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05-03-2013, 03:37 AM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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| Hand Shy Pistol has a little sister now !! She is a Shih Tzu. Her name is Jazzy and she turned a year old in December. The problem we have is she is hand shy. She will lick your hand and let you get in a quick pet but, if you reach for her she will run away from you. That makes it really hard to pick her up. We think we know why. We got her from a good breeder I did all my research before we got her at thirteen weeks old. The only problem with the process was she has three young children. She said the puppies interacted with the children a lot. I saw this and she is awesome with my grandchildren. We think though the children chased her and grabbed at her to pick her up. Now this is causing a problem if there would be an emergency or any other reason I would need to pick her up quickly it would be impossible. We have started to feed her one of her meals from our hands daily and this she does with great caution. She does sit, and lay down on command. Just when you reach to pick her up she will run away. We approach her slowly and never grab for her, or chase her to pick her up. For her own safety I need to solve this problem. Does anyone have any other ideas that we can try ? If not I will speak with a trainer. Just thought I would start here with the real experts. |
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05-03-2013, 04:11 AM | #2 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Boston MA
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| Jess does the same thing. She is slowly getting better when I say sit and then pick her up. Its taken months though. I started by standing next to her and every time I picked her up I stood to the side of her and said "up" and picke her up. every time i put her down said "down" the kids did this too so she new what was coming. I had to keep her in a pen while doing this so she couldnt run off. |
05-03-2013, 06:03 AM | #3 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Tennessee
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| I was going to post about this same thing. Sam thinks it's play time. He loves to grab one of Sarah's toys and run with it. I'm trying to teach her not to chase him because it reinforces the "game". I need to teach him to come every. single. time. Also, stop. I mean stop on a dime and bring me change! We're working on leave it, but even that's a slow go. I just don't know where to start or how to go about it. Everyone else in the house is mostly hands off with him, so I don't have someone to help me with tethered hold and release commands.
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