Pao and i just completed a positive based training class. Pao is 6 yrs old and I have had him since he was 3 months old and he still runs away from me when I try to pick him up or put a leash on him. In the classes, we were being taught that us moving toward and hovering down a dog and picking it up is naturally intimidating for the dog. What we were asked to do is to not go all full face forward to carry the dog because the dog will usually run away or back up before you could reach it so what you do is walk in a curve or sideways to get to your dog and try to make yourself smaller when you are near your dog to let her feel safer, crouch down, kneel or squat down. Try it. You'll be amazed. |