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Originally Posted by yolymary  Thanks everyone for taking the time to reply. We have been working with Pixie and today she finally walked outside! She only walked from our house to the house next to us and back home but she did it without any pressure. |
Well done indeed! Go team. Sometimes our own fears feed into our pups fears - see that does not happen.
My Yorkie is 7+ years old and one day we went to pick up Dads in the dark relatively strange place and was the first time I saw my boy scared. I Did Not pick him up but encouraged him with treats and distracted him with obedience commands and a bit of running -he adores running to help him over the hurdle. The next three nights I made a point of walking him out n about in the dark. He now shows no hesitation or fear. I guess over the years I had not walked him in the dark so it, the dark was relatively unknown to him. Live n Learn.