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Fear, why and how to get rid of
My 3 months old (a terrier-black lab mix) puppy has an incontrollable fear
of the christmas tree box that stays over the top of a cabinet in my garage. My wife tried some things to get rid of his fear: 1-let the box in his reach for a while, so he would get closer to the box by himself - no good results 2-My wife got inside the box and tried to play with him.. nothing 3-Put him inside the box (without the christmas tree inside, of course)... even worse, he urinated by fear Since we got him (8 weeks old), he's shown very fearfull behavior... two weeks ago, he got his last parvo shot, then we started taking him to the dog park, trying to let him socialize with other dogs, but he doesn't want to play with other dogs, only to stay close to us. I can see that he gets a lot scared when other dogs came to smell him (ears down and pointed back, fur on his back raises). Additionally he's afraid of people... Every time a friend of mine comes to visit, I let him in trying to socialize him. It takes a lot of time to get him used to my friends, and I have to instruct them to go easy and not to make abrupt movements, or he gets scared. Any hints? Padu |
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