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Originally Posted by YorkieMollie  Thank you rachael, i will take your advice. I think it is a nervous bite though. She adores getting snuggles from us, and when she is falling asleep she will either come to my husband or me and she will rest her head on our lap and fall asleep or she will roll on to her back while we tickle her tummy. It seems when we stroke/pet her on her back she will snap more. Sometimes when we bend down to her level to give her snuggles or to talk to her she will cower a little. I said to my husband it seems as if she may have been treat wrongly by her previous owners. I hope not, as it breaks my heart to even think about it. When we first got her, her owners didn't have a lead for her, we went out and bought one immediately so we could walk her and she didn't seem to like it on the lead. She was trying to bite at the lead and fight against it. I have suggested to my husband that we look in to maybe taking her to some obedience classes. Thank you to everyone who bothered to comment or leave advice.  |
Yeah it sounds like for now it will be best if you let her approach you first, that way you know she is confident and feels safe to approach, she hasn't been caught off guard or anything like that. It's hard when they have had a previous home because although we don't like to think of anyone being cruel or mistreating them, we will never know what has happend in their past. The fact that the previous owner didn't even have a lead speaks volumes.
Maybe she just didn't get that much attention from her previous owner so she now finds it hard to understand why everyone wants to stroke her. It sounds like she hasn't been walked on a lead before (if she was walked at all) so it will be like having a puppy and starting all over again with the lead, they don't like it at first but once they realise the lead is positive because it means they are going for a walk they learn to love it. Good luck, and just take things slow.