Thanks. I tried what KJC suggested about putting my hair down then putting it back up and letting her see it. I think she sort of gets it. It takes her shorter to recover now. But she still gets the shock. She has her moods every once in a while. Sometimes she'll just act like she's scared of me and peek and see if it's really me. Then later she'll be all clingy and stuff. It's still crazy but I'm trying. I give her walks without a leash sometimes coz she gets freaked out by her own leash, I think having her on a leash is like constricting her free will so I figured I'll let her go without a leash and keep an eye on her and just try to comfort or reassure her when she gets freaked out. This actually worked coz I wanted to go into the house so I told her to follow me and she didn't follow so I allowed her to walk and discover some more. Then when it was really time to go in, she went in. When we were in I let her settle down a bit and asked her to go out again. This time she just stood by the door watching and she didn't want to go, so I didn't let her. She's not a very confident dog and I think it's coz she doesn't feel confident enough that she'll be just fine with me. So I allow her to discover that she'll be fine.
I don't know if what i'm doing is right or not but i'm just trying everything I can try. If you think there are some things I'm doing wrong, please let me know. As far as the Alpha thing goes, I think she never thought of herself as an alpha, coz if she did, why would she be so scared of everything? |