Post by fureverywhere on Feb 28, 2011 14:24:35 GMT -5
I need some useful suggestions. How do you handle unreasonable fear in a pitty?
Opheila is a rescue dog and we don't know anything about her background at all. She trembles at the predictable...thunderstorms and the vacum cleaner...but there's alot of other stuff...people in hooded sweatshirts at night, trunk door slamming day or night, and sometimes things I can't even see or hear.
We were walking last night. It was a clear evening and she was happily pulling me along until we got across the street from a wooded, fenced area, a few spotlights, nothing really...ordinairy industrial lot..and Opheila FROZE.
So here I am about 2 miles from home, nobody to pick us up at that hour and she's shaking and staring at this lot. I carried her a few blocks but 60lbs of Pookins is heavy (at least human kids can put their arms and legs around you, alittle easier)...woof...we finally got past the lot and by the end of the street she stopped looking over her shoulder and was ready to roll.
Hubby says not to coddle the fear but when ya gotta get home eventually what do you do? How would anyone suggest I work her through it when she freezes and trembles right up her leash?
Opheila is a rescue dog and we don't know anything about her background at all. She trembles at the predictable...thunderstorms and the vacum cleaner...but there's alot of other stuff...people in hooded sweatshirts at night, trunk door slamming day or night, and sometimes things I can't even see or hear.
We were walking last night. It was a clear evening and she was happily pulling me along until we got across the street from a wooded, fenced area, a few spotlights, nothing really...ordinairy industrial lot..and Opheila FROZE.
So here I am about 2 miles from home, nobody to pick us up at that hour and she's shaking and staring at this lot. I carried her a few blocks but 60lbs of Pookins is heavy (at least human kids can put their arms and legs around you, alittle easier)...woof...we finally got past the lot and by the end of the street she stopped looking over her shoulder and was ready to roll.
Hubby says not to coddle the fear but when ya gotta get home eventually what do you do? How would anyone suggest I work her through it when she freezes and trembles right up her leash?
I look forward to learning much here