Awww that is wonderful xoxo, I can totally relate as the one thing I'm still trying to get Gizmo over is the hand shyness. If you go to pet him e with your hand above his head instead of below, he cowers down. It makes me so sad. He was only 9 weeks when I rescued him, and it's hard to imagine that either he was just not used to people at all, or he had been hit with a hand. It's the only reasons I can think of that he would react this way.
He has grown leaps and bounds though and will lick your face off lol, but he still cowers when petted from the top of his head, although it is getting better, and he shows love for us very freely.
He also still sometimes does this little really loud yelp if you pet a certain area near the rear of him, so again it leads me to believe he has been hit. When he does this yelp, I will pick him up and run my hand over every inch of his body really gently, and he does not react at all to that. The other thing is, he only does the yelp when playing with my husband, but never with me, although I'm always sitting right there. I play with him the exact same way, and he never reacts that way yo me, which leads me to believe that something has made him afraid of men. Thankfully he hasn't done it in a week or so, so I think he's adjusting and opening up.
I am so happy for you having that break through :-) its truly amazing when you see them opening up and losing thar fear (((HUGS))) |