[nagdu] loves working, but hates work!

[Tami Jarvis]

Rox,

Silly Sun Dog! Could it be that your workplace is boring for her? Mitzi 
is quite the go girl, but would slow down when she realized we were 
going someplace boring. She's also the Queen of Finding Things but is 
incapable of finding home or the car somehow... She wants to go and if 
it involves not going... Never mind! /lol/ I realized she had truly 
started slowing down, in fact, when she didn't slow down on the way home 
because she was ready for a rest.

If the problem is that the office is just the boring same-old-same-old, 
you might be able to find a way to spice up arriving there enough that 
she will get you there in time for some fun or whatever. There's also 
the good old treat pouch. /smile/ With Mitzi, I would allow her to sniff 
at a favorite spot if she reached it without slowing down. That was in a 
familiar area where I could feel safe that she wouldn't find something 
awful to eat while sniffing, so I could use that for a reward. Since her 
slow down was on the way home, I could play rowdy with her when I got 
there and do lots of silly fun stuff that might not go in the 
professional environment. /lol/

Has anything negative occurred at work that might give her an actual 
aversion to the place? Are there people who interact in a way she might 
find stressful or something like that?

That's about all I can think of, and it may not be anything new.

Good luck. I would love to hear what you figure out and how you solve 
the problem.

Tami
On 03/19/2015 06:55 AM, The Pawpower Pack via nagdu wrote:
> Good Morning,
> I'm hoping to pick y'all's brains on an issue I'm having with Soleil, that I've not had with any other dog.
> She loves working, Is excited for the harness, and goes at a great speed— fast— and with a nice firm pull.
> Except...
> for the last 2 blocks before I get to my office in the morning.  We walk between a mile to three miles before work daily, depending on if we take the fixed route bus or walk the whole way, then we walk that same amount after work, plus we frequently do canicross and or bikejoring/scooterjoring in addition.  So she's not lacking in exercise.
> But the 2 blocks before work, she goes at a crawl!  I mean my grandma could outwalk her.
> I cannot change up the route of those last 2 blocks because my office is on the levee so is bordered by warehouses etc.  This is the only way to get to work on these last 2 blocks.
> I've tried cheerleading her along, and stopping for a break and getting her all amped up, and nothing!  Once we arrive at work, she seems happy, but those last 2 blocks are torture.
> She's a lab, so I've thought of bringing out my treat pouch, but am open to suggestions.  I will not correct her for it because even if she were trained with this method, it would just slow her down even more, because that's just how she is.
> Any thoughts?
> Thanks!
>
>   Rox and the kitchen Bitches:
> Mill'E, Laveau, Soleil
> Pawpower4me at gmail.com
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