Maggy Settling in But Has" Issues"
Well we have had Maggy for one month now and she is settling in nicely with me but with my DH & DS, that seems to be a different story. She still does not go near either of them even when they try to...
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bob_nestor wrote:
Sounds like she may have been abused by a male and she's now afraid of all males. My GF picked up a stray that was like that and she nursed it back to health. It took a long time and a lot of patience, but in time the dog came to accept me and we got to be good friends. She even looked forward to playing with me whenever I was around. One of the things I learned was to be careful of my body language around the dog until she learned to trust me. I was careful approaching her and learned to keep my hands down by my sides.
The horse my dad bought my mom was like this and they think he was abused by a man or men. A few years after we got him my dad rode him on a hunting trip he took.
Time and patience :)
Dori
