tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14982702.post5982084484968912209..comments2023-12-13T05:35:03.070-05:00Comments on Wheres my sanity: ChangesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14982702.post-22138124295682791832009-08-18T09:23:03.779-04:002009-08-18T09:23:03.779-04:00My post didn't go through yesterday. I wante...My post didn't go through yesterday. I wanted to thank you for your posting about Sanity, and hope that she returns to her more reliable self around the rude children:)<br /><br />I also wanted to ask what inappropriate behaviors she was displaying?Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09507045145500468626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14982702.post-33350857897002713842009-08-11T02:00:00.371-04:002009-08-11T02:00:00.371-04:00I'm very glad Sanity is taking well to a chang...I'm very glad Sanity is taking well to a change in diet, that you've got more desensitizing and distraction work in with children of the appropriate range, and that Sanity is finally starting to fill some very large pawprints in the yard boss department. Finding kids of the right size, with dog savvy parents (or who's parents trust your dog knowledge) is usually the hardest part of working a dog who dislikes or fears children. I'm so glad you have clients with the right sort of children for whittling down Sanity's reactions. I do hope she gets back into public work again, but even if she doesn't, it's got to be nice to see an improvement in her attitude toward children. <br /><br />I'm also happy to see a nice posting about Sanity. As important as the AR alerts and BSL postings are, it's nice to get a peek into the dog yard every so often.<br /><br /><br />I do have questions about what a "yard boss" does to break things up before it gets nasty- do they step between the would-be-combatants, distract them, or alert you so you can defuse the situation (or do whichever as needed)? Have you ever seen a lower ranked, obviously willing to give way to every other dog in the place temperament step up and sit between two snarly animals, all the while looking up and away in the same manner as when confronted by someone trying to steal a toy? Duncan never used to break up fights until he started working full time, and now it's as though he can't just sit there and wait for me to notice to tell the morons to knock it off, and will go do it himself so I don't have to. Perhaps I'm interpreting it completely wrong, but I do believe it's the closest thing to sitting down in the middle and asking "Can't we all just get along?" The damnedest thing is it seems to work!<br /><br /><br />I hope Sanity keeps up her forward progress, and I look forward to the next posting (especially since I only recently finished re-reading the archives and miss being able to hit the "next post" link).Flohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02985619413600423292noreply@blogger.com