,
>>> shook herself off... and then for the next fifteen minutes would only go
>>> get the ball when the sprinkler wasn't spraying in that direction... or
>>> going around the long way to avoid the sprinkler and get the ball.  Funny
>>> girl!
>>>
>>> Daryl
>>>
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>> "Prowling his own quiet backyard or asleep by the fire, he is still
>> only a whisker away from the wilds."
>> --Jean Burden, CELEBRATION OF CATS
>>
>> Phyllis Stevens
>> And Ethan,
>> and his kitties, Simon And Sarah
>>
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