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Yeah, ours was found straying, no collar, no chip, nothing known about her before that. She's been trained, (like, she walks on the left, just behind the last
by wiredfool 6y ago
Yeah, ours was found straying, no collar, no chip, nothing known about her before that.
She's been trained, (like, she walks on the left, just behind the last person in the group, with a slack lead or no lead at all) and she was afraid of _everything_ to start with. Throwing anything, fast movements, anything that looked like hitting would send her scuttling with a tucked tail.
- clairity 6y agooh wow, that sounds eerily familiar! mine spent the first 2+ months having anxiety diarrhea at 3 in the morning, worried that i would hit her for breaking some impossible to discern and arbitrary human rule. i actually detrained my dog from walking on the left behind me because it otherwise reinforced anxiety, low self-esteem, and a strict dominance relationship, which just made me sad (and her too, i'm sure). i now let her walk freely to engender self-confidence as well as a measure of independence. she's still very obedient so will take direction quite willingly (sometimes getting anxious even now when she can't figure out what i want, though much less frequently).