Comments on: Know Your Limits – Good for the Dog; Good for You https://www.somethingwagging.com/know-your-limits-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/ Helping Your Dog Love The Boat As Much As You Do Thu, 13 Dec 2018 01:35:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jackie Bouchard https://www.somethingwagging.com/know-your-limits-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-63931 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:26:13 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9048#comment-63931 In reply to Pamela.

Nope, never regretted it. Sure miss that crazy kid.

]]> By: SlimDoggy https://www.somethingwagging.com/know-your-limits-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-63878 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:24:51 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9048#comment-63878 In reply to Pamela.

It does. Same goes with getting on the furniture…I think little dogs get a free pass on that too. And barking and nipping too…gee, they get a pass on a lot of things that us big dogs don’t!

]]> By: Pamela https://www.somethingwagging.com/know-your-limits-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-63868 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:59:33 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9048#comment-63868 In reply to Jen K.

Great architectural solution to the jumping problem. Our house doesn’t have sight lines like yours that would satisfy the dog’s curiosity while keeping her away from the front door. But I have been known to use a baby gate across the kitchen door with some visitors.

Luckily, Layla only jumps on us, not visitors.

Honey, only wants to jump on visitors, not us. I guess we have a matched set. 🙂

]]> By: Pamela https://www.somethingwagging.com/know-your-limits-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-63867 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:57:18 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9048#comment-63867 In reply to Flea.

Awww, thank you.

As for the knee thing–there’s a difference between creating some space between you and a jumping dog (which is what it sounds like what you’re doing) and kneeing a dog in the chest to wind him (which is what my neighbor’s trainer suggested).

If you’re visiting someone whose dog jumps, it might be more effective to knee the owner. Just kidding. 🙂

No spare teenagers for the tech questions. And, unfortunately, they’re too boring for the average teenager to bother with.

]]> By: Pamela https://www.somethingwagging.com/know-your-limits-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-63863 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:54:16 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9048#comment-63863 In reply to Jen.

If I had started with Blogger, I’d probably have stayed with it. But I’m always hesitant to put all my eggs in Google’s basket.

I thought about going back to the WordPress free site but I just can’t bring myself to go backwards.

If I were you, I wouldn’t go self-hosted unless you really needed to do it for business reasons. It’s not necessary to run an interesting blog. And Blogger even allows you to earn income from your site.

]]> By: Pamela https://www.somethingwagging.com/know-your-limits-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-63862 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:52:08 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9048#comment-63862 In reply to houndstooth.

“I think appreciating different learning styles is one of the greatest gifts a person can have!” says the teacher.

But yes, I think it’s a gift we should all work to develop.

]]> By: Pamela https://www.somethingwagging.com/know-your-limits-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-63860 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:50:55 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9048#comment-63860 In reply to Jackie Bouchard.

Yeah, that DIY gene can be murder. I’m not only a control freak. I’m also very, very cheap. A bad combination.

As for jumping, when a pup gets sick, all bets are off, aren’t they? And I bet you never regretted letting her jump on you for a minute.

]]> By: Pamela https://www.somethingwagging.com/know-your-limits-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-63859 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:49:18 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9048#comment-63859 In reply to Kolchak, Felix & Jodi.

Wow, I’m impressed by Kolchak’s jumping abilities. Sure, you’re short. But so is he. 🙂

]]> By: Kolchak, Felix & Jodi https://www.somethingwagging.com/know-your-limits-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-63811 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:19:20 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9048#comment-63811 Sometimes I think you have camera in our house, watching, so you can teach me the lessons I need at the time. For the longest time, Kolchak had a tie down by the door. I would have to leash him to the tie down before I opened the door. The tie was long enough that he could stand comfortably, but NOT jump. Over time, it got better, though occasionaly, he still jumps up and kisses my nose. I’m short though ;0)

]]> By: Jackie Bouchard https://www.somethingwagging.com/know-your-limits-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-63807 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:58:15 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9048#comment-63807 I think I have a much easier time understanding/knowing the dog’s limits than my own. I tend to want to try to be a DIY-er all the time – partly because I’m a wee bit of a control freak and a perfectionist. If I know I don’t have the skills to do it myself, I usually end up putting it off for ages, because I don’t want to admit to myself I guess that I’m never going to figure it out.

Thanks for the remember to be as understanding with myself as I am with the dog.

As for the jumping – wow, that’s high! Rita is actually pretty good about jumping. She’ll try to get away with one jump when we first come in, but she’ll stop right away if I turn my back. Now our last pup was a different story – she never did learn not to jump, but she got away with murder cuz of her cancer. Little rascal.

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