THanks. So far I haven't been giving her chicken. She's been eating the prescribed diet coz I think she knows she won't get anything else. She eats little but she does eat more sometimes.
On a different note... Something happened today that sort of changed a lot of things. She was asleep and i pet her and she lied on her back to allow me to rub her belly and chest, she loves this. I was sitting by the floor and rubbing her belly and chest when I yawned. This startled her so she woke up and got frightened. She then started barking and barking at me and growling, this in turn scared me so I know I looked like an idiot coz I held up my hand like as if I'm being held up by thieves and started begging her to stop. I know I looked more scared of her than anything. So I started yelling her name to make her stop. This scared her more and she jumped off her bed and went to the bathroom which was a few feet away from me and barked some more. I then stood up and started yelling her name again. She didn't stop so I left the room and called my dad to come in. She settled down and came near me but she had this frightened look and she couldn't look at me. I noticed that she peed a little in the bathroom, I think I startled her enough to make her pee. Now she won't come near me and would rather sleep downstairs and go to the maids room. I'm completely distressed coz she's been warming up to me so much and following me around and showing me so much affection and now this happened. I'm afraid I'm going to start all over again. And what if this time she never completely trusts me?
I'm always at home and I usually spend all day with her, tonight though I went out for dinner with a few friends. I've gone out before, but tonight was longer than the previous occasion. I know they can't tell time but when I got home I noticed a bit of change in her. She still followed me around and got all excited when I was home tonight. She never spends time alone, I have maids so she does go to them. A little bit of history so you'll understand my dilemma. I got her 3-4 weeks ago, and she's always bonded with the maids before me coz they played with her first before I could have the chance. So when she first got here she always followed the maids around and would not even come near me. It took me a week or so and she started warming up towards me, I had to have a leash with me all the time and I'd have her follow me around all the time. The dog trainer asked me to do this so she'll know she has to follow me around. It's been working great and the dog trainer did tell me not to let her sit on our couch and sleep on my bed, but a few nights ago I had to sleep in my brother's room on the floor and she slept near me, not with me but just near me. She never really trusted me completely to sleep next to me. She would sit on the couch especially when she got frightened. I was told not to cuddle her or carry her too much, this I'd have to say, I failed to follow coz given her medical problem recently, it was hard for me not to cuddle her and giver her as much affection as I could.
Now I don't know what to do. I'm so depressed coz I know I made a mistake by yelling at her, but i didn't mean to startle her, I just yawned in front of her. She suddenly started barking. I didn't get her as a puppy so she's jumpy around me and I get jumpy around her too. I really thought she was gonna bite me. I thought by now she'd be familiar with my face and she'd know I'm her new owner and that I won't hurt her, but after she started barking at me and I yelled at her (to my regret now, but when she was barking, I thought she was gonna bite. Coz she bit my cousin and aunt when they frightened her) I didn't know what else to do. She won't sleep in the same room as me anymore. What should i do??
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