Re: Help me to Describe my dog [quote author=Karen link=topic=4096.msg48650#msg48650 date=1390234729] Sarah, just caught up with this. As our dogs are related, and Poppy is a bit older, you might be interested in what I think of her. She was quite a nervous, sensitive little creature as a puppy. I was worried she would always be over-sensitive, and even possibly a bit growly and barky with strangers as a result. I think had she not been carefully trained, and treated with firm kindness, she would have been difficult and frightened, but her confidence is growing in leaps and bounds. God knows what she'd be like without working, as she is completely retrieve-driven, and at the same time only wants to please us, but pleasing us at the expense of a retrieve is hard… For instance we missed a trick with teaching her to walk absolutely to heel as a pup, and as a result we are still trying to iron out the 'sneaking forward' that she does when she knows there is a dummy around. On the other hand, yesterday OH threw three dummies into heavy cover (rushes), in went Pops to find them, and flushed a deer. She barely even LOOKED at that deer, just kept on hunting for her dummies… Not sure, but I think that makes her honest? And she's very, very clever without being too headstrong. I love her, can you tell? : [/quote] she does have her moments of being barky with people. not a huge amount and, but is definitely more nervous than honey dog. however i would have put nervous and sensitive together but now realise that actually they're totally different terms. eevee is more nervous but not sensitive. honey is not nervous but is more sensitive. the reason i say that is that honey doesn't like being told off and gets 'sad'. eevee responds to a telling off in a positive way. honey loves all people unconditionally and isn't frightened of people coming to the house or the boiler repair man. eevee is not so happy about randoms that turn up and if the mood takes her will bark. neither of them bark at the door bell though. eevee gets a lot of reassurance from having honey dog around. they have a mutual adoration that is just fabby. sarah
