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A really ****ty run (a dog rant)
"Wendy" wrote in message ... Full Mu_n wrote: This is a support group for DIETS not a Mt. Holyoke bulletin board. Lift well, Eat less, Walk fast, Live long. Eat ****, Mu. Wendy Visualize him on the end of the leash. LOL LOL gawd. Leave the damn dog at home Wendy Susan 260/219/160 --- 1month 3days 12:13hours of being smoke-free, 1,344 cigs not smoked, $248.64 saved, 4day 16:00hours of my life saved |
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A really ****ty run (a dog rant)
"Wendy" wrote in message ... It's a beautiful fall day. I live 1/2 block from a huge wooded park with miles of running/skiing trails. I have a labrador puppy and a small boy with a bike. I decided to go running. snip First off - now we're going to have the puppy wizard psycho troll from hell in this group from this getting crossposted to a.p.d.b by the dog guy. UGH.... Ok - as for the dog. A couple things to keep in mind here. Chloe is very regular. Will poop 2x a day - both on walks, both time will be about 4 to 5 houses down the street. So, if I go for a 1 mile walk with her she's guarenteed to do the poop about 5 h's down, I pick it up, then when I walk back past the house again, I toss the bag into the driveway and continue on the walk. BUT.. if I run, then there's something about the running that will cause the poop to come out earlier and more often. The action must joggle it down the pipes and push it out. :-) So, if i'm going to run, I'll carry an extra baggy with me, because I know she's gonna do the dirty deed. One tip I picked up from obedience training. Spend 5 mins walking the dog and havign it go potty before beginnign the training session. So, if I'm going to go for a run, I'll spend the 5 mins at a brisk walk pace, down the street to where she's got to poop. Usually by that 5th house, its been a few mins, and i consider that my "warmup" for the run. But for the run, i'll carry the extra bag. Once its tied, I can't smell it that bad. Once Chloe has gone potty, then i'll put her on a "heel" and expect her to trot nicely next to me, and not be trying to sniff everything in the world. This took training. But, Chloe also has her walks where she's allowed to sniff and explore (those are the ones that take 15 mins to go 1/2 mile. Another thing for you to consider on these runs. Let her go in the neighbors yard. Pick it up, carry it with you to the park, and if it stinks too bad for you, who's saying you can't stop by the woodside and toss the contents of the bag into the woods. (not the bag, that would be litering). Then tie the bag up, and stow it away. Oh, if your son's w/ you and on his bike - well, what I've done when biking is carry the bag, tied to the cross bar on the bike. When its full, I'll tie it back there securly. If you don't want her pooping in the neighbors yard because you feel uncomfortable w/ the dog sqatting there - then spend 5 mins walking her on leash in your yard to poop before you venture on your run. Then you shoudl eb able to make it past there house and maybe the dog might go again while you are on the run in the woods. (but, in all honesty, out of curtousy to the other people who enjoy that path, if she goes on the trail, you should clean it up. Otherwise you give a bad name to dog owners and you may find that they prohibit dogs on the trails because too many owners don't clean up after them.) jmho :-) This post is nice and long, and should give you ample options to work with. Another thing to keep in mind - she is still a puppy. Make sure you bring her water and stop to water and rest her every 15 mins of the run, And you probably shouldn't make the run any more than 1/2hr to 45 mins or y ou might be over working her. Watch for signs of her wearing down. When Chloe is done with her walk, she starts to nudge me with her nose as her sign to me that she wants to turn around. (she does the same thing if she wants to go in a different direction that i am going). She's great at giving me signals. Then again, we've been doing at least 2 walks a day since last january, (minimum of 1/2 mile each, usually a mile or more). She's gotten pretty trained at the walking and jogging. |
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A really ****ty run (a dog rant)
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A really ****ty run (a dog rant) for Paulette and shelly
michae.l wrote: BTW, Paulette and shelly, this does not apply to you, Paulette, because you are not middle class. You are more of an upper class cape cod area dog socialite, and it does not apply to shelly either, as you shelly are in a very low, downtrodden white trash socioeconomic category in one of the poorest counties in the midwest. Just wanted to clear that up. michael live... http://dogtv.com hello Wendy, read this, "The dog is driven to do things which are fun and exciting and which will bring him pleasure. The modern suburban middle class American woman is driven to reign in, control, stifle and suffocate anything which might cause her public censure or, far worse than that, embarrassment. A fate worse than death. What the dog thinks or feels about all this is irrelevant. The dog is merely a pawn in a game he does not understand. Every day across America, a culture clash is raging between combatants at disparate ends of the leash. While the dogs sees it as perplexing and frustrating, for the woman, it is very much a war." I hope this heelps explain your situation for you. -michael patton ceo of dogtv.com networks |
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A really ****ty run (a dog rant)
In alt.support.diet Robin Nuttall wrote:
