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poor little chihuahua. hopefully someone took a chance on it! my dog also shook and was frozen scared when i first met her. she took a few minutes to take a si
by clairity 7y ago
poor little chihuahua. hopefully someone took a chance on it!
my dog also shook and was frozen scared when i first met her. she took a few minutes to take a single timid step forward. but she wasn't profoundly broken like a pair of similar-looking 6 month old siblings that were there at the same time (found in a separate hoarding situation). i saw each of them separately, and neither made any positive movements in the 20-30 minutes i spent with them. that was heartbreaking too.
luckily my dog is mostly well-adjusted now, outside of those occasional anxiety episodes.
- hinkley 7y agoA trick I've subsequently learned is that if you crouch down all the way, many small dogs like to hide in the 'cave' made by your shins. In general shrinking yourself makes most dogs like you a lot more, but the little dogs will bee-line for your legs.
- clairity 7y agoyes, crouching makes you smaller/less threatening. puppies/little dogs at the dog park (when that was open) use it as a little fort against the bigger dogs. much fun =)