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10-30-2010, 06:37 PM | #1 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Clover, SC
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| Skitish Puppy Jillian jumps and wiggles and wants to give me kisses. Jackson acts just as excited but he does not give kisses and about half the time now he does not let me pick him up. He is skitish and has been the whole time we have had him (a whole 3 months). His breeder had 2 litters at once and a problem with one litter. She had to help with some feedings and his litter did not get the human interaction like she normally gives. He does watch Jillian though and I am super patient with him so he is learning that it is a benefit to let us interact with him. If anyone has any suggestions that I can use to help him continue to get over his skitishness I welcome them. I love them both to pieces. He just is trying to wrap me around his paw in a more subtle way. It is working too because I would do almost anything to make him happy and comfortable.
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10-30-2010, 07:48 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Just give him time. If he's young, you haven't lost the battle yet. Some are just more shy than others. Some don't enjoy a good cuddle, or they want to on their terms. Mine's a huge cuddle bug and a kisser, but he has taken a dive into the bushes just to avoid people. Now that is a skittish scared little man.
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10-31-2010, 04:50 AM | #3 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: west long branch, n.j.
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| Sissy was my shy one. Spend time on the floor with him. I found crawling around on my hands and knees, she wanted to play with me more.
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10-31-2010, 06:07 AM | #4 |
Crazy about Kacee! Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas
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| I think socializing them in many ways helps to build a confident puppy. I also think that when they show any type of skittishness that it helps to just say, "It's all right." I think they respond to huge shows of praise when they do something right.
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10-31-2010, 06:13 AM | #5 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada
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| Teegy was very skitish the first couple of days, then I bought him a little squeaky frog, and when he heard that squeak a new dog appeared. My friends couldn't believe the difference of a few days. Patience and time. |
10-31-2010, 06:15 AM | #6 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Texas
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| Because of Maddie's background before we got her, she was extremely timid when we got her. As another said, spend lots of time on the floor. Lying completely flat without lifting your head either. Keep things slow and talk in a very calm voice at all times. Also, YT posters suggested when we got Maddie to make sure we didn't treat her differently because of her timidness. To just keep moving forward letting them come to you. Just takes time. Peggy, Monkey & Maddie
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10-31-2010, 06:37 AM | #7 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: S. W. Suburbs of Chicago, IL
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| I too would suggest that you get down on the floor with treats. Let him approach you and build trust. With time and patience you will see a change in his behavior.
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10-31-2010, 12:43 PM | #8 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Clover, SC
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| Thank you everyone. I will try these suggestions. He is so very sweet and I can tell that he wants to love me, I think he is just not sure if he CAN love me. If I sit on the loveseat he will usually come up and sit on the other end and lay down and go to sleep. I have done this when the whole group is out for group playtime and times when it is just him out. A friend told me that you can tell if you have their trust and how trainable they are by turning them over onto their backs and rubbing their belly. If they fight you then they are trying to remain in charge and may not trust completely. I realize that this may not hold true for all breeds. She trained Cocker Spaniels. I will say that he will let me lay him over on his back without any objection on his part and I can rub his belly or just hold him in my arms craddled like a baby, talking softly to him. I found this out one evening because he went outside and was running and got into those weeds that have the little pieces that stick to your clothes like velcro. I think my mom use to call them hitchhikers or beggar weeds. Anyway, he had them all over his legs, head and tummy. I have been patient with him and will continue to do so. We take time to be alone just him and I and that seems to have helped. He also knows how to sit now. I am fine if he never becomes a licker, I do know that not all dogs are. I really just want to see him be as happy as he can be in our home. He is so beautiful and I love him so very much. He stole my heart in his pictures before I ever saw him in person. Thank you again to all giving me such great advice.
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