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And - because he was shy - we went out a lot more. I took him with me whenever I could. I exposed him to more people and other dogs all that I could. If he got frightened - I didn't baby him or "talk to him about it." We often just went off to look at something else. And - I made him feel that we were going to do something else because I wanted to -- not for any other reason.
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I've thought about taking Riley with me when I leave the house. I'd feel bad leaving Jo home alone but Jo doesn't have the same issues and he gets carsick so it's hard to take him on the spur of the moment anyway. I think Riley is just unsure of himself, we don't go out as much as we used to since we've been working on the house but that "should" be coming to an end soon
Also, I don't know what he was exposed to or made afraid of before I brought him home...I don't think he had a good time of it to be honest. But, I do need to do something...my husband says Riley has him on the edge all the time and I certainly don't want him to give up on him.