I have posted about this before but I can't afford a private dog behavioural person, I looked into the rates and it's not an option for us at the moment.
I have a beautiful 3 year old cavalier King Charles Spaniel girl. She's so loving and friendly and adores all people. But she is terrified of other dogs. It's my fault, I honestly didn't realise I should have taken her to puppy classes - I guess she never really had much interaction with other dogs when she was younger apart from the odd sniff on a walk. But she has just gotten worse and worse. She managed to slip her harness once when a friendly dog was trying to sniff her. I was terrified she was going to run away but she came back
After a minute when the dog was gone.
I took her to doggy daycare thinking it may help, and the people who run it said she really enjoyed herself, but advice from here was that this was flooding and would have terrified her
I tried one on one time with the neighbours dog in the back yard giving her treats and lots of positive reinforcement but she goes into this weird trance like she's so terrified she pretends the other dog isn't there and just wags at the humans.
We have moved to a real dog friendly neighbourhood and live across the road from a great park but she keeps being approached by off lead dogs and owners shouting "don't worry she's friendly" I explain that she's just frightened and they say "oh that's weird for a cavalier" and walk off leaving me feeling judged and like a crappy dog mom.
She is skittish in general and scared
Of loud noises and cats aswell! Does anyone have any other ideas apart from
The personal training? It would be really appreciated. Thanks
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allymcbeals · 12/08/2019 13:01
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