I'm curious if some of it is submissiveness? If your baby was re-homed then you're probably right about something that happened in the past. Our new girl will sometimes come up to me like she wants to be picked up then run and cower when I approach her. Different from playing - when she runs away and wiggles. She is submissive, but not to the point of crouching and piddling, and I've been ever so gentle with her - approaching her carefully, hand palm up, not looking her in the eye. She only does it sometimes but it makes me sad. It's like she's the re-incarnation of an abused dog! We've only had her for 2 and 1/2 weeks so some of it is probably 'newness', but the breeder was really gentle (we visited) so I'm sure she was never touched in anger. Weird. |