It has been said before......patience, patience, patience! I'll bet Charlie will come around when he learns your husband will not hurt him. I would suspect you are right about him being afraid because a man has hurt him. When he learns your husband won't hurt him, he will be fine.
I'm no trainer, but have had some experience with all sorts of dogs. My Rowdy (Aus. Cattle Dog) was the same way with my son-in-law at first. Rowdy loves p-nut butter and p-nuts, so Steve fed him p-nuts and got his long lasting devotion from that. But it didn't happen over night. |