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Old April 7th 07, 07:18 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Paul E. Schoen
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Lately my dog Muttley has been doing a shoulder roll, something like a
football player diving into the end zone. He started doing it when there
was snow on the ground, and he would just roll over and waggle his paws in
the air. Now he starts running, then pulls in a front leg and rolls onto
his shoulders, upside down, and then he twists around on his back while
waving his paws in the air. He seems to be enjoying himself, and he does
not seem to be rolling in anything particular.

Also, he likes to lay on his stomach and pull himself along with his front
paws, with his rear legs stretched out behind him. He does scratch himself
farly often, and the vet said he might have some allergies, but there was
apparently no need for concern or treatment. I will probably apply some
Frontline again as flea season arrives, but that is not a problem right
now.

A friend said he saw a dog do a shoulder roll just the other day, and he
had never seen it before. Is this a new fad that dogs are picking up?

I should probably get a video camera.

Paul and Muttley
www.smart.net/~pstech/MuttleyStory.htm



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Old April 7th 07, 04:45 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Kathleen
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Paul E. Schoen wrote:
Lately my dog Muttley has been doing a shoulder roll, something like a
football player diving into the end zone. He started doing it when there
was snow on the ground, and he would just roll over and waggle his paws in
the air. Now he starts running, then pulls in a front leg and rolls onto
his shoulders, upside down, and then he twists around on his back while
waving his paws in the air. He seems to be enjoying himself, and he does
not seem to be rolling in anything particular.

Also, he likes to lay on his stomach and pull himself along with his front
paws, with his rear legs stretched out behind him. He does scratch himself
farly often, and the vet said he might have some allergies, but there was
apparently no need for concern or treatment. I will probably apply some
Frontline again as flea season arrives, but that is not a problem right
now.

A friend said he saw a dog do a shoulder roll just the other day, and he
had never seen it before. Is this a new fad that dogs are picking up?

I should probably get a video camera.

Paul and Muttley
www.smart.net/~pstech/MuttleyStory.htm


I think the rolling and dragging just plain feel good. Doesn't it feel
good to have your back scratched? All of mine roll around in the grass
on nice days. There is much snorting and thrashing around and kicking
of the legs involved.

The jrt is the only one who belly drags/combat crawls. I gave it a name
(grovel) and put it to the clicker and now he'll do it on command.

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Old April 7th 07, 10:51 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Darla Vladschyk
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On Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:45:45 -0500, Kathleen
wrote:

The jrt is the only one who belly drags/combat crawls. I gave it a name
(grovel) and put it to the clicker and now he'll do it on command.


"GROVEL?!?" Oh, the humiliation of it all! If my kids heard that
they would never do it again! LOL!

Darla
Nova Scotia, Canada
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"I'm still here, you *******s!"
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Old April 8th 07, 08:39 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Kathleen
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Darla Vladschyk wrote:
On Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:45:45 -0500, Kathleen
wrote:


The jrt is the only one who belly drags/combat crawls. I gave it a name
(grovel) and put it to the clicker and now he'll do it on command.



"GROVEL?!?" Oh, the humiliation of it all! If my kids heard that
they would never do it again! LOL!


"Grovel" describes it perfectly. You have to also imagine not only the
belly dragging but also the laid back ears and the egg-sucking grin.
He's so weasel-y and obsequious when he wants something (food, petting,
a spot on your lap) that my husband nicknamed him Smeagol.

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Old April 8th 07, 09:00 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Darla Vladschyk
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Default Running forward shoulder roll

On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 14:39:09 -0500, Kathleen
wrote:

"Grovel" describes it perfectly. You have to also imagine not only the
belly dragging but also the laid back ears and the egg-sucking grin.
He's so weasel-y and obsequious when he wants something (food, petting,
a spot on your lap) that my husband nicknamed him Smeagol.


ROFL!

Darla
Nova Scotia, Canada
--
"I'm still here, you *******s!"
---Papillon

http://www.yougotta.com/DARLA/
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Old April 8th 07, 10:25 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Paul E. Schoen
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"Kathleen" wrote in message
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Paul E. Schoen wrote:
Lately my dog Muttley has been doing a shoulder roll, something like a
football player diving into the end zone. He started doing it when there
was snow on the ground, and he would just roll over and waggle his paws
in
the air. Now he starts running, then pulls in a front leg and rolls onto
his shoulders, upside down, and then he twists around on his back while
waving his paws in the air. He seems to be enjoying himself, and he does
not seem to be rolling in anything particular.

Also, he likes to lay on his stomach and pull himself along with his
front
paws, with his rear legs stretched out behind him. He does scratch
himself
farly often, and the vet said he might have some allergies, but there
was
apparently no need for concern or treatment. I will probably apply some
Frontline again as flea season arrives, but that is not a problem right
now.

