I need help regaining my girlfriends yorkies trust. I'm so sorry and down on myself because i have disciplined him by hitting him he's about 1 1/2. I know I screwed up by doing that and I'm deeply sorry. My gf is so scared of me that he won't eat treats out of my hand and I just really need advice on what to do gain his trust again. I watched him before while I was spring break when i had a week off. He loved it because I took him outside and we played, i gave treats for tricks i was showing him off to everybody on campus there was time where he would follow me everywhere and even at my girlfriends place he would lay on me way more than he would with her she kept asking me questions on why he was loving me way more than her. It all changed one day when I watched him again and we had a rough day he was testing me and not listening something he never does at my place because we have rules we follow and I lost i hit a handful of times with my hand on his butt. I know this is not right My girlfriend said she has done it before. Now he won't eat treats from my hand but when my girlfriend does it he will eat but then she will get me a treat he will look away. Yesterday it was real bad i was messing around with him and he got really terrified of me while i was my girlfriends to the point where he went to his kennel by himself! he never does that ever he hates going to his kennel. its to the point where he doesn't have fun going on walks with me. It's so sad and it hurts I know I messed up i just want advice on how i gain his trust again. I will never hit ever again i know that. There was a point of time where it seemed like he looked up to me as the leader of the "pack" now he is just downright scared and terrified and I know I caused it but i just want his trust again. sorry for the long post.
