Comments on: Don’t Overwork Your Self-Control – Good for the Dog; Good for You https://www.somethingwagging.com/dont-overwork-your-self-control-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/ Helping Your Dog Love The Boat As Much As You Do Wed, 12 Dec 2018 21:49:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Donna https://www.somethingwagging.com/dont-overwork-your-self-control-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-82784 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 01:57:55 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10002#comment-82784 Well I never seem to have ENOUGH self control…so maybe I’ve just been using it up too quickly. LOL! I’ll have to take notice if not buying that neat dog collar I fell in love with has any effect on how many times I cheat on my diet. 🙂

]]> By: Lindalu https://www.somethingwagging.com/dont-overwork-your-self-control-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-82767 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:33:21 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10002#comment-82767 In reply to Pamela.

Oh, we’ve got VOLUMES stored up. But then we’d have to work on a book. Contradictory to our theory!!!!

]]> By: Mike Webster https://www.somethingwagging.com/dont-overwork-your-self-control-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-82748 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:14:26 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10002#comment-82748 From the Husband:
MUST. . . REFRAIN. . . FROM MAKING. . . DUMB JOKE. . .

]]> By: Jessica@YouDidWhatWithYourWeiner https://www.somethingwagging.com/dont-overwork-your-self-control-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-82747 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:39:58 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10002#comment-82747 Interesting study on self control. I do notice that Chester and Gretel get grumpier as we near the end of a long walk where they have to deal with other dogs. I always thought it was because they were getting tired physically. That didn’t totally make sense to me because you always hear that a tired dog is a better behaved dog. Being physically tired might be part of it but now I wonder if it is because they are getting mentally tired. By the end of the walk they have spent a long time being well behaved so perhapsthey are running out of self-control.

]]> By: GizmoGeodog https://www.somethingwagging.com/dont-overwork-your-self-control-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-82737 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:22:10 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10002#comment-82737 It’s all about balance, isn’t it? The tighter you’re wound the bigger the rebound when you unwind…same for dogs I think…Cutting loose, free play and unstructured time are important for all of us

]]> By: Dawn https://www.somethingwagging.com/dont-overwork-your-self-control-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-82705 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:33:30 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10002#comment-82705 LOL! This makes so much sense. Maya spends so much time being a good dog at home that losing her self-control is inevitable when she goes out in public. I took her to the vet yesterday because she has been sneezing. She did no where near as well as Honey. She scared a little dog with her exuberance. She’d only sit, and not quietly, for about 20 seconds at a time. Then she greeted the vet by jumping on him! I do have to give her kudos, though, for being good when he looked down her nostrils, stuck a thermometer in her behind, and gave her a shot.

]]> By: Pamela https://www.somethingwagging.com/dont-overwork-your-self-control-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-82693 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:39:25 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10002#comment-82693 In reply to Jobi and Fisher.

This is a lesson where we really need to look to the cats. Dogs try too hard, like humans. But cats seem to do just what they want to do.

There’s a lot of kitty wisdom there we need to listen to.

]]> By: Pamela https://www.somethingwagging.com/dont-overwork-your-self-control-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-82689 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:37:37 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10002#comment-82689 In reply to emma.

Reading about the dog experiment made me wonder about service dogs. If they’re accompanying their person to work or school every day, do they make worse decisions by the end of the day?

Maybe you could do your own experiment with Emma. 🙂

]]> By: Pamela https://www.somethingwagging.com/dont-overwork-your-self-control-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-82686 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:34:54 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10002#comment-82686 In reply to Molly The Wally.

Amen. How to’s are the curse of America. Are British supermarket magazines as bad?

I wonder if we’ll ever think we’re good enough just as we are? 🙂

]]> By: Pamela https://www.somethingwagging.com/dont-overwork-your-self-control-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-82684 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:33:29 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10002#comment-82684 In reply to Human Rescues Dog.

Yes, you may have 6 cookies. If you don’t, who knows what terrible things will happen to you? 🙂

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