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Post by Dave on Jun 14, 2011 14:15:29 GMT -5
Sedona made a minor breakthrough last evening. She was having a good day, not too much hiding, and she was enjoying some me-time. Showing a little boredome, I grabbed a pullable fleece toy and tied a string on it. I tried to get her to play with it (her only self-gratifying activity is gnawing a bone, she doesn't know what toys are I guess) by tossing and pulling it back, trying to elicit some type of play response. I also tried to get her excited about it. She never did really get interested in the toy, but she got happy feet and started trying to play with me! She did this by swirling in circles very fast (zoomies in place  ), then taking off at me, at the sofa and back to me, into and out of the crate and back to me, at the baby gate (and the other two dogs), back to the sofa, back to me, and so one for about ten minutes. And as all things come to an end, I did something (?) to spook her a little and the game was over. Into her crate to safety. But she played! And later, just to balance things out, I took her out for her nightly torture walk. ;D |
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Post by lovemybully76 on Jun 14, 2011 14:26:06 GMT -5
You are doing such a great job with her! Seems like she's come a long way.
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Post by Dave on Jun 14, 2011 14:31:22 GMT -5
She's trying. It's a little more like two steps forward one stepback. I get frustrated, she gets upset... Her new fear response is peeing when I touch her when she knows she's going outdoors.
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Post by RealPitBull on Jun 14, 2011 14:49:28 GMT -5
Awwwww zoomies!!!!!!!!!! It took her months to finally have a 'pit fit' with me.  I'm so happy she is learning to enjoy herself and have some fun. |
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Post by Dave on Jun 14, 2011 15:11:53 GMT -5
It's been, what, 6 weeks or so? Seems like forever. |
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Post by suziriot on Jun 14, 2011 15:12:25 GMT -5
Yay for CC zoomies!
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Post by loverocksalot on Jun 14, 2011 19:03:46 GMT -5
Oh I love "pit fit"
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Post by bubsy on Jun 14, 2011 21:25:45 GMT -5
Awwww, yay for CC! She sounds a bit like my neighbor's dog and Murphy's girlfriend. She hates the outside, if I take her out to potty, she goes right out, pees and runs back for the house. She gets esp panic-y if you take her more than a block or two away from home.
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Post by RealPitBull on Jun 15, 2011 7:53:53 GMT -5
Yeah, I coined that term when I first got Krash - I had never seen a dog act like that before, I thought he had lost his damn mind! LOL |
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Post by Dave on Jun 15, 2011 8:41:13 GMT -5
The first time I experienced it was with Jackson doing laps around the kitchen and living room with his butt skimming the ground, eyes and mouth WIDE open. OMFG I laughed so hard I cried.
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Post by bluetrees on Jun 15, 2011 9:19:39 GMT -5
Until Jess, I had never seen a dog run with their @ss so close to the ground it looked like it was touching! Sean and I were obsessed with getting her to do it because it looked so funny/cute!
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Post by RealPitBull on Jun 15, 2011 9:28:48 GMT -5
Krash would do it on cue, "Pit fit! Pit fit!!" So funny. Man I miss that dog.  |
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Post by bubsy on Jun 15, 2011 15:45:37 GMT -5
Murphy has pit fits too LOL. Ass on fire, ass on fire! Cracks me up :-)
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Post by Dave on Jun 15, 2011 19:19:08 GMT -5
LOL! Lola did that once that I can remember. Only once. She's a weird dog. I really can pick 'em. |
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Post by bubsy on Jun 15, 2011 22:57:10 GMT -5
Weird dogs are the best :-)
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Post by RealPitBull on Jun 20, 2011 7:33:42 GMT -5
Weird dogs, weirder owner = my dags and I. Sometimes I wonder if my weird rubs off on them, or vice versa. ;D
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Post by RealPitBull on Jun 20, 2011 7:34:27 GMT -5
Weird example: even though I only have one dog right now, I still refer to "my dogs" like I have several. DOH. I'm still not used to being without a foster or two personal dogs. |
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), then taking off at me, at the sofa and back to me, into and out of the crate and back to me, at the baby gate (and the other two dogs), back to the sofa, back to me, and so one for about ten minutes. And as all things come to an end, I did something (?) to spook her a little and the game was over. Into her crate to safety.
I'm so happy she is learning to enjoy herself and have some fun. 
