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Originally Posted by john925  Thanks everyone for your help! She made progress today walking! She seems to hate or is afraid of concrete but I let her guide me through the field on grass and although slow, with lots of positive reinforcement we went on a nice little walk today. And I bought a harness as well. The vet trimmed her nails for me at her appointment on Tuesday so I don't think they are too long. |
Evey thing is in baby steps, if she prefers grass, then grass it will be, she needs to get use to the leash and walks, most dogs prefer grass, I think in time when she is use to leash walking she will walk on cement. Feed her the same time every morning and same time every night she needs a schedule , 20 to 30 minutes after she eats harness her up and walk her, if she is using pee pads and makes on the pad before you can get her out, walk her anyway,( that is if you are trying to house break her ) some dogs will need to pee or poo before 20 or 30 minutes, Cody will potty 5 to 10 minutes after he eats, you will find what her time is. If you see she pottied before the 20 to 30 minutes, take her out 10 to 15 minutes after she eats, my passed girls were taken out 30 minutes after eating, all dogs are diff. but you have to be consistent in the feed and walk times. You have much to learn about her, and she has much to learn about you, her new daddy, patience, consistency, PRAISE and love, it will all come together. I wanted to also mention playing and toys, 99% of dogs LOVE balls, don't think it odd if your baby is not interested in balls, my Cody does not like balls lol. I started the chase game to get him into a play mode the "I'm gonna get you game".Cody was raised / trained to be a little gentleman, I am retraining him to be the yorkie he should be lol, playful and and fearless, we are both having fun with his new way of living. I also changed Cody's name when I adopted him, in 3 days he was answering to his new name. Please keep us updated, we LOVE to hear about a rescue's progress, and, thank you for giving this little girl a home, BTW, she is just adorable.