Comments on: Took the weekend off http://thedish.sitstay.com/2010/02/08/took-the-weekend-off/ Dog Training, Tips and Opinions Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:46:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kathy B http://thedish.sitstay.com/2010/02/08/took-the-weekend-off/#comment-474 Kathy B Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:29:04 +0000 http://thedish.sitstay.com/?p=2165#comment-474 With all due respect - and not wanting to speak for Darcie, who I'm sure will be comfortable giving her own feedback - I just want to say that "hugs" to a dog can mean a lot of things. I consider that my dogs feel 'hugged' when temperatures (like now) hover around ten below zero and they have just finished enjoying a 45-minute chew of their raw beef knucklebones on a piece of indoor/outdoor carpet (spread on my living room floor for their comfort and convenience) in my 60-degree house. My dogs feel 'hugged' during 95% humidity and dangerous temperatures of our brutal Midwestern summers when they can train with me in my air-conditioned house - which give them something to anticipate and think about, since we can't go for long walks in that kind of heat. They've been 'hugged' when we have a rip-roaring thunderstorm and they know they have places already reserved for them, snugged up against me in a bed already warm with familiar and safe scents of me and them. They feel hugged when they know their regular routines (breakfast at ##AM, break time at Noon, supper at ##PM) are all in place and all's right with their world. And so I wish such hugs to your dogs :-) Kathy B. With all due respect – and not wanting to speak for Darcie, who I’m sure will be comfortable giving her own feedback – I just want to say that “hugs” to a dog can mean a lot of things.

I consider that my dogs feel ‘hugged’ when temperatures (like now) hover around ten below zero and they have just finished enjoying a 45-minute chew of their raw beef knucklebones on a piece of indoor/outdoor carpet (spread on my living room floor for their comfort and convenience) in my 60-degree house.

My dogs feel ‘hugged’ during 95% humidity and dangerous temperatures of our brutal Midwestern summers when they can train with me in my air-conditioned house – which give them something to anticipate and think about, since we can’t go for long walks in that kind of heat.

They’ve been ‘hugged’ when we have a rip-roaring thunderstorm and they know they have places already reserved for them, snugged up against me in a bed already warm with familiar and safe scents of me and them.

They feel hugged when they know their regular routines (breakfast at ##AM, break time at Noon, supper at ##PM) are all in place and all’s right with their world.

And so I wish such hugs to your dogs :-)
Kathy B.

]]> By: Karen http://thedish.sitstay.com/2010/02/08/took-the-weekend-off/#comment-473 Karen Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:37:11 +0000 http://thedish.sitstay.com/?p=2165#comment-473 Hi Darcie, I really enjoy The Dish, so thanks for your posts. Just wanted to note though that hugging is kinda a primate thing. Dogs can be conditioned to like them by pairing hugs with cookies, but generally speaking the dogs I've known seem to like a good old a chest scratch better than hugs. Of course, I'm sure there are exceptions among dogs. Hi Darcie,
I really enjoy The Dish, so thanks for your posts. Just wanted to note though that hugging is kinda a primate thing. Dogs can be conditioned to like them by pairing hugs with cookies, but generally speaking the dogs I’ve known seem to like a good old a chest scratch better than hugs. Of course, I’m sure there are exceptions among dogs.

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