Comments on: Limits Are Your Friend – Good for the Dog; Good For You https://www.somethingwagging.com/limits-are-your-friend-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/ Helping Your Dog Love The Boat As Much As You Do Wed, 12 Dec 2018 03:18:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kirsten https://www.somethingwagging.com/limits-are-your-friend-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-87450 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:49:33 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10515#comment-87450 I recently retired our crate to the basement as Lady is such an easy breezy thing, but I’d have to agree that dogs and humans do well with limits. I’m like you–happier and more productive when I’m busy and have a more structured existence.

I’ve thought of it in the context of music too-the best improvisers are those who know the structure really well before they start improvising.

]]> By: BJ Pup https://www.somethingwagging.com/limits-are-your-friend-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-87439 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 23:39:18 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10515#comment-87439 I do much better with structure and lists. If I have total free time I end up doing nothing and stay on the computer. I get more done when I have structure or a due date.

]]> By: Human Rescues Dog https://www.somethingwagging.com/limits-are-your-friend-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-87353 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 08:29:23 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10515#comment-87353 This is SOO true! I complain about work, but then when i’m on holiday, I get anxious with the lack of routine and don’t quite know what to do with myself. I’m far more sane with some limits.

]]> By: Dawn https://www.somethingwagging.com/limits-are-your-friend-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-87227 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:25:58 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10515#comment-87227 Thought provoking. Maya is the only dog I’ve crate trained. It has worked out well, for the most part, but oddly, she will pee or poo in her crate before she will go anywhere else. I’m not sure where I went wrong on that one. But her crate is her safe place. She goes in there to get away from Pierson when he pesters her to play too much. Or when there is too much activity going on and she wants to get out from under our feet.

I know what you mean about puppy brain. I get to make my own schedule. It is very difficult staying on task because the only boss telling me what to do is myself. It is so easy finding excuses. Hmmm. Maybe if I put a huge crate around my desk and had my husband lock me in before he goes to work! 😉

]]> By: BoingyDog https://www.somethingwagging.com/limits-are-your-friend-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-87193 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 08:32:50 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10515#comment-87193 What a great reminder as I write this at 1:30am (after taking a vacation day from work) as Kayo sleeps in her bed next to me and not in her crate! I’m the same way and so is Kayo. I sometimes think maybe I should loosen up the structure just a tad since Kayo is doing so wonderfully, then I remember that dogs love structure. She’s never sad or depressed when I give her structure and some boundaries, and those limits helped us find great balance and strengthened our relationship. Great post!

]]> By: Jen https://www.somethingwagging.com/limits-are-your-friend-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-87164 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 02:43:43 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10515#comment-87164 Limits are good. I’m the type that when I know something needs to get done like cleaning my kitchen, I know it will eventually get done. It always does, at the weirdest possible time.

]]> By: goldenrescue https://www.somethingwagging.com/limits-are-your-friend-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-87155 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 00:24:43 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10515#comment-87155 “Too much freedom gives me puppy brain.”
I love that sentence! And yes, I experience it. Almost daily, since I’m retired, but less so on the days I volunteer for a variety of things, since then I have those limits.

]]> By: Sage https://www.somethingwagging.com/limits-are-your-friend-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-87154 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 00:15:47 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10515#comment-87154 Sage knows her limits and respects them. Of course, it’s taken a while! She hated the crate at night, even though we spent several months working on it. But as soon as we ‘opened the door’, she was perfectly happy and sleeps all night. In fact, I’m up before she is every morning!

]]> By: GizmoGeodog https://www.somethingwagging.com/limits-are-your-friend-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-87140 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 20:57:34 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10515#comment-87140 Gizmo has few limits, but he does respect the ones that I’ve set out and it makes our relationship run smoothly. I could definitely benefit from a few myself, but they’ll have to be self-imposed and that’s hard

]]> By: Jobi and Fisher https://www.somethingwagging.com/limits-are-your-friend-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-87134 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 19:39:15 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10515#comment-87134 How interesting. I have been thinking about needing some limits myself. I am at my desk for many hours and often wonder what the heck I did all day. Unfortunately I am the mistress of moving my tasks to the next day on my calendar. How disturbing! haha

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