My Fritzel is TERRIFIED of everybody but me and my husband. He only really likes me, he puts up with husband because he takes him outside when I am not home and gives him treats. I adopted him last November. The vet said he was around 2 years old then. He had a broken pelvis and dislocated hip. The vet wasn't sure what could have caused it. I think either a person hurt him or he was a breeder's dog and not socialized. He is still afraid of my 15 year old son and he has tried to make friends with him. He hides behind the couch a lot. If I tell him to sit he runs behind the couch. I think he probably used to poop in the house and somebody yelled sh*t when he did it. So when I say sit he thinks he did something wrong. He loves me to death, and sleeps in bed with me when my husbandsworks at night. But if he's home he sleeps on the floor beside the bed. He does not like to go in the car. He tried to bite me one time I put him in the car. He gets along with my other dogs great. Once in a while he nips at one of the cats because he gets jealous. He is scared to be brushed but is getting better about it. It is a STRUGGLE to clip his nails. I don't take him to a groomer because it would be too traumatic for him and I don't trust them with my baby. He just started to bark at the vacuum. But he sees one of the other dogs do it. I hope in time he will be less nervous. But I don't see it happening. |