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Old 03-24-2015, 12:38 PM   #8
yorkietalkjilly
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As she grows more trusting, keep gently walking fingers up to her, to bait and engage her sense of play and competition to get you before you get her. I play this with shy dogs, untrusting dogs to slowly instill a sense of play and competition in them and show them it's okay to react playfully with a human. Couple of times or more each day, toss a ball and go get it, play with it, bounce it and laugh, smile a lot to show her that that it lots of fun. She should engage one day as soon as she trusts you and is sure she won't get hurt or yelled at. She may have been previously disciplined for acting exuberant, playing or racing around like a dog so just give her another two months to learn to trust and respect you, learn you won't hurt or scare her.
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