do you ever get down on the floor with your dog(s)? if so, how do they
react? if not, why not?

when i get down to dog level, my face is instantly covered with frantic
kisses from both dogs. if i have my glasses on, they get so covered in
saliva that i can't see.
Lola lays down as low as possible, while still licking at my hands or feet.
and Manu will occasionally bring a toy or bone over and drop it into my lap.

-kelly

culprit wrote:

do you ever get down on the floor with your dog(s)? if so, how do they
react? if not, why not?

As far as Khan is concerned he couldn't care less where I'm sitting.
Sitting on the floor is no different from sitting on the couch. He
hates it if I lie down on the floor, however. He'll get up and leave
the room, and whine rather loudly. Especially true if I'm lying face up.

All the rest of the dogs I've dog sat have taken it as an invitation to
play, kiss, crawl into the lap, etc.

Suja

culprit wrote:

do you ever get down on the floor with your dog(s)? if so, how do they
react? if not, why not?

As far as Khan is concerned he couldn't care less where I'm sitting.
Sitting on the floor is no different from sitting on the couch. He
hates it if I lie down on the floor, however. He'll get up and leave
the room, and whine rather loudly. Especially true if I'm lying face up.

All the rest of the dogs I've dog sat have taken it as an invitation to
play, kiss, crawl into the lap, etc.

Suja

From: "culprit"

do you ever get down on the floor with your dog(s)? if so, how do they
react? if not, why not?

Usually only to groom them. Why not otherwise? More pet hair down there on the
floor and my eyes, nose and lungs don't appreciate that. I probably sit on the
GROUND with them more than the floor.

when i get down to dog level, my face is instantly covered with frantic
kisses from both dogs.

While Franklin is quite a licker, I don't allow them to maul me with affection.
I don't like the idea of dogs seeing someone on the floor as someone who can
be physically overwhelmed - children for instance - who tend to be floor
sitters much more frequently.


Janet Boss
Best Friends Dog Obedience
"Nice Manners for the Family Pet"
Voted "Best of Baltimore 2001" - Baltimore Magazine
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

From: "culprit"

do you ever get down on the floor with your dog(s)? if so, how do they
react? if not, why not?

Usually only to groom them. Why not otherwise? More pet hair down there on the
floor and my eyes, nose and lungs don't appreciate that. I probably sit on the
GROUND with them more than the floor.

when i get down to dog level, my face is instantly covered with frantic
kisses from both dogs.

While Franklin is quite a licker, I don't allow them to maul me with affection.
I don't like the idea of dogs seeing someone on the floor as someone who can
be physically overwhelmed - children for instance - who tend to be floor
sitters much more frequently.


Janet Boss
Best Friends Dog Obedience
"Nice Manners for the Family Pet"
Voted "Best of Baltimore 2001" - Baltimore Magazine
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, culprit wrote:

do you ever get down on the floor with your dog(s)? if so,
how do they react?

harriet gets very concerned. last time i lay down on the
floor, on my stomach, she came over, lay down next to me on
her side, and tried to get her muzzle under my chin. when she
did, she licked my chin. the funny part is that she also
tried to raise her hind leg up.

elliott, bless his heart, couldn't care less.

--
shelly (perfectly foul wench) and elliott and harriet
http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette

On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, culprit wrote:

do you ever get down on the floor with your dog(s)? if so,
how do they react?

harriet gets very concerned. last time i lay down on the
floor, on my stomach, she came over, lay down next to me on
her side, and tried to get her muzzle under my chin. when she
did, she licked my chin. the funny part is that she also
tried to raise her hind leg up.

elliott, bless his heart, couldn't care less.

--
shelly (perfectly foul wench) and elliott and harriet
http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette

culprit wrote:
do you ever get down on the floor with your dog(s)? if so, how do they
react? if not, why not?

I love getting down on the floor with my dogs. Sometimes we play
tugandgrowl, where they have a toy in mouth and I pretend I'm putting my
mouth on the toy, pulling with my hand, and both of us growling.

Dylan gets very kissy-face at first. All of them like to snuggle and soak
up the pets. This can be a problem if I'm trying to do exercises on the
floor, however!

I'll sit down on the floor, and Oppie will come over, put his head down and
start to do a side-somersault, which I help him with. This is accompanied
by vicious-sounding growling. I tussle with him, and the growling gets
even fiercer and deeper. I stop roughhousing and start petting him, and he
instantly relaxes. Restart tussling, rinse and repeat.

Furpaw
--
Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever.

To reply, unleash the dog.

culprit wrote:
do you ever get down on the floor with your dog(s)? if so, how do they
react? if not, why not?

I love getting down on the floor with my dogs. Sometimes we play
tugandgrowl, where they have a toy in mouth and I pretend I'm putting my
mouth on the toy, pulling with my hand, and both of us growling.

Dylan gets very kissy-face at first. All of them like to snuggle and soak
up the pets. This can be a problem if I'm trying to do exercises on the
floor, however!

I'll sit down on the floor, and Oppie will come over, put his head down and
start to do a side-somersault, which I help him with. This is accompanied
by vicious-sounding growling. I tussle with him, and the growling gets
even fiercer and deeper. I stop roughhousing and start petting him, and he
instantly relaxes. Restart tussling, rinse and repeat.

Furpaw
--
Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever.

To reply, unleash the dog.

"culprit" wrote in message ...
do you ever get down on the floor with your dog(s)? if so, how do they
react? if not, why not?

Heh. One of my favorite proofing exercises for a sitstay or downstay
is "Dead Bug" - to flop on the ground 4-5 feet in front of the dog,
with legs and hands flapping in the air. If a dog can hold a stay
through that, you know he understands what a stay is :-) It also adds
a bit of informality to a class when the instructor (me) throws
herself on the floor. Recently, however, a dog broke and ran over to
sit on me. I couldn't stop laughing.

Lynn K.