A friend said he saw a dog do a shoulder roll just the other day, and he
had never seen it before. Is this a new fad that dogs are picking up?

I should probably get a video camera.

Paul and Muttley
www.smart.net/~pstech/MuttleyStory.htm


I think the rolling and dragging just plain feel good. Doesn't it feel
good to have your back scratched? All of mine roll around in the grass
on nice days. There is much snorting and thrashing around and kicking of
the legs involved.

The jrt is the only one who belly drags/combat crawls. I gave it a name
(grovel) and put it to the clicker and now he'll do it on command.


I took some pictures yesterday. Some show him rolling around, others are
just of him on his walk in the woods by the stream and near my neighbors.

www.smart.net/~pstech/Muttley20070407.htm

Paul


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Old April 8th 07, 10:53 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Paul E. Schoen
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"diddy" wrote in message
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www.smart.net/~pstech/Muttley20070407.htm


Looks like a happy dog


He seems pretty happy. He's always glad to see me when I get home from
work, and he doesn't get into any mischief in the house while I'm gone. He
was well behaved last week when he and I visited the neighbors, and he
acted nicely with their little $1000 white dog "Bug", and their young
daughters. He didn't act very fearful and he was certainly not aggressive.

Yesterday I took him for 3 miles on the NCRR trail, and we encountered some
people with a small young dog and also a large reddish dog with a steel
muzzle. The muzzled dog acted aggressively and barked as Muttley and I
approached, but we just walked by and Muttley did not seem very reactive. I
suppose a dog might act more protectively when being approached, but I can
see why they had him in a muzzle and on a tight leash. I don't think I
would keep a dog that acted so aggressively, but they may have trained him
that way as a deterant.

I'm glad I decided to keep Muttley.

Paul


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Old April 8th 07, 11:13 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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"diddy" wrote in message
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in thread : "Paul E.
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whittled the following words:

www.smart.net/~pstech/Muttley20070407.htm


Looks like a happy dog


He seems pretty happy. He's always glad to see me when I get home from
work, and he doesn't get into any mischief in the house while I'm
gone. He was well behaved last week when he and I visited the
neighbors, and he acted nicely with their little $1000 white dog
"Bug", and their young daughters. He didn't act very fearful and he
was certainly not aggressive.

Yesterday I took him for 3 miles on the NCRR trail, and we encountered
some people with a small young dog and also a large reddish dog with a
steel muzzle. The muzzled dog acted aggressively and barked as Muttley
and I approached, but we just walked by and Muttley did not seem very
reactive. I suppose a dog might act more protectively when being
approached, but I can see why they had him in a muzzle and on a tight
leash. I don't think I would keep a dog that acted so aggressively,
but they may have trained him that way as a deterant.

I'm glad I decided to keep Muttley.

Paul




I'm so glad to hear that.

I had a dog in one of my dog classes that lunged and tried to eat
everything in sight. I took him out of classes and put him in a private
class. .. just him. I muzzled him at first, and brought MY dogs in class
and made him work around them, weaving in and out around them while they
stayed stationary posts. He seemed to like Reka, but he hated Tuck (Tuck is
an intact male) And lunged at Tuck every chance he got. Poor Tuck, but
Tuck believes in his "stay" and believes I would not put him in harms way.

That dog was then working well with my dogs, and so we asked other dogs to
come in, and work around him. He's no longer showing any dog aggression.
He's very attentive of his owner, and happily does what he's told while he
works quietly and willingly with the other dogs around him. He's been
integrated back into regular classes.

When we work this dog, I think of Muttley often.
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Old April 9th 07, 12:40 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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"Paul E. Schoen" wrote in message
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"diddy" wrote in message
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in thread : "Paul E.
Schoen"
whittled the following words:

www.smart.net/~pstech/Muttley20070407.htm


Looks like a happy dog


He seems pretty happy. He's always glad to see me when I get home from
work, and he doesn't get into any mischief in the house while I'm gone. He
was well behaved last week when he and I visited the neighbors, and he
acted nicely with their little $1000 white dog "Bug", and their young
daughters. He didn't act very fearful and he was certainly not aggressive.

Yesterday I took him for 3 miles on the NCRR trail, and we encountered

some
people with a small young dog and also a large reddish dog with a steel
muzzle. The muzzled dog acted aggressively and barked as Muttley and I
approached, but we just walked by and Muttley did not seem very reactive.

I
suppose a dog might act more protectively when being approached, but I can
see why they had him in a muzzle and on a tight leash. I don't think I
would keep a dog that acted so aggressively, but they may have trained him
that way as a deterant.

I'm glad I decided to keep Muttley.

Paul
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I enjoyed seeing the photos of Muttley. He looks good. I am glad you kept
him also.




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Old April 9th 07, 12:55 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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I'm glad I decided to keep Muttley.

Paul



Yep, I'm glad you did too
 




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