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by EmilyH712 on 01 December 2010 - 01:12
Our puppy is 7 months old and while he is not shy around us he is around anyone new. We take him to the dog parks all the time and after a few minutes he loves it, but when we first get there his tail goes between his legs and he tries to hide under our feet. When anyone new walks in the house he barks at them and stands right beside us, which is great, but when anyone extends their arms out to pet him he runs away. He is a very sweet puppy and never shows any signs of aggression but he is just weird around other people that are not a part of his "pack". Like I said, he loves other dogs and one on one play dates are by far his favorite, but its people he is weird about. When we got him he was timid and the puppies lived under a trailor home, The breeders were very reputable people but admitted they just moved and didnt get to socialize the puppies like they usually do. I am just not sure what else to do. We try small groups and even then he isnt big on other people touching him. Does anyone have any tricks or advice? Thank you!
by Red Sable on 01 December 2010 - 01:12
Hi Emily, he sure looks sweet in your avatar pic.
You are socializing him to new experiences and that is great. I'd keep that up, daily, but not force someones touch on him if he is not comfortable. Let him get used to people doing their thing at a comfortable distance from him. When he becomes oblivious to that, let strangers feed him yummy treats.
I'm sure others here will chime in with great ideas.
Enjoy you pup, he is a cutie!
You are socializing him to new experiences and that is great. I'd keep that up, daily, but not force someones touch on him if he is not comfortable. Let him get used to people doing their thing at a comfortable distance from him. When he becomes oblivious to that, let strangers feed him yummy treats.
I'm sure others here will chime in with great ideas.
Enjoy you pup, he is a cutie!
by alboe2009 on 01 December 2010 - 03:12
Hey Emily,
These are just my opinions and experiences. Maybe it's not shyness and just cautiousness of strangers? Nothing is wrong with that in my eyes. Don't want to sound like a broken record but what do you want from the dog? For the dog? Have you had the pup since * wks? A couple of sentences don't come across right but we don't need to go there.
These experiences are my experiences: I have never taken any of my dogs to a puupy park. Everything comes from me. My mentality is I am their everything. I am their center of the universe. My 17 wk old will stay at my side and if were outside at 0200 hrs. and she hears an animal screeching, howling or an unknown noise coming from the woods she'll come to me and sometimes stand between my legs. NORMAL. She's just a baby and I am her protector. I want her to be cautious of strangers she just can't run to anyone. Not til I give the okay.
Reiker, I socialized hime starting at geez, 9/10 wks, I would take him for daily walks in a small tourist town (St. Micharls, Md), a bazillion people walking the streets, vehicles driving past just a foot away, others walking their dogs, children and more people. Socialized him with dogs in training, enviromental and with people. Other than those walks in the socialize/ imprinting stages I haven;t taken him for a walk til I moved out on a farm 1 1/2 yrs ago. His training, playing and running handled everything I/he needed.
Anastacia and Arabella will stand cautiously to strangers. That is what I want. And if the neighbors, (there's 3 houses next to each other on the farm) if the neighbors come out to talk or see the dogs, the dogs cannot break away til I say it's okay. Now if the pizza man comes to one of our houses, or hunters are driving by or walking then all of them will give warning which I want them to do.
I would think that the pup started out late with the socializing, imprinting etc. and he's just a late bloomer. It'll take time, ( Now some might say nerves and lines and so forth) That's definately possible. And since we're not seeing first hand we don't really know. That's why I said my experiences. I have been to peoples' houses where the dog can not mingle with starangers. He must take his place and stay. My dogs are my kids and they can pretty much do what they want, go wherever they want and go see whoever when they're in my house. Only when I say it's okay. And some people that come over or you see them on the streets don't like dogs or dogs coming around them, (I can't cmprehend that but it does exist).
Why do you want this pup to go wholeheartedly towards strangers when there in your house? And when you say "anyone extends their arm out to him....." EXACTLY how do they do that? If you want her to mingle with people at your house it might just be confidence, is she weary of everyone? Males/females?
These are just my opinions and experiences. Maybe it's not shyness and just cautiousness of strangers? Nothing is wrong with that in my eyes. Don't want to sound like a broken record but what do you want from the dog? For the dog? Have you had the pup since * wks? A couple of sentences don't come across right but we don't need to go there.
These experiences are my experiences: I have never taken any of my dogs to a puupy park. Everything comes from me. My mentality is I am their everything. I am their center of the universe. My 17 wk old will stay at my side and if were outside at 0200 hrs. and she hears an animal screeching, howling or an unknown noise coming from the woods she'll come to me and sometimes stand between my legs. NORMAL. She's just a baby and I am her protector. I want her to be cautious of strangers she just can't run to anyone. Not til I give the okay.
Reiker, I socialized hime starting at geez, 9/10 wks, I would take him for daily walks in a small tourist town (St. Micharls, Md), a bazillion people walking the streets, vehicles driving past just a foot away, others walking their dogs, children and more people. Socialized him with dogs in training, enviromental and with people. Other than those walks in the socialize/ imprinting stages I haven;t taken him for a walk til I moved out on a farm 1 1/2 yrs ago. His training, playing and running handled everything I/he needed.
Anastacia and Arabella will stand cautiously to strangers. That is what I want. And if the neighbors, (there's 3 houses next to each other on the farm) if the neighbors come out to talk or see the dogs, the dogs cannot break away til I say it's okay. Now if the pizza man comes to one of our houses, or hunters are driving by or walking then all of them will give warning which I want them to do.
I would think that the pup started out late with the socializing, imprinting etc. and he's just a late bloomer. It'll take time, ( Now some might say nerves and lines and so forth) That's definately possible. And since we're not seeing first hand we don't really know. That's why I said my experiences. I have been to peoples' houses where the dog can not mingle with starangers. He must take his place and stay. My dogs are my kids and they can pretty much do what they want, go wherever they want and go see whoever when they're in my house. Only when I say it's okay. And some people that come over or you see them on the streets don't like dogs or dogs coming around them, (I can't cmprehend that but it does exist).
Why do you want this pup to go wholeheartedly towards strangers when there in your house? And when you say "anyone extends their arm out to him....." EXACTLY how do they do that? If you want her to mingle with people at your house it might just be confidence, is she weary of everyone? Males/females?
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