Sorry to revive an old thread, and there are a lot of good ideas here, but if anyone has any new ideas it would be great. My Meesha seems to be like the OP's dog. She doesn't seem to know what to do with little plush toys (but she does like carrying around a sock). Squeaky toys and throwing or rolling balls seem to scare her (she looks scared when I squeeze a squeaky to and she runs away if I roll a ball or toss a toy near her). She doesn't really play with her little kong when I fill it with peanut butter - she just uses her little tongue to lick out what she can reach and then loses interest. The only thing I've found that she really likes is to chew on her bully stick.
She wasn't hurt or abused ever I don't think. However, I'm pretty sure her past owner babied her and treated her more like a mobile doll than a real dog. She's come a little ways so far in the week I've had her. She walks on a leash now, and I'm teaching her sit. She knows come, and her name. She seems like she wants to play, but I don't know what she would like to play with or how to get her to play. I will probably enroll her in a beginning training class sometime in the next couple weeks, but would like any other ideas until then. |