Comments on: There’s No Place Like Home – Good for the Dog; Good for You https://www.somethingwagging.com/theres-no-place-like-home-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/ Helping Your Dog Love The Boat As Much As You Do Wed, 12 Dec 2018 03:15:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Pup Fan https://www.somethingwagging.com/theres-no-place-like-home-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-98406 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 16:00:27 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=11256#comment-98406 So glad to have you back, and I can’t wait to hear more about your trip!

I have a shirt that says “Home is Where the Dog Is” and I think it holds pretty true in my case. 🙂

]]> By: Lori https://www.somethingwagging.com/theres-no-place-like-home-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-98397 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 13:38:47 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=11256#comment-98397 You’ve described Blackie, the love of my life. From the first time we ever took care of her (and we used to take care of her a lot more than we do now), she has treated our house like her house. If I come and pick her up (rather than having her owner drop her off), she races to my car with incredible enthusiasm. She has that calm trust that people will take care of her wherever she is.

But even after four years with us, Our Best Friend is insecure, and barks like mad when we leave and goes nuts when we go home. If Freud hadstudied traumas in puppyhood, Our Best Friend would have been his first case study.

]]> By: Jan K https://www.somethingwagging.com/theres-no-place-like-home-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-98331 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 12:22:12 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=11256#comment-98331 Oh, so true! Home is where the heart is, right? When we went away for a few days for our anniversary, we rented a cabin and me and my hubby felt at home. We could mostly stick to our normal routines of coffee and relaxing in the morning. But we didn’t have the dogs with us, so it really just wasn’t the same.
When I go away with my sisters sometimes, my hubby always tells me the dogs are unsettled at night, just like Honey was, barking at every noise and running downstairs. They keep thinking I must be home, I believe, and seem to know the family isn’t complete even with just one of us gone!

]]> By: BJ Pup https://www.somethingwagging.com/theres-no-place-like-home-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-98328 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 10:29:21 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=11256#comment-98328 Since mom retired she’s home a lot and I love it. The only thing that happens now is that she spends too much time on her MAC or watching TV She always wants me to sit next to her and she pets me, but it’s not the same. She’s not giving me her full attention so I don’t stay long but I sit in front of her and make noises. After a bit, I think she feels guilty so she gets up and sits on the floor with me. Then I stay for a long time. You have to train humans.

Net, net, find a way to make them feel guilty. Then even if they have no time for you, they will fit you in. Ha, ha, ha – guilt always works in a Jewish home.

]]> By: 24 Paws of Love https://www.somethingwagging.com/theres-no-place-like-home-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-98323 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 05:36:06 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=11256#comment-98323 Because my life was so uprooted and I have always wanted a home I could call mine, I’d have to say that it would have to be a package deal with Mark, all the animals and a home for it to really feel complete.

Welcome home Pamela.

]]> By: Ann Sowards https://www.somethingwagging.com/theres-no-place-like-home-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-98319 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 03:38:32 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=11256#comment-98319 Honey sounds like a very together personality. Of all my 6dogs, little Izzy is the one who is so upset that I left him( every two weeks for three days I go take care of my elderly Mother) that when I return he stands, all of 6 inches high, and barks at me in a manner that can only be described as hysterical scolding. He’ll even follow me into the bathroom and let me have it while I’m on the friggin toilet.

I love him.

]]> By: houndstooth https://www.somethingwagging.com/theres-no-place-like-home-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-98318 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 03:08:30 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=11256#comment-98318 Home for me is a combination of where I am and who I’m with. I always felt at home at my grandparents’ house more than anywhere else, but then they moved back to Alabama, where they’d both grown up and felt like home to them. I began visiting them in the summers with my sister when I was about eleven years old, and it was still home, even though it was a new house. There was still a certain comfort level to it that was reassuring to me in a life filled with a lot of turmoil and uncertainty in other places.

For me now, this house is home, but so are my husband and the dogs. I could leave the building with them and still feel at home, and I could still be here in the house with some of them and I’d still be home. But in my perfect world, we’re all here together!

]]> By: Melf https://www.somethingwagging.com/theres-no-place-like-home-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-98317 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 01:54:05 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=11256#comment-98317 I am so surprised in one respect, but it also affirms what I often heard from my clients. Dogs are just more settled at home where everything is familiar. I’m glad Honey was comfortable and happy while you were away.

]]> By: Ariella https://www.somethingwagging.com/theres-no-place-like-home-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-98316 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 01:34:12 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=11256#comment-98316 Welcome back!

Home is where my little family is. North Carolina became my home when my husband and I moved here three years ago. It’s nice being in New York with all of my friends and family, but I don’t feel HOME until I get back to North Carolina and I’m with my husband, my cats and my dog.

]]> By: Maggie https://www.somethingwagging.com/theres-no-place-like-home-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-98314 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:40:57 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=11256#comment-98314 Yes! Home is with John and the boys! And now Newt! We’ve moved so much (this is our 5th house, 3rd state in 10 years), but each new place feels like home when we’re together.

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