[nagdu] Doggie spazziness/unfocus?

Wed Feb 18 20:46:13 UTC 2015

Someone else who loves the farm store!I am always paranoid in there with a 
new dog because of the chickens and other poultry.  Belle looked and wanted 
to sniff a bit.  Monty wasn't phased and Jetta hasn't been in there when 
they have had chickens.  A few more weeks, probably and the chicks will be 
in.

I was just in there a couple of days ago.  I had Monty with me.  After 
looking at all the toys, I had it narrowed down to two options.  I let Monty 
pick.  He chose the Kong squeak in the purple barbell shape.  For those of 
you who are looking for durable toys, this one is a winner!

We've only had it a couple of days, but Jetta chews on it obsessively.  It 
didn't squeak crazy loud, but she did manage to do something to the squeak, 
so now it just makes a heavy breathing sound.  She still likes it, which is 
great because the breathing sounds are very tolerable.

Monty plays with it a bit, but he seems to have mostly  outgrown wanting to 
play with toys of any variety.  Belle has never been much of a toy kind of 
dog.

Julie
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Tami Jarvis via nagdu
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 2:27 PM
To: Daryl Marie ; NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Doggie spazziness/unfocus?

Oh, my! The time Mitzi went berserk when I didn't have her head collar
was at a stable, where there were peacocks. I finally had to tie the
leash around my wrist to make sure I wouldn't lose her whenever one
walked into view. She would calm down, then another one would strut by
and there she would go.

She would be pretty excitable when we would drive to the dog park, too,
as were all the other dogs who drove to the dog park. The only time she
acted the same way in another parking lot was at the farm supply store,
which was pretty high stimulus. Then we walked out and there were dogs
in a car by ours and it was too much, so there was bounciness and a bit
of barking. Generally, if I just stand still, she will remember that she
is wearing her work clothes and pull it together on her own. That seems
to work best with her. Unless there are peacocks. I still am nervous
about peacocks. /lol/

Mitzi finally did outgrow random episodes of complete loss of composure.
Before that, she would still bounce but wouldn't pull, and she would
remember to keep her mouth shut, so that was nice. Generally, if she was
going to be that excitable, it would be when we weren't active enough,
like towards the end of winter, when boredom had built up. The most
useful thing really was just standing and ignoring her while she
bounced, then praising her when she got a grip on herself and moving on.

Good luck with your silly but wonderful girl.

Tami

On 02/17/2015 02:40 PM, Daryl Marie via nagdu wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Just looking for input.
>
> I take Jenny to an off-leash park regularly.  We have very few problems 
> walking there, but when my husband and I drive there with her, she gets so 
> excited.  She starts happily whining when we're pulling in to the parking 
> lot, and we have had some success working with her on not pulling when we 
> get out of the car.
>
> Last night, we went to visit my mother-in-law at a house she moved into a 
> couple of months ago.  We have never taken Jenny there before, and last 
> night she just completely lost her head - pulling, whining, not listening, 
> even in harness.  The first thing out of my husband's mouth when we got 
> out of the car was "She thinks we're at the park," accented by dogs 
> barking from yards in every direction.  I will admit I lost my head, too, 
> and got frustrated with my chowder-headed dog.  It got to the point that 
> nearly wrestling her to the ground didn't even seem to get her focused. 
> What really sucks is that leaving the house, I thought I should bring her 
> Halti, and decided not to... a decision I regretted upon exiting the car.
>
> In the end, she calmed down once we got inside, she sniffed my 
> Mother-in-law's Yorkie, stole a bone, and laid down calmly for two hours; 
> getting back to the car was much better.
>
> Any advice on dealing with this?  I admit I need to roll with this better, 
> but Jenn needs to know that this behavior is not acceptable, PERIOD!
>
> Daryl and the normally well-behaved Jenny
>
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