Thanks, mkbartz and yorkiepuppy,
I really appreciate the advice!
About Nellie's teethbrushing, it's not that I can't. I can. She knows
I'm the master and she's my little girl. She submissively lets me clip her nails... the problem is after I do any care to her, she doesn't like me for days or weeks..... Recently, in hopes that i could help her not be afraid of me, I recently stopped trimming her hair and let it grow, with only an occasional brushing. Well, I actually got some positive responses from her as though she wasn't quite as afraid that I would groom her.
So, the problem is that she DOES NOT like me to groom her in any fashion.
I can do it and I do - do it. But I pay all the time.
So, when I tried brushing her teeth last time she decided I was not longer safe at all and would have nothing to do with me, ever.
That's my problem and that's why I'm starting to think I should put her on anti-anxiety meds. Sounds a bit extreme to me, but do some dogs possibly need them? Thanks, everyone. |