Will they always be timid. - Page 2

ALDIS · 07-08-2011, 01:20 AM

If you will give the proper training up to six months then it is a a handsome time period to train a dog.I will say that only six months are needed for this.

Lightning&Stomps · 07-18-2011, 07:34 PM

Stomps was very timid when I got him as a rescue. I couldn't touch his underarms, ears or feet without him screaming like I was killing him. Over probably about a year he grew to trust me completely and was fairly trusting of other people as well. Rescues are the best.

WillowsMomma · 11-15-2011, 01:51 PM

Our baby is very very timid... We got her when she was about six months old - from a breeder (who's since gone "out of business"). Our vet tends to believe she was harmed or mistreated in some way. He told us to encourage her, let her around people a lot - even if they don't pet her, just being around them helps. We have treats that we keep just for company to give her. Sometimes she takes them, sometimes she won't. We have one cousin in particular that poor Willow just runs and hides when he's in the house, and we have no idea why - he's not the loudest, tallest, youngest, oldest..... It just takes a lot of love and a lot of patience. We've had our girl a year now and wouldnt trade her for the world!!

jjhoutteman · 11-16-2011, 11:50 PM

Mater, my 4 year old Basset, has to be the most gentle, forgiving, unassuming, 60 lb load of ears, big eyes and wrinkles you can imagine. We have a 6 pound Maltese, who acts like the queen mother, a dynamic type A that gets knocked around every time Mater heads for the door. I wouldn't trade my Basset for anything. One of the nicest, most accepting faces you will ever see that comes trundling into the kitchen at six in the moaning. Treat yours with love and affection and you will get it back, ten-fold

07-08-2011, 01:20 AM	#11 (permalink)
ALDIS Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 5	If you will give the proper training up to six months then it is a a handsome time period to train a dog.I will say that only six months are needed for this. __________________ pet franchise

11-15-2011, 01:51 PM	#13 (permalink)
WillowsMomma Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Masontown, WV Posts: 12	Our baby is very very timid... We got her when she was about six months old - from a breeder (who's since gone "out of business"). Our vet tends to believe she was harmed or mistreated in some way. He told us to encourage her, let her around people a lot - even if they don't pet her, just being around them helps. We have treats that we keep just for company to give her. Sometimes she takes them, sometimes she won't. We have one cousin in particular that poor Willow just runs and hides when he's in the house, and we have no idea why - he's not the loudest, tallest, youngest, oldest..... It just takes a lot of love and a lot of patience. We've had our girl a year now and wouldnt trade her for the world!! __________________ Willow's Momma (Nila Lynn)

07-18-2011, 07:34 PM	#12 (permalink)
Lightning&Stomps Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Versailles, Ky. Posts: 1,203	Stomps was very timid when I got him as a rescue. I couldn't touch his underarms, ears or feet without him screaming like I was killing him. Over probably about a year he grew to trust me completely and was fairly trusting of other people as well. Rescues are the best.

11-16-2011, 11:50 PM	#14 (permalink)
jjhoutteman Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 1	Mater, my 4 year old Basset, has to be the most gentle, forgiving, unassuming, 60 lb load of ears, big eyes and wrinkles you can imagine. We have a 6 pound Maltese, who acts like the queen mother, a dynamic type A that gets knocked around every time Mater heads for the door. I wouldn't trade my Basset for anything. One of the nicest, most accepting faces you will ever see that comes trundling into the kitchen at six in the moaning. Treat yours with love and affection and you will get it back, ten-fold

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