Comments on: Good for the Dog; Good for You – Look for Help When Scared https://www.somethingwagging.com/good-for-the-dog-good-for-you-look-for-help-when-scared/ Helping Your Dog Love The Boat As Much As You Do Sat, 10 Oct 2020 23:59:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Maggie https://www.somethingwagging.com/good-for-the-dog-good-for-you-look-for-help-when-scared/#comment-48308 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:16:30 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=8037#comment-48308 Very true…change can make you frozen with fear of the un-known and just like you reassure your dog, as an adult its important to fill your mind with knowledge of what you are about to do and learn. Congratulations on your venture sailing. I had a friend who did just that, and they never looked back.
Trina

]]> By: jan https://www.somethingwagging.com/good-for-the-dog-good-for-you-look-for-help-when-scared/#comment-48144 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:30:24 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=8037#comment-48144 I once turned a formerly fearful dog into an arrogant little bully. Maybe I went too far?

]]> By: Sam https://www.somethingwagging.com/good-for-the-dog-good-for-you-look-for-help-when-scared/#comment-48143 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:12:32 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=8037#comment-48143 Horses are the same way – it’s amazing how they feed off of your emotions.

Sam

]]> By: Alex Dumpfree https://www.somethingwagging.com/good-for-the-dog-good-for-you-look-for-help-when-scared/#comment-48140 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:34:49 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=8037#comment-48140 Dogs are wonderful animals, yet some people are afraid of them because they may have had a bad experience. They are quite scary if you are scared. The best way to get over irrational fears is to meet them head-on.

]]> By: Flea https://www.somethingwagging.com/good-for-the-dog-good-for-you-look-for-help-when-scared/#comment-48138 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:45:33 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=8037#comment-48138 Isn’t this the truth? Dogs and kids. Fear is passed on from the parent. Unhealthy fear. There’s not much my kids are afraid of. That’s not always good, for reasons you stated, healthy versus unhealthy fear, but life is about learning.

]]> By: Jen https://www.somethingwagging.com/good-for-the-dog-good-for-you-look-for-help-when-scared/#comment-48133 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:26:09 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=8037#comment-48133 What a great post!

We “rational adults” don’t spend enough time talking about what a real and honest thing fear is. I do agree, that though Honey is her own dog (as is Elka!), our reactions to things can help them recover…better? More quickly? Elka does look to me for things (most amusingly, if a stranger knows her name, or if somebody else gives her a cue [including my fiane!]), and I do try to give her a calm front to rely upon.

]]> By: Jessica https://www.somethingwagging.com/good-for-the-dog-good-for-you-look-for-help-when-scared/#comment-48112 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:25:51 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=8037#comment-48112 Wise.

Silas is not a natural checker-in, more’s the pity. It’s something we’re working to teach him. I’ve also had to work on my reactions, because he and I do feed off each other in a bad way–he gets upset, which scares me, and then he can tell that I’m upset so something must be wrong.

]]> By: Donna https://www.somethingwagging.com/good-for-the-dog-good-for-you-look-for-help-when-scared/#comment-48095 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:49:34 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=8037#comment-48095 That’s some amazing feat that Liz and Peter accomplished. It’s great that they shared their story…I bet reading it really helped ease your own fears a lot. I’m a worrier by nature, so it is always an internal struggle not to let my worries overwhelm me in day to day life. I envy people who seem to go through life without a concern in the world.

]]> By: Ann Sowards https://www.somethingwagging.com/good-for-the-dog-good-for-you-look-for-help-when-scared/#comment-48092 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:45:35 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=8037#comment-48092 What a wonderful thing to aspire to! Sailboating, not fear ha ha! I hope you do it.

]]> By: Roxy the traveling dog https://www.somethingwagging.com/good-for-the-dog-good-for-you-look-for-help-when-scared/#comment-48091 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:35:43 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=8037#comment-48091 Torrey is a big chicken when it comes to new stuff, see today’s post actually. I have to make her sit, be still, calm down, then we can usually resume what we were doing.

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