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| Tuesday, January 02, 2007
at11:43:40 AM
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bkeller
Joined:12/16/2006
Location:RIVERSIDE, IA
| New puppy...with problems
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| I just bought a new puppy. She is 15 weeks old and scared of absolutely EVERYTHING. She is a Coton De Tulear. She runs away from every little noise and is constantly slinking from corner to corner and underneath couches. Does anybody know what I can do to help her out? Do you know what could have caused this? Any help would be appreciated. I have had her for 4 days now and there hasnt been a whole lot of change.
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| Friday, January 26, 2007
at9:01:46 PM
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labrdogs
Joined:1/26/2007
Location:GREENWOOD, WI
| RE New puppy...with problems
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| not knowing the full details I cant be sure but it sounds like your pup was not socialized very well. you will need to work with her SLOWLY and hope that in time you will have a pup that isnt scared of everything. You might want to look to a professional trainer to get you started so that you dont go too fast and cause even more worries in the pup than it already is.
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| Tuesday, February 06, 2007
at12:34:46 AM
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SHAL-MAR
Joined:1/5/2007
Location:STOCKTON, CA
| RE New puppy...with problems
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| what I would do is purchase an portable exercise pen.. give her her own space. instead of giving her your entire house to crouch and hide. Let her learn to trust you by practicing a repetitive schedule with her. In the x pen she will rely on you for everything attention food care water conversation. and she will learn her name much quicker and learn that there is love attached to that knowledge when she begins to respond to you. If she cannot run from you she will come to you because the xpen will be her space and she will soon not fear her space. sit on the floor outside the pen and talk to her coach her over with little treats of the soft kind. giving a puppy like this hard chewies takes to long to chew them up so consequently they lose interest in it because the fear that is there takes over the snack. use something she doesnt find in her food dish or the biscuit bag. like a little piece of velveeta or what I use healthy choice hot dogs. no preservatives they smell wonderful to the critters and it only takes alittle teeny soft bit. It is much easier to make a coralation to a situation if it is something thats much easier for the puppy to deal with. Put a halter on her not a collar. use a flex lead when you take her outside to potty.. take your soft treats withyou. on the flex lead she will think she is loose you know she isnt. sit on the ground in your yard let her do her thing. if she likes what ever soft treat you have for her she will come to you. do not loom so to speak over her. she cannot see your face or your eyes when you tower over her. she is obviously very unsocialized but she can over come that. Repetition to us is boring and we always think oh no not that again.. but to dogs repetition is just a longer word that means training. Her first experience with training was repetively being ignored and was probably forced to run with the adults which is also bad news for certain breeds as far as coming into themselves with confidence. Dogs do not know size they only know and recognize seniority. Now you can give her a second round of repetition only this time it will be one of patience and structure. Dogs have many ways of communicating one of them is reading the eyes whether it is another dog or a human. ifyou are standing over her all the time she cannot read you.. if she cannot read you her trust in you is very weak. Being able to see your face and what she means to you will do wonders for her confidence. my advice to you would be to put her on a schedule in other words eat all meals at the same time each day out side for potty the same times every day. Potty her on the flex lead. dont just put her out and stay in the house. give her a reason to please you. feed her in the x pen where she cant wander away from it and hide every time she hears a loud noise. I would do this for about three weeks and then try her in some obedience classes to make sure she can and is ready to adjust to other dogs. For the first day of classes I would just sit on the sidelines with her and let her watch the other dogs and handlers.. she will eventually try to go out and see whats going on with them. this she can do on her own and it will help her confidence tremendously. she will figure it out and life will become fun for her and for you.
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| Saturday, August 16, 2008
at11:09:49 AM
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pictureperfectchihuahuas
Joined:5/28/2008
Location:BIG CABIN, OK
| RE New puppy...with problems
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| The goes back to the golden rule. Be cautious and do research on the person you are purchasing a puppy from. In the US alone over 80 of breeders are puppy mills. This means their dogs live in 2 x 2 wire cages at best with little or no interaction with the breeder. It is sad and disgusting.
I truly believe your puppy had a terrible existence before she came to your home. She has never trusted a human before and is terribly frightened. I do agree with the other comment posted. Let her have individual private space. She will soon be comfortable in a certain are and then you can move on to larger areas from there.
Also be patient. Sit and give her affection several times a day for at least 15 min. each time. Teach her you are trustworthy.
Be careful how you discipline her. Do not be too aggressive. If you are currently trying to potty train her do not use physical discipline. Try other methods. Use treat rewards for going potty outside. If she goes in the house just clean it up and turn your head about it. More than likely if she is confined to her own space she should be good about using a puppy pad. If you take her out often she should be good about using it outside.
I am so sorry about your puppy and troubles. Responsible breeding is so imperative and I feel badly for the experience you are currently enduring. I promise not all breeders are that way.
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