Abused Chihuahua,will she ever be the same?

Yes, if you are patient and let the dog come to you on her terms, not if you insist on grabbing and cuddling her.

I've rehabilitated many abused dogs, they need to learn to trust at their own rate. Sometimes they get over their fears in a few days, sometimes it takes months. In one case it was years, but I adopted her and she is fine now too.

Make very sure you have the patience and mindset to be willing to work with this dog - let her come to you, do not grab her. Hand feeding her is a great way to start, so she will come to you and realize that YOU are the source of good things.

You will also need to socialize this dog with other people, so plan on that. Get a good book on dog behavior, it will help.

I hope you do adopt her, sounds as if she is due a break, poor little thing. Just be sure you have the patience for it.

It sounds like you and she may be in tune with each other. The other possibility is that some times kennel workers can be a little gruff with dogs because they have been desensitized by working in their field. She may have been responding to handling that she didn't like. Your disposition might be more suitable for her.

Either way, congratulations on the new addition to you family. If you don't know much about dog behavior, I highly recommend reading some of Patricia McConnells books. She focuses on creating a positive relationship with people and dogs, she's easy to read and a lot of her books are short. I'd include the link but last time I did that someone reported me for abuse. She pops right up if you put her name in the search engine. One book that is awesome is, "How to be the leader of the pack and have your dog love you for it" and another is, "The other end of the leash"

Good Luck!

She may very well come around.

In my experience, chihuahuas pick the people they like. The foster chihuahua I have right now LOVES the gal at the shelter, and HATES the guy. Neither one has ever mistreated her, thats just the way she feels.

Me, she likes (she has to, I feed her), but she doesnt love me. :o)

When we go to Petco for the adoption fair, she is always thrilled to see the other gal.

I would say this chihuahua has picked you. :o)

Be calm, and dont encourage any antisocial behavior by picking her up and comforting her when she is frightened. Reward her when she is brave and well behaved.

And do not (as someone else recommended) grab her and force her to interact with people. Tell them to ignore her, and let her approach them at her own pace.

If she bites, tell her NO, and poke her in the shoulder with your finger if she does not listen. Thats all it takes to get through to most small dogs.

Yes i have an abused dog,(chihuahua) that had her tail broke in 3 places,thrown against the wall 3 different times and verbally abused.The husband was on meth, the dog belonged to the wife.The dog will not forget what happened,but did come around after 6 months of being loved and taken care of.

Abused dogs are usually very very skiddish. What it seems like is your little Heaven seems to like you better then others X3 What I suggest, trying feeding her by hand, have her see who is filling her food bowl and who is putting her toys and treats around the house. Also, avoid leashes, chains, and outdoor activities other then going to the bathroom for a little while, so she can take some time to get used to you, and other people who you might live with first. After a while she may get used to the area around her, and start taking her for walks, have her meet other dogs... ect. She sounds like she's already used to you X3

I adopted an abused dog and it took a long time and a lot of conditioning for her to come around but she finally did and is a wonderful dog. You have to have a lot of patience with her and you have to build up trust. Right now she doesn't trust anyone. The people that had her abused her and then when she was "saved" she was thrown in a jail. My dog was beaten so every time you would raise your hand she would bolt, now that we have built our trust you can play catch and she plays right with you. We have had her for 3 years and she is still wary of strangers but if introduced by us she is very friendly to them.

A lot of TLC? No. Love includes slowly getting her socialized, training her (obedience helps build a great bond with your dog) Just cuddling her and trying to "protect" her from the big mean world, will just keep her scared except maybe in your arms. You want your do to enjoy life, not be co-dependent on you. So yes, Love her, but teach her that the world is not the big scary place she imagines.

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Treat her like any other small dog knowing that her shaking and all that scarred looks is mainly for attention. If she seems to get scarred and have her tail between her legs then you might have to find a better way.

When she runs away from people try to grab her, say no or whatever you say that tells her shes doing something wrong, and bring her to the person ( If you know them, or feel construable doing it) and make sure she relaxes by petting her and comforting her.

When she does relax, say good girl or her name and pet her ( It lets her know that you are OK and happy with her actions).

If you do it every chance you get it starts to become a habit and she will start to get used to people again. Hopefully it all works out! =D

just give the beautiful little girl all the care and love you possibly can.

im sure all she ever wanted was for someone to hold her and love her :)

just give her all the love and care you can and she will be normal again i promise, because i to adopted a dog and now she is totally different. she went through the same thing your has.

now she lets everyone hold her and pet her.

i promise she will be a normal little girl again:) hope this helped AND GOOD LUCK WITH HER, BLESS YOU FOR ADOPTING!!!!!!!!!!