Actually, I just remembered (sorry, middle age), I knew someone who came out of an abusive marriage and her dog watched the abuse and did not like men afterwards. When she got a serious boyfriend, the dog used to growl at him when he walked toward the dog. A trainer told her to have the bf walk backwards towards the dog - it's less threatening to the animal. Eventually that method worked, and the dog got over his fear of her bf (and eventually he could walk towards the dog facing it). |