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Originally Posted by terri23  'im with her all the time and where ever i go i take her with me. she loves people, especially children but when i take her on walks and she see's another dog she gets scared and hides behind me until they're no longer insight. she even gets scared when cars pass. i've tried the puppy classes at petsmart and she was terrified. so i thought if i got another puppy that she would maybe come out of her shell and get use to being around another dog. |
I don't think getting another puppy will solve the problem.
Gus did the same thing at puppy class. I didn't push him. He hid between my legs & behind me. He did watch the activities of the other dogs. After several classes he started to socialize with a small female, & by the end of the classes he was pretty much okay.
After reading some recent post about Yorkies being injured or killed by large dogs, maybe fear & avoidance is okay. My goal had been to let Gus socialize with "all" dogs, but now I'm careful & cautious.