My dog is REALLY shy. She shakes when she meets new people or other dogs. Even when we take a walk and she hears another dog bark inside a house. She was a shelter/rescue dog who was raised on a farm. I was thinking of doggie daycare twice a month.
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No, you shouldn't send a shy dog anywhere. You're going to make her worse because she can't cope with that. You need to take her places and socialize her with you there. You're the person she knows and (hopefully) trusts. If you send her out among strangers, she's going to be over threshold and she'll be paniced and she'll get never get better.
You've got to take her out for walks and work on counter-conditioning her. That is, start feeding her treats when people approach before she reacts badly. Keep feeding treats until the person's passed. She'll start associating people with good things. This is a long, involved process.
If she's afraid of traffic, you start walking her in low-traffic areas and gradually increase the amount of traffic.
You could also take her to obedience classes but first make sure the instructor is experienced with shy dogs. The socializing will be good for her and success at obedience should instill confidence.
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Doggie daycare sounds great but i would send her at least once a week. She needs to socialize with other dogs,people etc and get use to different noises.Constantly reassure her that shes a good dog when shes looking timid/shy and she should come round :)
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regrettably the operator of the daycare would not be qualified to rule this an 'unprovoked' attack. i'm a great deal shocked how many people interior the puppy/dogs marketplace have not have been given any clue approximately dogs habit. If she has been coming domicile with bites than she would have finally had sufficient and delivered the dogs out earlier it would desire to do with the objective to her. if your city has a dogs park, take her to be sure how she behaves around different canines. If she does seems "bossy", supply her a 5 finger poke on the rump, area or neck. do not communicate to her, merely supply her the physique language and look that asserts, "decrease it out!" If she ignores or is going returned to being a pest, step up your "poke" til she does, if necessary make her lie down till calm, (rather stressful!). i don't think there is such a element as an unprovoked attack, we as people merely don't understand the way canines communicate.
ray j
we have a rescue dog he was 1 when we got him he is know 7 he was the same we took him out twice a day for walks to the same place and he slowly gained confidence but he still does not like dogs jumping up at him he likes his own space
Mysterious Meow
Something like that might work but you might start with going to a dog park or something. Also talk to your vet.
If it's the sound of the barking that makes her nervous, try putting on a movie with lots of dogs barking so she gets used to the sound. I've heard this works with dogs who are afraid of thunder so I don't see why it wouldn't work with barking.
Good luck with your new pup!