[NAGDU] Behavior Changes?

[Lisa Belville]

Hi.  I hate to do "I agree Messages," but like others have said, don't 
stress.  <smile>

I know it's frustrating when they do things and you just cannot for the life 
of you figure out what's causing it.  My last dog did this for a while. 
We'd been together for about two years with no problems of fear or shyness. 
Several times a week, Katy and I were going over to a neighbor's apartment 
in a different part of this complex.  We had been over there before, but not 
as regularly.  Right from the start of our regular visits, Katy started 
trembling as soon as she got into this person's apartment.  Before Katy 
loved going to this person's apartment for two or three hours at a time, in 
fact, she loved this person and continued to love this person even while she 
was shaking and shivering.  She just shook and shivered the whole time we 
were there.  I tried a variety of things from keeping her on leash but 
attached to a table in the same room with us, to keeping her in a completely 
different room, a hard thing to do because this was a small apartment with a 
fairly open floor plan.  Katy was fine up until we entered the apartment and 
fine afterward.  This lasted for several months and one day it just stopped. 
I remember asking for advice and people suggested things ranging from 
someone died in that apartment recently to Katy was hearing something 
neither of us could hear.  I have no clue what it was for sure except that 
no one died in that apartment because my friend had been living there for 
several years.  I never found out what it was.

Jenny could just be sensing your relief mixed with trepidation about leaving 
this job you didn't like and trying to find another one.  Also, wasn't this 
the building with the funky rotten egg smell?  Maybe this is what's 
triggering her anxiety, if it is even genuine anxiety.

So, just to summarize, you may never know what it was Jenny is reacting to. 
It could be something obvious that you can fix, but it's probably something 
in her doggie brain that you'd need the Vulcan Mind Meld to figure out what 
it is.  If she seems happy most of the time, isn't in pain or obviously 
sick/moepy, be happy she's young, healthy and loves working.

That's really all you can do as a handler.  If you really do start stressing 
and second guessing her moods she will pick up on this and might do more 
weird/unwelcome work place things.

Lisa and the Mostly Mellow Paige


Lisa Belville
missktlab1217 at frontier.com
Veni, Vedi, Visa. I came. I Saw. I did a little shopping.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daryl Marie via NAGDU" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Daryl Marie" <crazymusician at shaw.ca>
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 12:28 PM
Subject: [NAGDU] Behavior Changes?


> Good morning,
>
> Not sure if I should worry about this, but I am a bit concerned (or maybe 
> comforted) by a recent behavior change in Jenny.
> In previous jobs, Jenny has always slept on a bed under my desk. 
> Occasionally, she would curl up on my feet, and we would have some bonding 
> time.
>
> At the job I am currently at (leaving at the end of the year), Jenny has 
> never once curled up on my feet, not even tried to. Since I received my 
> verbal notice of termination, she has spent nearly half of every day 
> curled up under my desk or on my feet. Either she's freaking out and 
> needing some comfort because of my mild nervousness, or she's intensely 
> relieved like I am and feels she can relax.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Daryl
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