So I got my dog 5 years ago, she was a stray and we did everything we could go find her owners but no one ever came forward and she wasn't anybody's in the neighbor hood. When we came across her she was VERY mean and I was not expecting to take her home. But a few hot dogs and hamburger scraps later and she was my new best friend. However she still had very random outbursts, like fairly often. She's a small Chihuahua, and ankle biter if you will, so its never anything too painful but it's always been very out of no where. One minute you're cuddling on the couch, the next you might go to reach for something or move the wrong way and she's barking and biting at you. She does not like new people. At all. It's just constant barking and growling if a new person enters the room or if she even hears a voice she doesn't recognize. Even if she gets to know you, she has to see you pretty much every day to really trust you and even then she still has outbursts from time to time. She is a bit timid at times though, for example, if she is about to eat and you're walking by her food bowl she'll back away or run away from it all together. She's very scared of thunder and fireworks.
I guess my question is does this seem like abuse my her previous owners or some sort of doggie PTSD and if so does anyone know ways to handle it or help make her feel more comfortable? I feel like she definitely trusts me, my mom and my grandma and she doesn't have that many outbursts with us anymore but she's definitely not trusting of anyone else. Any tips for socializing her?
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