DH and I have recently adopted another furbaby - ddog2, she's roughly 18 months old and a terrier cross, currently not spayed but being done next month. We already have ddog1, a 10 year old terrier bitch and they've bonded wonderfully very quickly, much to our delight.
We rehomed ddog2 from someone DH knows, though they're not all that close, who was going to list her online for free rehoming otherwise and I dread to think what would have happened to her. It would appear that everything we were told about her hasn't quite been true, e.g fully house trained, gets on great with all dogs, and they haven't even bothered to ask how she is since we took her back in Feb.
So far we've been completely unable to get her medical history or chip information from them so we've had to source this ourselves but the medical history is taking some time - luckily she was registered with another branch of the same chain of vets.
She is the sweetest dog but she is VERY nervous in some circumstances - she is absolutely petrified of the vet, being so young and with no access to her history yet, this makes me think something has happened to her in the past. She jumps at every loud noise, and is generally just a very nervous little thing.
She reacts to every single dog she sees when she's outside by barking, growling and sometimes pulling. She also reacts every time she sees or hears a dog on TV, including Family Guy as I've just found out! She goes crazy every time she hears the piano music on the Ceasar dog food advert because she knows the westie will be on, even if she's not in the same room.
Any tips on how I can make her walks more pleasant for her? It doesn't seem fair to keep having to walk her late at night but walking her during the daytime is deeply unpleasant - we live in an area with two national parks so it's rare that you don't come across at least a handful of other dogs when you're out, most of which are off their leads.
Thank you and sorry for the essay, I just wanted to give some background.