Okay, first of all, you seem to have a serious problem with your temper. Dragging and yelling at the dog will have made NO sense to her, it will only have terrified and confused her, and it certainly won't help the situation. If anything it will make it worse--she will only see it as punishment for doing something she needs to do--poop--not for pooping in a specific place. Thanks for the insight. Actually, if you looked closely, I was looking for ways to stop her from pooping in an inappropriate place. It had occurred to me that frothing at the mouth wasn't the best method. Hence the post asking for ideas. Second, depending on how young she is, your puppy shouldn't be running with you yet anyway. Puppies shouldn't be taken for long runs on leash while they are still growing. Yes, I know. She's just over a year old now and I got the go-ahead to go on 1/2 hour runs with her. I've been wanting to do this all along but didn't out of respect for her growing bones. It just so happens that the DISTANCE you are from your house to your neighbors coincides with the exercise induced need for her to poop. She can't help it. That really makes sense. Except for the part that I went in the OPPOSITE direction on my loop a few days ago and she waited until we were nearly home, at the very end of the run, to poop in this same neighbor's yard. I had taken her off the trail in the woods approximately 5 times asking her to poop. I thought we had her trained to poop on command, in fact, and it is clear to me now that we only were good at predicting when she needed to poop anyway. I also think she just prefers their lawn: it's really nice thick grass that they spend a lot of time on. In fact, it's pretty much the people who would LEAST tolerate abuse of their grass. If she needs to poop, and is old enough to really jog with you, how about jogging a few circuits of your yard first--enough for her to poop in YOUR yard before starting off? This is an excellent suggestion. Boring, but good. I'm always anxious to get into the woods on the nice trails and hadn't thought of it. Thanks to Jayjay for the suggestion of using it as a warm-up, too. You can either take it with you--wear a fanny pack, tuck it in there and turn the fanny pack around to the back and you won't know it's there That's another nice suggestion. Even in the woods (where it's my fondest hope she'll go) she might choose the trail itself and then I'd still have to pick it up. (Yes, Jayjay, I'm a good citizen, don't worry.) If this is how you approach all of life's minor problems I sure feel sorry for your dogs! I'm not sure you have enough info to judge yet, but I see your point. By the way, I didn't cross-post this, I posted it to a group where the people know me (and my dog issues) and several of them run with their dogs, too. Some "helpful" stranger chose to cross-post it to a group I don't read. This will be my last cross-post. Wendy |
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A really ****ty run (a dog rant)
"Wendy" wrote in message ... In alt.support.diet Robin Nuttall wrote: I'm not sure you have enough info to judge yet, but I see your point. By the way, I didn't cross-post this, I posted it to a group where the people know me (and my dog issues) and several of them run with their dogs, too. Some "helpful" stranger chose to cross-post it to a group I don't read. This will be my last cross-post. Wendy Well, I do post to both groups. (in rpdb I'm "Chloe's Mom" and not a real prolific poster) and although rpdb has its fair share of netkooks, it is a very helpful group. As many know, Chloe "fell" into my life last January totally unexpectedly, and its because of groups like rpdb and other dog groups that I've come as far as I have with her. They have been a great deal of help and can offer some good advice. On the other side, I also personally know Wendy and know that she is a good parent and caretaker of her dog. (who she got about the same time as I found Chloe). And I know that Wendy was just frustrated today, and her post was not meant to be posted to the rpdb group. We all struggle with our dogs - after all - that's the purpose of rpdb, to help us humans learn how to understand our canine friends and their behavior. And help each other learn how to redirect that behavior when it needs redirection. |
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A really ****ty run (a dog rant)
Susan Jones-Anderson wrote:
"Wendy" wrote in message ... Full Mu_n wrote: This is a support group for DIETS not a Mt. Holyoke bulletin board. Lift well, Eat less, Walk fast, Live long. Eat ****, Mu. Wendy Visualize him on the end of the leash. LOL Mu would stop to **** in each neighbor's yard, and then invite Chung to come smell it. -- jamie ) "There's a seeker born every minute." |
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A really ****ty run (a dog rant)
BWEEEEAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!
You're a MENTAL CASE. "Jdoee" wrote in message news:LF3ib.738920$Ho3.181102@sccrnsc03... ---------- In article , wrote: Wendy wrote: snip I am so seriously ****ed. I am NOT going to go running with this dog if she insists on ****ting on their lawn no matter what time of the day we go. Does anyone have any ideas? She's taken to ****ting three times a day with this extra special "when we go running" **** added to her schedule. I wouldn't mind if she did it in the woods (we're in the woods for over a mile!) but she has never, ever, ever, ever gone **** in the woods. Not once. Ideas? snip Well, since you asked... It sounds like her body needs to go, and it has become a habit to go in this spot. The answer could be as simple as crossing the street, if you don't want her to go on this particular lawn. If you always take the same path back, you could bag it and stash it, then pick it up on your way home. And yes, when I walk my dog through our neighborhood in the morning, I will cross the street with her to avoid some pedestrians and other dogs. It is an inconvenience, but the simplest way to do things. I have got her trained to the point she won't freak out in daylight, but in the dark when somebody comes upon us she gets startled, and so do I. jdoee |
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A really ****ty run (a dog rant)
On 11 Oct 2003 16:11:08 -0400, Wendy wrote:
Eat ****, Mu. My Holyoke **** don't smell, huh? Lift well, Eat less, Walk fast, Live long. |
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