Hi, we adopted our lovely dog nearly 8 weeks ago and it's been a steep learning curve but she's doing well. She's around 18 months and from Romania. She was found as a puppy but looked after in a rescue with other dogs for a year or so by a wonderful woman. She's got a lovely, gentle nature and after some initial insecurities around my youngest child (nearly 7) she's settled right in. But...she's still so scared of lots of things, not helped by all the bloody fireworks, and has suddenly started refusing to walk any further when the mood takes her. She's a german shepherd crossed with a bit of husky perhaps and something much smaller and she's very keen to learn, doing well with training (apart from recall which is going to take time) and very, very bouncy and playful with other dogs then very scared of some. What should I concentrate on to get her confidence up? She loves playing with other willing dogs but I can't let her off the lead anytime soon. Today I just let her sniff and wander around fields and ran with her on and off rather than trying to coax her on a walk. Is there anything anyone would advise or should I relax and keep going the way I'm going???
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life with a nervous rescue dog...anyone advice?
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onlyoneboot · 29/11/2012 16:14
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