Fear period, or you tell me? - Page 3

Thanks Elkoor.  I took her for training today and the breeder said she did better although I'm having a hard time recognozing those suttle improvements.

Freddie has said it right just the thing i do with Izzy bitch, if your pup is at a sit do not move off until it gives you eye contact and no voice command from yourself until you get that eye contact
Eye contact must be given to you by the dog itself no commands to bring its attention to you it must be the Pup alone that does it and once it gives to eye contact verbal command to walk on etc and a sweet immediatly you get the eye contact
Take the pup to a quiet place free of other dogs and people so it can gain more confidence with you, at the moment it is not looking to you as its leader, Take it slowly there is never a rush to train a Pup or even older dog It takes the time it takes
Steve1

I have a dog alot like you descrbe without the aggression part.  He was never aggressive more flight drive than fight drive. although he can be very protective so the fight dirve is there.  Any way I didn't get him until he was 7 mos old At first I though it was the flight oversees maybe, he would get ovet this soon, then maybe because he was never in a house etc....  Bottom line either due to lack of socialization or weak nerves the dog is now 5 and not to discourage you issues still crop up from time to time.   I thought I did everything right.  Exposing him to new things making everything a positive not coddeling him yet supporting him and so on.  He is a great dog and has done alot, but the nerve issue is still a part of who he is and crops up not always at the best of times. We train competiton obedience and agility.  He has done very well in agility.  He gets very nervous on the sart line there are time I think he is going to leave and run back to to the car , but once he starts running he lets it all go and he is happy and his tail is up and he is almost smiling.  In obedience during training he is great I am not yet able to keep that performance in the show ring yet, he gets extremely nervous and does not perform nearly as well, he recently started breaking his stays and now can not even hold a 1 minute sit stay he was up to a 5 minute out of sight.  Back to the drawing board.  Yes it is frustrating , but he has come so far, used to only want to hide in the back of his crate at a show.  now I can actually get him to tug an and play and bark at a show.  We will keep working at it and so should you. Dogs like this may not be the easiest, but they do give you so much in return.  He is a faithful companion, I can take him with me off lead on walks he will not leave my side and he does look to me for support because he trusts me now and can say go on now run and play he will for about 30 sec and he is right back at my side again wagging his tail.  Good luck and stay patient.  Do what Elkoor and the others recommend . I probably wouldn't hand him off so much to your trainer yet, he needs to trust you.

okay - please be patient with me because I'm learning here.  I took her for a walk this morning all went well.  She dealt with the cars/ people thing pretty good.  No shakles up.  I could tell she was a little nervous but not like last week.  When we saw other dogs she turned flighty but I calmed her and we continued our walk.  With her continued training, I think we'll be okay.