tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-311674999329803953.post2111114918157977744..comments2023-10-30T09:10:29.585-07:00Comments on Uma and Malcolm's agility blog: Uma's teeterUmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06938652230384457122noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-311674999329803953.post-46699739020449911612007-10-21T23:11:00.000-07:002007-10-21T23:11:00.000-07:00Yep, they will get over it. Eventually. When Uma a...Yep, they will get over it. Eventually. When Uma and Mal were puppies there was a little metal bridge across a very small creek that we had to walk across on our daily walks. I'd cross it, the other dogs would cross it and Uma would stand on one side of the bridge, looking like a beat up little shelter puppy and point blank refuse to do it. After I walked away far enough, she's slink along the side of the bridge, just like Bodhi on the tile floor. And guess what? When I went on this same walk after a year of living somewhere else, she galloped onto the bridge and didn't mind it one bit. The old phobia was gone and I didn't do anything to cure it. It just went away on its own.Umahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06938652230384457122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-311674999329803953.post-83092026598806987672007-10-21T16:48:00.000-07:002007-10-21T16:48:00.000-07:00Wanna talk about things to obsess about....this we...Wanna talk about things to obsess about....this weekend at the motel we stayed at, we had to walk across a carpeted hallway to a tiled hallway, back to carpet and Bodhi freaked. He wouldn't walk on the tile. My house has lots of wood and tile floors and he's never had a problem with it. And then, he can't walk across this floor. I carried him the 1st time, but then I put him on a 26 foot Flexi so that after he planted himself on the carpet 3 feet from the tile floor, I could continue walking, out of site and then he managed to get himself across the time (slinking along the wall). And I did that every time we went in and out over the 3 days of our stay and by the last morning, he was walking out ahead of us, still a little nervous, but taking the lead. <BR/><BR/>These things go by. The dogs will get over it and if we obsess about it, I think we can make it worse.<BR/><BR/>/amy<BR/><BR/>PS - nice teeterAmy Siegelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243610775853872002noreply@blogger.com