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Originally Posted by hunniebunnie My Bunjee went to his first obedience class at petsmart this saturday. needless to say, at 10 weeks and 1 day old, 2.8 lbs, he was the smallest and youngest of the bunch.
He was curious throughout the entire session, sniffing away at all the shelving and flooring. I even skipped his morning feeding that morning so that I can get him to pay better attention in class...no such luck. So that made training more difficult.
And because all the other puppies had several lbs and inches on him, he consistently backs away and hides under shelving, behind me, between my legs, etc. if i bend down, he'll want to be picked up and led away from the big pups, which i refused, but he'd try and jump on me, burrow under me, at one point, he even contemplated if he would make the jump onto my bent knee.
would socialization be easier to start with pups his own size? for those who had dealt with shy and fearful pups, how did you get them to work the issue out? |
Biscuit has gotten WAY better since this first training class.He is still timid towards some big dogs, but then plays well with others.After the first day of class, we started taking him to a dog park that lets dogs run around in different fenced in areas according to size.Once he got used to being around other smaller dogs, bigger dogs didn't bother him as much.Maybe there is a park like this in your area......
For us it was just a matter of bringing him around dogs more often and being patient.Good luck!
