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Jamiya
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posted 12-03-2003 10:56 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jamiya     Edit/Delete Message
Okay, I mean no disrespect or offense with this question. I assure you, if I ever find myself in a position where I qualified for a companion dog, I would get one in a flash! I think they are wonderful.

My question is, does anyone else think companion dogs look sad? There are a couple I see around where I work, and they are always lying very still with woefully sad eyes. Even when they are walking they look downcast.

I know they are trained to be calm - they have to be! I also know everyone says these breeds of dogs love to work, and they are doing their jobs.

But why do they look so sad?! Am I misinterpreting the look?

Part of why I ask is that I tell myself when Nala does not want to lie down anymore and I make her do it, that companion dogs do it all day long and are fine.

Then again, I think Nala looks sad and depressed when she is lying down just because she is tired (of her own choice). Maybe it's just the look in a dog's eyes when they are not hyper and playful right at that moment?


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honeybear
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posted 12-03-2003 11:10 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for honeybear     Edit/Delete Message
I feel the same way! I think they can never run or play , they are always in this work mode and they do not look happy. I wonder if people ever take them out and play with them to get them some play
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Jamiya
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posted 12-03-2003 11:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jamiya     Edit/Delete Message
It probably depends on the owner and what resources they have available. I know I read about a blind woman whose dog could play with the kids when he wasn't working.


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Maisey
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posted 12-03-2003 12:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Maisey     Edit/Delete Message
We have a training school for the guide dogs here where they train the dogs for the blind.
They are mostly labs or goldens and alot of them do have that look. They are trained to remain calm and move slow when needed. Perhaps it's because we usually see them at work. I'm sure at home they get to play and have fun like most other dogs. I used to take care of a man who was only 50 and had had a massive stroke. He couldn't speak and was paralyzed on his right side. He could understand you...just couldn't say words. He had a purebred Border Collie, oversized..but pb. This dog did nothing but play I swear, he always looked animated even when working. He would pick things up when dropped and give them back, turn lights on or off...just a whole bunch of things. While at home, he would non-stop want to play ball...which turned out to be a sort of physical therapy for the man. I think if you saw them in their home environment it may look a whole lot different.

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