No disrepect to anyone, but please just take it easy with this pup. She just needs to adjust slowly. Unless one has had a puppy mill pup, they really cannot totally grasp how traumatized they can be.
Baby steps. Put a crate somewhere very quiet with cushy bedding. She may or may not like it but often they do like an place to escape and will go to a crate. But, do not ever close her in it. Let her use it IF she wishes to do so.
Don't bother trying to teach her tricks...she needs to learn to trust and believe me that can take a very long time...with a truly traumatized puppy mill pup it can take a lifetime! They are often not playmates for other pups...or even good company. You just need to let her take the lead. Anything you push, will only serve to frighten her more.
She is so lucky to have you...so many end up in homes that don't want to help them and they get rid of them quickly because it is not the perfect pup they thought they were getting. I find that placing puppy mill pups is a bigger challenge than most ... people really do not totally get how unsocialized they are. |