[NAGDU] {Spam?} Re: I am mand at Sedona

[Tami Jarvis]

Mardi,

I was sick for a couple of weeks when Mitzi was a pup, and it was a 
nightmare! I was so relieved when I could finally drag myself to the 
park and collapse on the grass while she ran off all the excess energy. 
She was so busy all the time, mentally and physically, so it was just 
impossible to keep up. She would bounce off the wals, and sometimes 
almost bounce off the ceiling. Then she would turn around and charm my 
socks off so I couldn't stay mad. With Loki, we have the yard and Zay to 
help run his energy off, so he doesn't get that kind of pent up energy 
and go nuts very often. Whew!

Hope you feel better soon and can get your girl out and go. She sounds 
like a lot of fun.

Tami

On 04/23/2016 06:53 PM, Mardi Hadfield via NAGDU wrote:
> Hi all, Mardi here. I am no longer mad at Sedona. It is hard to stay mad
> when she comes up to me and looks at me and then puts her head in my lap
> and licks my hands and then my face and does this little wiggle dance
> while licking me.She is really a very sweet dog and very loving. She just
> has so much energy and she doesn't quite know what to do with it all. She
> needs to run and run till she gets tired.But I can't accommodate her at
> this time. Maybe by next week my ankles will be better and then I will take
> her out. She loves to run next to my wheelchair. I am learning that it
> takes a great deal of patience to raise a Dutch Shepherd puppy. Even Lily,
> my first guide that I raised from a puppy,wasn't this energetic and she was
> a Siberian Husky! She was mild compared to Sedona! Maybe, It's a good thing
> that I have the patience that I have, as I could see some one else loose it
> and possibly abuse a puppy like her. I have seen it in enough of the rescue
> dogs. I guess it is those rescues that I have worked with that has given me
> the patience to deal with Sedona. I was mad at her in the moment, but I
> never even thought of hitting her, but crating her and ignoring her for the
> rest of the night did help us both calm down. I'm out the $15 and the hat
> but I still have a great dog that will some day be a great guide dog. I
> think we are learning from each other.   Mardi and Shaman,semi-retired and
> Neechee,GD and SedonaGDIT.
>