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Post by gladys on Jun 5, 2013 21:28:51 GMT
VEry good idea bextull but if she is anything like Cooper the brakes will go on and there will be no moving her. There was no way I could have run with Cooper.  The best thing is find what makes her happy and forget her fear. Whether that's running, a game or a smelly treat. And then letting her make the decision to walk on, pushing her will just make the brakes go on more. |
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Post by caz2golden on Jun 5, 2013 22:41:33 GMT
Lots of great advice already offered Love the change of speed and direction idea Bextull. I may try that at some point to get girls to concentrate on me! Wish I had good advice to offer but I dont really. I can however share experiences and what I did (right or wrong) My mums dog was scared of everything when she was young! We would go and sit somewhere where she could watch the world go by (such as a bench which was near village cross roads, sitting in back of car in supermarket car park etc) and just let puppy absorb things. i.e experience things at a safe distance and let her cope with things in her own time while exposing her to sights and sounds. When she spooked at something (which could be multiple times on a walk) from a sign, bin, something that had moved from the last time of passing that spot etc etc etc we would stop walking. We must have looked fools but we regularly would end up leaning against objects she spooked at. We found by stopping and touching / standing near the object, then the spook turned into her nose working which lead to investigation, which at the end of the day lead to her realizing she no longer had to be scared. We then moved on. She is now an old wise dog!! lol!! My current dog as a pup was scared of traffic and still can jump at large vehicles or bicycles (either noisy or too close). In all honestly I actually do nothing as by the time she spooks / hits deck / jumps in air the thing has passed and therefore cause of problem is gone! I do however keep going out and slowly it has got less often. Grace is young and it is still a big bad scary world for her. I am sure with patience she will improve. |
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Post by gladys on Jun 5, 2013 23:40:50 GMT
I like the idea about stopping and touching the scary object caz2golden. I have done this with tree trunks, Cooper wouldn't go anywhere near them and so we did a lot of stroking and sitting on tree trunks (the stroking got looks) and now he will walk passed them quite happily. Although th odd one can still make him jump, you know when they suddenly jump out at you when you go round a bend on a walk?!?  |
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dognutter6
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Pets I own: Tyra - Lab x Beagle Rescue who's 5
Grace - My own lil' English Springer who's 10 months
Buzz - Family cat who's 16 years
We also have 9 ex battery hens :D
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Post by dognutter6 on Jun 14, 2013 22:06:40 GMT
Thanks everyone! Sorry for the long awaited reply, I just got side tracked with about a million pieces of homework! As the park near us has 4 entrances, we drive round and, because she loves cars (ABNORMAL DOG!) She'll jump in and we'll drive to the park and walk her back to our house. Sometimes my friends come over and Grace LOVES walking with Ty, and she's not so scared. Today we walked up to the park, only a few times I had to reassure her when the cars come by, but she's getting so much better! Cheers everyone  |
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Post by gladys on Jun 17, 2013 21:35:22 GMT
That's brilliant news dognutter6 Keep up the good work. |
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Post by BorderTerrier on Jun 20, 2013 17:39:48 GMT
That's great news DN, so glad to hear it Keep going |
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