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Originally Posted by WV~Yorkies  I am really excited. My local kennel club is now offering a 6 week handling class. I start March 1st. I am going to take my 6 months old girl. Would it be better to take an older one? I have been taking her everywhere with my the last few days and she is terrified of the car. Any advice for them getting her over the nerves? I am thinking time will help but thought I would ask. Any other tips you have would be great also. |
Car nerves: is she travelling in a crate? Can you position crate so she can see out window?
Try playing calming music on radio, even hum or sing along. Take short trips and if possible stop take her out play with her, then back in car and go home. Also warm up car before placing her in car. You can visit a pet store, and buy a little treat for her there, and let her walk the aisles with you and meet other folks, and maybe some dogs as well.
If she isn't leash trained it might be easier to take an older dog that is. This way you make your learning mistakes on a dog that presumably you have no intention of showing. I'm assuming that your 6mth old is the one eventually you will be bringing into the ring.
Good luck and have fun in the ring
