[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Wierd dogs and days after
- From: Mary Tripp <mtmsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: WLFHRTGSD@xxxxxxx, jhelee929@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ELG440@xxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 11:11:46 -0600
The favorite trick of my house dog Spinner is to come into the office and
turn me to face her in my office chair. She is also training some of the
others to do the same thing.
Mary
At 11:39 AM 12/24/2004, WLFHRTGSD@xxxxxxx wrote:
>In a message dated 12/24/04 10:14:16 AM, jhelee929@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
><< If you find the answer to this could you let us know? We have a bitch who
>does the same thing. I just figured that it was because she was one of Mo's
>crazy Texas dogs and not quite right.
>Lee Ealy
>Michigan
>
> >
> > I have a dog here that likes to get behind my recliner and put his front
> > legs over the back and lean his head against mine. Is that normal? To
> let
>him
> > do this?
> >
> > Evan
> > _Asgard German Shepherds_ (
> >>
>
>I believe our wonderful shepherds will do whatever they can to get themselves
>closer to us. I don't have a definition of "normal" for these types of
>behavior, but I accept that they are a thinking breed and as such, will do
>whatever
>they want to be by our sides. As for "letting" them do it, I let my dogs
>sleep on the bed, kiss my face, and pretty much do whatever makes them
>happy.
>They know we're in charge, or at the very least, are smart enough to LET us
>think we are in charge, and I've long believed that as long as my dogs behave
>properly, it doesn't matter what I "allow" them to do. I had one dog who
>considered it his duty to stand over the bed staring down at me during a
>storm - his
>duty was to let me know it was lightning and thundering. I might have slept
>through it if not for his vigilance.
>
>He made sure we were "safe" from those scary flashes of lightning, and the
>best way for him to keep us safe was to first wake us up so we would know
>they
>were going on, and from there, he climbed into bed, under the covers right
>between us to make sure we were both equally protected. We gave him his
>very own
>pillow, he protected us much better when he could hide his eyes UNDER the
>pillow. Content that he was doing his job, he soon would start to snore.
>
>Normal? For him it was! It never hurt us to let him sleep in the bed during
>storms, other than perhaps a few sore muscles from trying to keep ourselves
>from falling off the bed.
>
>Point is, I threw out the books on "normal" a long time ago, and my philosoph
>y is if it doesn't harm them or harm us and they behave properly, they can
>pretty much do as they darn well please.
>
>Kelly Busse
>Wolfheart German Shepherds
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