[nagdu] What does he want?

Mon Nov 30 16:44:44 UTC 2015

LOL go away.  I love that.  If you said it in this firm no nonsense voice it 
would work.  He's just responding to the tone of voice, but still. . . .I 
know plenty of humans who don't get that command.  <grin>

Tracy, you could just tell him to go to his bed or say "find Your place" or 
something similar.  Paige knows where her bed is and if she's bugging me on 
the PC I can tell her the "Find Your Bed" command and she'll do it. 
Granted, she'll kind of shuffle over there and let out this huge sigh when 
she finally flops down, but she's at least doing something and getting 
praise for it even if she's too surly to notice.

Lisa Belville
missktlab1217 at frontier.com
A bus station is where the bus stops. A train station is where the train
stops.  On my desk I have a work station...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] What does he want?

> Thanks.
> I do think it's his golden side.  He does like to be right next to me, but
> usually he lies down so some part of his body is touching my feet, and
> that's fine.
> Next time he gets pestery, I'll take him out, because he still needs to
> pee more than what I'm used to, and, if that doesn't do the trick, I'll
> just tell him to lie down.  I have a friend who taught his golden "Go
> away".  I thought it was a bit mean, until I got a lab with a strong inner
> golden.
>
> I think I figured out what Krokus wanted the other night.  I think he
> wanted me to go upstairs for a bit, so he could lie on the bed.  I did
> that last night, and he followed me up, jumped on the bed, and stayed
> there until it was nearly time to go out for the last time.  His Velcro
> side wouldn't let him walk away from me, but he could follow me up.  I
> guess I should be more firm about chasing him off the bed, though.
> Tracy
>
>> Tracey, I think that's the Golden part of him coming out.  My first dog
>> was
>> a Lab/Golden cross and he did this.  I thought it was just a guide dog
>> thing
>> until I started meeting other dog people and realized that their pure
>> Goldens were love sponges but Labs and Shepherds wouldn't just plunk 
>> their
>> heads in laps for no reason.    They were affectionate and would be very
>> responsive to their handlers, but they didn't require constant physical
>> interaction like the Goldens did.
>>
>> My second dog was all Lab and while she was very affectionate, she was a
>> bit
>> less physical and really didn't seem to like to hold still for prolonged
>> petting most of the time.  Usually a simple head pat or ear rub satisfied
>> her.
>>
>> Now my third dog is a Yellow Lab Golden cross and she is very physical,
>> almost intrusive  with her head.  She can stand for an eternity while I
>> rub
>> her ears, her knowledge bump, the extra skin around her neck. . . It
>> doesn't
>> matter as long as I am physically touching her.  She's done this with
>> others, so I think it's just her personality.  She's interfered with my
>> typing and my Bluetooth reception before, and loves using her muzzle as a
>> crowbar if she thinks I've been on the PC typing or on the iPhone playing
>> a
>> game for too long.
>>
>> Usually I tell her to do a down stay next to my rocker or in the spare
>> space
>> made by my computer desk the bed and the wall.  Usually just a single 
>> down
>> makes her quit.  I love this, but I know it can get really annoying,
>> especially when she goes into Velcro dog mode and wants to be wherever I
>> am
>> at all times.
>>
>> I think a quiet and firm down will probably stop this.  If you jump up to
>> take him out or drop everything you're doing to love on him, he's going 
>> to
>> learn this and probably will get very obnoxious about demanding your
>> attention.
>>
>> Lisa and Paige
>> Lisa Belville
>> missktlab1217 at frontier.com
>> A bus station is where the bus stops. A train station is where the train
>> stops.  On my desk I have a work station...
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tracy Carcione via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 8:43 AM
>> Subject: [nagdu] What does he want?
>>
>>
>>> Krokus has a new thing that's making me nuts.  He especially was doing
>>> it
>>> last night.  I'd pick up my puzzle game or my book, and he'd come and
>>> poke
>>> me with his nose or lay his head on my lap, or just stand a couple feet
>>> away
>>> looking at me.  I took him out.  I played with him.  I sat on the floor,
>>> in
>>> case he wanted to cuddle.  Nope.  Finally I got annoyed and told him to
>>> lie
>>> down and stop bugging me, which he did.
>>>
>>> He's been doing more of this kind of thing lately, and I can't figure
>>> out
>>> what he wants.  True, yesterday we took a walk in the morning, then it
>>> got
>>> cold and drizzly and we didn't go out again.  And I was listening to a
>>> hockey game on the radio, instead of watching TV.  Maybe that made the
>>> room
>>> darker than usual?  Maybe he's not a hockey fan?  I just can't figure
>>> out
>>> what he wants when he starts this new game.  Maybe "Down, and stop
>>> bugging
>>> me" is the best response.  If anyone has any ideas of what the big goof
>>> is
>>> trying to get across, .
>>>
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>
>>>
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