Comments on: Assume the Best – Good for the Dog; Good for You https://www.somethingwagging.com/assume-the-best-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/ Helping Your Dog Love The Boat As Much As You Do Sat, 01 Dec 2018 02:49:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jodi https://www.somethingwagging.com/assume-the-best-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-98821 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:47:00 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=11321#comment-98821 Hands down the dogs. I’m a suspicious sort myself. 😀

]]> By: Callie, Shadow, and Ducky's Mom https://www.somethingwagging.com/assume-the-best-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-98648 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 22:02:48 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=11321#comment-98648 Callie and Shadow are both like Honey when it comes to humans. Other dogs, not so much –they tend to be a little territorial.

Ducky is just the opposite — makes New doggie friends easily but is wary around humans if I’m there…that territorial thing, ya know.

Then there’s me — I don’t have much patience with people who continuously drive like they own the road and you have no right being in their way. As for those not interested in contact with me? Fine. It’s their loss, not mine.

]]> By: RumpyDog! https://www.somethingwagging.com/assume-the-best-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-98629 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:06:09 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=11321#comment-98629 Well I am, of course! woo woo woo!!!!!

]]> By: BJ Pup https://www.somethingwagging.com/assume-the-best-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-98617 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 03:45:57 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=11321#comment-98617 I usually think the best of people and sometimes that turns on me. I give people the benefit of the doubt. I probably should be more leery of people to prevent me from being disappointed. BJ is like Honey. He thinks everyone will like him and will go over to people to play.

]]> By: Vlad & Barkly's Dee https://www.somethingwagging.com/assume-the-best-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-98616 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 03:26:16 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=11321#comment-98616 MOST of the time Vlad is really great with people. We’ve met one woman that he wanted to keep away from me, and several men. Children are ALWAYS loved. Me, I just always assume someone’s okay until he tells me they’re not. *shrug* It’s easier to have a barometer with 4 legs than it is to have to think about it. Barkly seems to hold back and wait to see if Vlad will go to the person too.

Something that I’ll automatically assume about people: Seeing someone out in public that can’t get off their phones and pay attention to the children that are with them. I automatically assume that they’re crappy parents because they’re not paying attention to those children (many are whining and tugging at the parent) at one of the times that is most important to pay attention. There are all kinds of psychos out there these days, and it seems to me that they just don’t care that those children could be taken by someone in the blink of an eye.

]]> By: Kimberly Gauthier https://www.somethingwagging.com/assume-the-best-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-98615 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 03:25:51 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=11321#comment-98615 Assuming the worst ALWAYS causes problems when it’s me. When it’s my dogs, then I listen. But like your pup, our dogs assume the best in everyone.

Wait!

That’s not right. Blue loudly assumes that if you’re on our property without his prior approval, then you’re up to no good and he’s going to let you know. This confuses the UPS guy, who has Rodrigo coming at him for affection, Sydney coming (barking loudly) for a treat, and Blue coming (barking loudly and sounding scary).

Maybe I should check out that UPS guy.

]]> By: Dawn https://www.somethingwagging.com/assume-the-best-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-98611 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 21:43:48 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=11321#comment-98611 Maya assumes everyone loves her but my mom’s dog Rocky is way over the top. He is 70lbs or so and tries to sit in the lap of anyone who comes over. It doesn’t matter if they don’t like dogs. Rocky will win them over, by sitting on them if necessary. 🙂

]]> By: emma https://www.somethingwagging.com/assume-the-best-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-98605 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 19:52:38 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=11321#comment-98605 Good point, we always approach people thinking they will love us, especially my puppy sister Bailie. The thought that they don’t want us around never enters our minds! Something interesting for Mom to contemplate.

]]> By: Greyhounds CAN Sit https://www.somethingwagging.com/assume-the-best-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-98604 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 18:48:06 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=11321#comment-98604 Frankie assumes all foster dogs want to play with him and the way he likes to play. That worked until foster dog number 5, Mambo. He is a very soft soul and like most GH’s had probably never met anything other than GH’s. Frankie puzzled him and Mambo puzzled Frankie. So Frankie changed his approach rapidly, toned down and kept making playful overtures but not pushing it. His strategy took 2 weeks to work but Mambo did learn to play with Frankie and love it and Frankie learned that playing a bit gentler can still be a whole lot of fun. So Frankie’s advice would probably be that if your first assumption isn’t quite right if you try a different tack and be prepared to compromise then you still can have a rewarding outcome 🙂

Beryl’s assumption that all foster dogs are a nuisance hasn’t changed and she hasn’t shown any signs of compromising … she’s missing out on a lot of fun, silly girl.

]]> By: Peggy Frezon https://www.somethingwagging.com/assume-the-best-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-98602 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 17:23:53 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=11321#comment-98602 I am definitely subscribing to Honey’s advice column!
My dogs assume the best most of the time. Ike is a little skittish at the vet’s!

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