I'm posting on behalf of a fellow person who has adopted rescue dogs. She seems to have a problem with the pup (I think she must be 14-18 months by now).
Just before she went away to see family abroad, their house got broken into by a crack addict saying he was hiding from people whilst they were all sat there, - the door was broken and there was a lot of loud noise, banging/crashing. The bloke only ran away when they phoned the police and the whole incident lasted around 5 minutes. The dogs were beside themselves, particularly the pup, who is still taking it very hard.
The post below is one on her return from her visit with family abroad. The pup (M) and B have been in the home, looked after by her DP all the time she has been away.
I'm Baaaack ! ! And was greeted extremely enthusiatically by M and B and then M promptly ignored me ! and has been doing it on and off ever since ! Think she is a little put out that I left her ! She has definately grown - but sideways, filling out and her head is bigger. She is still very jumpy with regards to noises outside (due to the door being bashed in prior to me leaving) We are carrying on as usual and dont make a fuss but am wondering if there is anything else we could be doing ? She is quite skittish now and barks at the drop of a pin outside the front door, DP says its been going on since i left so its been nearly a month since the incident happened - any ideas on what we can do to make her feel safer in her house ? Or just leave it and hope she will eventually settle down ?
I'd very much appreciate any advice you could give me to pass on to her. It's not going away!
Thank you 