We adopted a lovely 2.5 yr old dog last Sunday. He is quite nervous, esp around strange men but I took the whole week off work to settle him in and we had been making huge progress. My lovely neighbour had him for a couple of hours today while I went back to work (for a half day), and when he went to put his lead on him for a walk, my lovely dog got so nervous he peed everywhere. We've introduced him to this neighbour three times this week, building it up from taking treats from him, to a walk around the block and even visiting his home so nothing was strange to him today. I even settled him into the neighbour's home before I left for work.
I think neighbour approached him from a height and didn't wait for the dog to come to him and petrified him.
I feel so so awful and I'm worried it will have set him back hugely.
This neighbour will be minding him during the day when I have to work. Neighbour means well but he obviously wasn't listening when I explained and showed him how to put his lead on, and how you can't push him.
I feel so upset.
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