[nagdu] Dogs picking up on stress RE: Calming down?

[Kaye Kipp]

I can tell you. Dogs do pick up.  I recently had a stress test and I knew
what to expect.  I was told I'd get short of breath and yatayata, but
Liberty wasn't told, and she came unglued.  She tried to climb into my lap.
She totally picked up on it.

Kaye

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Daryl Marie via
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Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 7:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Calming down?

Debby,

Thanks, I thought I was the only one who went through this... or whose dog
picked up on crazy stress. Normally Jenny is pretty intuitive, and behaves
nicely when I am mildly or even moderately stressed... but I'm
through-the-roof stressed (I broke down crying and yelling when I noticed
I'd sent out 24 resumes with a formatting error).  So it makes complete
sense that Jenny is picking up on it.

Daryl
----- Original Message ----- From: Debby Phillips <semisweetdebby at gmail.com>
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<nagdu at nfbnet.org>, nagdu at nfbnet.org Cc: crazymusician at shaw.ca Sent: Wed, 17
Jun 2015 17:24:02 -0600 (MDT) Subject: Re: [nagdu] Calming down?  Ah, Daryl,
I know, I know those days. Back when I had my first dog, my boss and I sort
of mutually agreed that I should go. So I resigned, not wanting to have
being fired on my employment record. The next day, I went to the local
community college to register for a couple classes. I was still a mess from
the whole situation. After I registered for my classes, I decided to go have
lunch in the cafeteria. I wasn't very familiar with the campus, and
definitely had not done cafeteria stuff with a dog before. I picked up my
tray, Maxy saw a French fry on the floor, and lunged for it. That caused me
to drop my tray, spilling a burger, fries and a drink everywhere. Which
caused Maxy to lunge at stuff even more. I was so stressed I don't even
remember how I got home. Been there, kiddo. You'll get through this, you
really will. But in the meantime, cuddle with Jenny, let her know she's
still okay, and take a nap. (Smile).  Hugs,   Debby and Nova
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