[nagdu] Important lesson learned. Dogs cannot be trusted.

Wed Mar 4 13:14:35 UTC 2015

Hi Abigail.
If she never acted this way before, has something changed?  Are either of
you having extra stress right now? Are you visiting your mother, or have you
recently moved?
Tracy

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Abigail Bolling
via nagdu
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 8:17 PM
To: Shannon Dyer; NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Important lesson learned. Dogs cannot be trusted.

Hi all,
So, about half an hour ago I found chocolate wrappers and a bag of chocolate
on the floor. They had previously been on an end table, or my mother has
always kept chocolate and candy, Jaden has been taught and respected the
fact that jumping on the end tables for the sweets are is an acceptable, and
has never done it before now. She is now going to be on leash or in a crate
or on a tiedown 24 seven. She hates this, but I feel like it's the only way
to keep her safe and out of things she shouldn't be in. I also caught her in
the trashcan this afternoon, something she hasn't done since I was actually
at the guy dog school receiving her.
Is this just a midlife crisis that she's going through? She is going to be
five after all, that's 35 in dog years. Isn't that when midlife crises
usually happen? :-)

Abigail Bolling
"Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart, and just let the music
play." (Julie Anderson Diamond)

> On Mar 2, 2015, at 10:16 PM, Shannon Dyer via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> 
> I agree with this, Tracy. I don't leave food on the floor because that's
right at the dog's level. However, if I leave food on my kitchen counter, my
dog had better not jump up there and eat it. He knows jumping on the counter
is unacceptable.
> 
> Shannon and the Acelet
>> On Mar 2, 2015, at 12:33 PM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
>> 
>> Becky F, I disagree.  I think it's perfectly reasonable to expect my 
>> dog not to jump up and grab stuff off the counter.  And I've got 
>> exactly that for 30 years, until Krokus.  I shouldn't have to 
>> dog-proof my life.  I shouldn't have to worry about anything being 
>> out and less than 4 feet off the ground. I should be able to take 
>> bread out of the oven and leave it to cool without worrying about the 
>> dog grabbing it. In my book, these are basic dog house manners.
>> I'd much rather house-proof the dog than dog-proof the house.
>> Tracy
>> 
>>> I was putting away the last row of a pan of chocolate brownies. My 
>>> neighbor came to the door. She left and crash the brownie pan was 
>>> smashed in tiny glass pieces. Was it my fault or my dog's fault. 
>>> Right my fault. So I put him in a safe place across the room and 
>>> cleaned up the huge and I mean huge mess as glass pieces went 
>>> everywhere. I could have slipped the pan in my oven which was very 
>>> close to me. Put the pan on top of my refrigerator.
>>> 
>>> Maybe the difference in a thirty something year old and her first 
>>> dog and a twenty something and her first dog. It is my fault for not 
>>> keeping my dog my responsibility safe.
>>> 
>>> After this lesson I hope you dog proof your home from now on. 
>>> Expensive lesson true and I am sorry the dog had to suffer to teach you
this lesson.
>>> But wisdom comes from making mistakes like this.
>>> 
>>> Forgive yourself, teach your boyfriend how to keep things safe for 
>>> your dog by not storing things in reach of the dog. The roommate, 
>>> well you deal with her childish behavior. But please store the 
>>> treats up high, or at the very least in a dog proof container.
>>> 
>>> Forgive the pup as well.
>>> 
>>> Warmly,
>>> Becky and Jake
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Abigail 
>>> Bolling via nagdu
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2015 5:40 PM
>>> To: the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List
>>> Subject: [nagdu] Important lesson learned. Dogs cannot be trusted.
>>> 
>>> My girl has an interesting way of displaying her separation anxiety!
>>> Mainly, getting into things that she's not supposed to and making me 
>>> make her throw up. Yes guys, I am talking a lot of food.
>>> She decided on Friday, when I left her at home with my roommate, to 
>>> jump on my dining room table and eat a lot of big busy bones, which 
>>> I give her for treats.as if that wasn't enough, she decided to eat a 
>>> chocolate brownie cliff bar, that my boyfriend had left also sitting 
>>> on the table.unfortunately, the simple protein bar contained a lot 
>>> of cocoa powder.as if that wasn't enough, she decided to finish off 
>>> half a bag of Dove milk chocolate!
>>> Moral to the story? My girl cannot be trusted in the apartment!we 
>>> had been working on the table being a no zone. And that she was not 
>>> even to try to look up at the top. Obviously, that did not work.
>>> 
>>> I had to take her to the 24 hour vet hospital, and spend upwards of 
>>> $200 so they could make her throw up. I didn't have any hydrogen 
>>> peroxide in the apartment, and the baking soda water idea did not 
>>> work. My dog has a stomach made of steel.of course she had to do 
>>> this the night before the trainer was supposed to visit us for her 
>>> barking issue. The trainer suggested to me that even though I had 
>>> been working with her for three years, there are some things that I 
>>> should never do with any dog in the future. Mainly, leave them 
>>> unattended for a period of time in the apartment.i'm sharing this, 
>>> because I feel like it was a good lesson for me and I wanted to pass 
>>> it on. No matter how long you have worked with dogs, or have worked 
>>> with your particular dog right now, they are unpredictable little 
>>> boogers, and like to get into trouble. I swear, my dog is more 
>>> toddler then she is dog.seriously, she acts like a two-year-old! :-) 
>>> Hopefully your pups never get into chocolate and you guys don't have 
>>> to pay to learn this lesson that I had to learn. :-) I wish you all 
>>> the best, and I hope your puppies are loving to eat their dog food 
>>> in not trying to get into things they shouldn't! :-)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Abigail Bolling
>>> "Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart, and just let 
>>> the music play." (Julie Anderson Diamond) 
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