When we have a very fearful dog it’s hard not to get sucked in and try too hard. I feel they are doing this with trying to get Rosie to eat and with pushing her to be friendly to friends and relatives. This only adds pressure.
What can you do when a fearful dog doesn’t feel safe even in her own home?
She seldom feels completely safe. Lucy’s fearfulness affects everything, most importantly her reactions to their baby daughter.
With fear being at the root of all the issues that are a problem for the seven-year-old Cocker Spaniel’s owners, general fearfulness is what we must address. (more…)
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I have just been to two five-month-old Canaan siblings. Before the family picked them up about four weeks ago, despite being brother and sister, each puppy had had a very different life.
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Why would a young dog seem to bark at everything when the real problem is fear rather than barking itself? Sometimes people can be at their wit’s end with a dog that seems to bark incessantly, particularly when they know it affects the neighbours. This is the case with the Read more