On Jul 22, 4:23*pm, "Paul E. Schoen" wrote:
Their posts had not appeared on my news reader at the time I composed the
post. So I commend them for doing what the rest of you have not.

The rest of us haven't offered advice because we don't have relevant
experience. I've done rescue for years, and have quite a bit of
experience with shy dogs, but this doesn't appear to be a shy dog. I
have one dog that was very unsocialized and neglected, but she wasn't
isolated in a barn or other location and in fact lived with 20+ other
dogs, and she was (and still is though to a lesser extent) extremely
fearful. So I don't have any advice for the poster, and after reading
Mary's post, I felt she pretty much summed it up. You should really
try not giving advice when you don't have personal experience to back
it up - it works!

If you
can't say something nice, don't say anything.

How about this, for you: if you can't say anything useful, don't say
anything.

Mustang Sally