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Post by Aussienot on Mar 14, 2004 19:22:22 GMT -5
I was off sick for four days, and I am sorely disapointed in Finn's lack of sympathy. I thought dogs were sensitive to people's moods, and receptive to subtle signs like breathing and posture.
Wrong! Finn was all - you're home, let's train, take me for walks, let's play, don't just lie there and cough - do something FOR ME! The more I put him outside or didn't deal with him the worse he got. Wound up like a Tasmanian Devil when I was in no position to cope.
After all I've done for him, you'd think he could consider my needs once, but NO, apparently our relationship is all about him.
Sailor, on the other hand, was happy to lie quietly, look at me adoringly, fetch me kleenex, and generally provide the non-demanding worship that only a Labrador can. She may be dull but at least she cares.
Sorry, just need to vent a little. Better now.
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Post by amyjo on Mar 14, 2004 20:40:07 GMT -5
Well - I hope you feel better anyway... Finn can't help it - he is young and selfish...he will mature into giving a damn one day ;D
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Post by Richard on Mar 15, 2004 8:13:48 GMT -5
I hoped you're feeling better by the time you read this.....as for Finn, he's a dog (and a male at that).....he just needs to be educated a bit more in what is expected of him when you're not feeling well thats all....I don't think they teach that in ob or agility classes (at least, that isn't where I learned....hahahahhahahaa).....
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Post by Nicole on Mar 15, 2004 9:31:13 GMT -5
Awwwwwwwwwww. I hope you are feeling better. I also think it is a youth/male thing. If it adds any consolation, Reign was the same way. I remember when I had food poisoning and spiked a 104 temperature. I was sooo sick and all Reign cared about was when we going out for a walk. I swear he was calling me a lazy bum. ;D Even when I stubbed my toe and screamed bloody murder he would just stand there and say “get over it already and throw the ball. Feel better.
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Post by Brooke on Mar 15, 2004 11:17:43 GMT -5
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Post by Willow on Mar 15, 2004 12:50:56 GMT -5
Wish I could bring you some homemade chicken soup, Aussienot, but since I can't, at least I can sympathize with you.
Yep, I know what you and Nicki are talking about, even with my older dogs! When their walk time comes and goes they stand there staring at me, and then want to go out, so I open the door and let them out, and as soon as I sit down again and get all wrapped up and cozy in my blankie, one wants in. I let that one in, settle down again, the other one wants in. Then the cycle starts over again!!!
I have been so sick I have had to crawl on all 4's on our walk and all they do is kick dirt in my face as they dig out ahead of me, and without so much as a backward glance!
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Post by sibemom on Mar 15, 2004 15:20:12 GMT -5
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Post by Laura on Mar 15, 2004 16:40:26 GMT -5
Feel better, Aussie, and with Finn, turn about is fair play ;D, give him the silent treatment for a day, see how he likes it!
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Post by Aussienot on Mar 15, 2004 21:25:23 GMT -5
Thanks, all, I am feeling better, and I thought about it being a guy thing, but didn't want to go there. I pretty much got back into my usual work day routine yesterday (although I did skip Agility - I didn't feel that good).
I was worried Finn would still be whack with pent up energy; but no, he was fine. A little rowdy, as is his style. Life was back to normal as he understands it.
I have a new theory to explain his behavior. Finn has a general sense of what to expect on weekdays - I put him outside in the dark morning and he spends time alone until I get home; and sometimes when I get home I put him in the car and we go do something fun. Sometimes he just gets in at night.
And a gneral sense of weekend days, where I don't leave in the dark, and he can sleep in and spend time in the house and I'm usually quite active and we do fun stuff together.
He knows how to act in both situations. But I was bluring his sense of reality - I was staying home, but he wasn't having any fun. And I was home and he was outside.
So, I think his actions were just an attempt to correct the picture - put the world back the way he understood it. If he could just get me up and active, the facts would fit.
Or perhaps I've just accepted that sympathy is too much to expect from some dogs.
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