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Originally Posted by QuickSilver  Wow, there is a lot going on here. I'm not quite sure how to respond.
In the short term, most dogs will respond if you lie down on the floor and toss them treats.
Longer term, it can be extremely difficult to rehab a fearful dog, not to mention one that bites. I would strongly suggest hiring a trainer who uses positive reinforcement to help you work with her. You can also do research on the web. There is so much that comes into play: body language, training, managing her aggression and patience, patience, patience. |
Thanks. I have contacted a few trainers and they tell me to ignore her. I don't know how much I should ignore her but all they keep saying is ignore her. She's afraid of me and I'm wondering if ignoring her will only result in her fearing me even more coz I don't show that I'm trying to comfort her.
She confuses me a lot right now though coz she'd lick my feet, lick my hands, even wag her tail when she sees me but the instant she looks at my face, it's like she can't look at me. She can't give me eye contact and she'd cower when I try to pet her. She's showing me submissiveness but only coz she's fearful of me. when i get off from bed, she's fine, then i sit on the floor, we're not ok again. I walk downstairs with her, she's fine, then I sit on the couch, she can't bear the sight of me again. and she tries to sit far far away, then later on she'll sit by the couch near me while i'm sleeping. I try to put her on the couch and she'd cower again. It's like this over and over. When i'm alone, she follows me around, when the maids appear or when she hears them, she can't wait to get rid of me and she starts pacing so she can go to them. If I move and stuff, she'd get startled.
I know this is all my fault for being stupid enough to pet her while she was asleep and yawning in her presence, and then yelling at her when we both got frightened of each other. But I really got frightened coz she just looked at me like she didn't know who I was. It was that connection that scared me a lot. She looked like a mad dog that didn't trust me enough to be comfortable with whatever I was doing. I frightened her that much, to the point that she peed a little. It breaks my heart to think that she thought I was even capable of hurting her like that.