[NAGDU] looking for suggestions regarding stress while wearing dog shoes

Keri Svendsen keribcu at gmail.com
Mon Dec 10 21:30:26 UTC 2018


The one thing my pup likes is to sniff them before I put them on. Have 
you tried that?

On 12/10/2018 2:28 PM, Raul A. Gallegos via NAGDU wrote:
> Hello all, my guide, Larry, is 3 now and will be 4 in March 2019. I 
> confess that I have not used the dog shoes a lot since getting him 
> when he was almost 2. However, this past summer when I really needed 
> them because of the very hot Texas weather, I put them on him and it 
> stressed him out a lot. So much that he peed while we were doing 
> nothing more than standing while waiting for our ride. I remember 
> learning how I should put 2 on at a time and then play a little with 
> him to show him it's no big deal, but the issue with this is that I 
> dropped the ball and didn't get him used to them. Then when the summer 
> came around, it was necessary to avoid him walking on extremely hot 
> concrete while trying to get from the building we working at to our ride.
>
> If someone has suggestions on how I can minimize this and try to get 
> him to see this as fun, please let me know. Yes, I also realize that 
> doing this when it was needed right away wasn't the smartest thing. 
> So, now that we are in winter-time in Texas where they are definitely 
> not needed, I'd like to start getting him used to them so as the 
> weather gets warmer, he will be used to it by then.
>
> Thanks.
>
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