[nagdu] Doggie hates to get wet!

[Raven Tolliver]

The Golden Guy is hydrophylic for sure. But he is excellent at guiding
me around puddles, whether they are on the sidewalk or at curbs. I'm
not sure if puddles in the walk just look different to dogs and they
intentionally go around them, or if the trainers actually work them
around puddles. My dog will guide me into the grass around puddles if
he must. It's very funny, but also awesome.

On 8/29/14, Phyllis Stevens via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> My second dog from TSE, Dresden, was a puddle jumper!  problem was, that
> sometimes said puddle was on the steps that went down to the street, and not
> only could I not stay out of the puddle, but since she was two steps down
> from me, I basically had to splash said puddle hard!  Used to really make me
> furious, but you had to be really up beat with Dresden or she'd just sit
> down and refuse to work.  She was way too sensitive for my growly self!  We
> worked together 8 years, though.
>
> From: Larry D Keeler via nagdu
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 11:03 AM
> To: Daryl Marie ; NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Doggie hates to get wet!
>
> Well, even though Holly doesn't mind getting wet, i caught her jumping a
> puddle in harrness. I felt it go up and my feet went in! Sense of humor on
> her part?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daryl Marie via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 10:57 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] Doggie hates to get wet!
>
>
>> OK, so the proof is in the pudding!
>>
>> I have told my husband for months that Jenny does NOT like to get wet,
>> period. She will guide me around even the tiniest puddles, walks slowly
>> around sprinklers, and goes as fast as I will let her if it's raining
>> outside (she calms down considerably with her rain poncho on).  Hubby has
>> made jokes all summer about using a doggie pool, or taking her swimming,
>> and I have maintained that it will NOT happen because Jenny hates so much
>> to get wet.
>>
>> Last night, we were playing in the back yard, and hubby was working
>> around the yard, harvesting vegetables and watering the garden.  We
>> decided to see what Jenny would do with the sprinkler on, so we played
>> games with her favorite ball away from the sprinkler.  Then we threw the
>> ball toward the spray...
>>
>> The first time she grabbed it, she got wet, and mince-stepped back to us,
>> shook herself off... and then for the next fifteen minutes would only go
>> get the ball when the sprinkler wasn't spraying in that direction... or
>> going around the long way to avoid the sprinkler and get the ball.  Funny
>> girl!
>>
>> Daryl
>>
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> "Prowling his own quiet backyard or asleep by the fire, he is still
> only a whisker away from the wilds."
> --Jean Burden, CELEBRATION OF CATS
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> Phyllis Stevens
> And Ethan,
> and his kitties, Simon And Sarah
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