Puppies do go through a phase where they feel insecure about their environment especially outside the house. This, I learnt from a positive based obedience training class, the instructor has a Masters in Behavioural and has 15 yrs of experience...the best thing to do is treat your dog like your 2 year old human child, that is where they are mentally and when the dog is a puppy, he/she is even younger than a 2 yr old human child.
It is okay to hug/carry your puppy when he/she is feeling insecure and we were told in the class to only walk your puppy 5 minutes outside the house the first few times even if it means just around your driveway because they feel insecure at that age. |