Comments on: Even Superstars Have Bad Days – Good for the Dog; Good for You https://www.somethingwagging.com/even-superstars-have-bad-days-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/ Helping Your Dog Love The Boat As Much As You Do Sat, 01 Dec 2018 02:39:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kathryn Durno https://www.somethingwagging.com/even-superstars-have-bad-days-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-106691 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:59:40 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=12643#comment-106691 Too much! After years in the corporate world I now work from home. Making my way or not as a freelancer. While you would think I could manage it all, the house is messier, laundry is behind, I don’t have a concrete plan for dinner…what else?! I don’t even have kids at home anymore…just dogs sigh! This made me laugh and laugh at myself for being so serious about it…attitude is everything, so on this note, I’m going to make a short list, knock those things off the list…and call it a day, be like Biddy and Tristan and go sit in the sun and relax!

]]> By: Maggie https://www.somethingwagging.com/even-superstars-have-bad-days-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-106686 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 16:04:38 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=12643#comment-106686 My husband made me promise that my New Year’s resolution would be to be less hard on myself. I’m a lot like what you described: If I don’t plow through the never-ending task list each day, I feel like an unproductive failure. All that pressure is totally on myself. I deal with bad days with a good book and a glass of wine! The dogs have bad days, too, of course. Like the time Emmett and I were scheduled to talk to a group of social workers about the benefits of therapy dogs and he ran straight across the room and jumped up on the buffet table that was set for lunch… But, of course, he shrugs that stuff off immediately. Yet another lesson I should take from my guys!

]]> By: Lauranne https://www.somethingwagging.com/even-superstars-have-bad-days-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-106671 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 10:11:17 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=12643#comment-106671 Poor Mity was poorly when he took his final assessment on his training class and so was pretty high on medication – think it was the only way he passed it as he was brilliant when away from distractions but whenever we took him to classes he would run around like an idiot because it was just more fun!

I think everyone beats themselves up too much. I know I do, and I struggle to ask for help. I don’t know if it is this over pressured life we are living?!

]]> By: Callie, Shadow, and Ducky's Mom https://www.somethingwagging.com/even-superstars-have-bad-days-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-106657 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 23:05:42 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=12643#comment-106657 My bad days usually come when I don’t get enough sleep the night before. But, I try not to let them get the better of me. If I find myself in a really rotten mood, I take the dogs out to the back yard and watch them run around for a while. Just watching Ducky try to catch a squirrel cheers me up. Or, if Ducky’s at daycare, I’ll take out the Chuck-it toy and play a few games of fetch and keep away with Callie and Shadow. Last week was so cold, I used the indoor Chuck-it toy. I’d almost forgotten that we have one. If it rains tomorrow, I’ll take it out of the closet again. I’ve learned to not beat myself up so much. My Dad was a firm believer in the phrase “idle hands are the devil’s workshop”, so I wasn’t allowed to be “lazy” unless I was sick. Now I call my “lazy” days “Mental Health Days” and enjoy at least 3 of them per week.

]]> By: emma https://www.somethingwagging.com/even-superstars-have-bad-days-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-106656 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 22:02:11 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=12643#comment-106656 Oh us dogs do have good and bad days for sure. My sister Katie actually has moody days which makes Mom crazy! Hopefully Bailie will be having a good day this week when she attempts to graduate from Obedience 1. Mom keeps telling me she only needs to pass this one class and then never take obedience again, but Bailie doesn’t seem to are. We will see in a couple days.

]]> By: Edie https://www.somethingwagging.com/even-superstars-have-bad-days-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-106649 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:28:22 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=12643#comment-106649 We’ll have to have a beating ourselves up contest — the first one on the floor with self-inflicted blows wins (and loses — it’s perfect)! I like your perspective of famous people having bad days in public. Private humiliation and self-flagellation are so bush league!

]]> By: Roxy the traveling dog https://www.somethingwagging.com/even-superstars-have-bad-days-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-106648 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:00:25 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=12643#comment-106648 I try to not beat myself up if I don’t get everything done. There is always tomorrow.

]]> By: Taryn https://www.somethingwagging.com/even-superstars-have-bad-days-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-106647 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 14:49:35 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=12643#comment-106647 I usually handle a bad day with a long walk (which of course isn’t happening right now) or a bit of house cleaning. Both help me clear my head and calm down.

]]> By: Kristine https://www.somethingwagging.com/even-superstars-have-bad-days-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-106646 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 14:24:11 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=12643#comment-106646 Indeed. We are all allowed to have off days, as long as we keep our perspective and don’t let one bad day drift into ten. Sometimes it is smart to just stop and re-charge before that happens.

I hope you aren’t having a bad day today, but if you are, I have no doubt it will be brief!

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