ChloesAngel

I rescued Chloe this summer (2011) but I think I had known her b4. A vet lived next to my stepmom and took in abused animals. At one point they had a Basset named Chloe who was very friendly at first and always happy to see me when I visited. After about a year she started acting like she was afraid and always barked at me. Fast fwd 3-5 years. My boyfriend comes home and says his boss has ended up with a Basset named Chloe and it needs a home. Figuring it can't be the same dog we go to meet her and she was in a house with another dog, a cat, and 2 young kids. Me, my bf, and my daughter walked in the house and she knocked me all the way down on my back and stood on my chest and started licking me like crazy. BTW she's not a licker. She's been my sidekick ever since. She's been badly abused and is missing all her front teeth. She's terrified of water, anything that looks like a club, loud noises, other dogs/people,my ferret, my best friend's chihuahua, as well as many many other things. I hope she's not always afraid of people, I'd love to take her more places. We were gonna wait til we were a few years into mortgage b4 gettinga basset pup, but when he came home and told me about her something told me she was meant to be ours. She's the the perfect edition to our happy little family.

Mikey T

most fearful behavior in dogs is not the result of abuse it is the result of under or lack of socialization during the critical period when dogs are open to new expreinces. aster this realitively short period close 3-weeks to 16 weeks closes that which the dog has not ben exposed to during this time it looks upon fearfully.

That said soe dogs are also shy by nature shyness is the one personality trait that is reliable transfers to adulthoond which can not be said about any other perosonality trait. So unless actively worked against dogs tend to get more fearfull and shy as they get older not better.

Help for your shy dog

Cautious Canine

Was your Dog Abused?

a very goo article except the misquided notion you can reinforce fear by conjoling a dog

Myth of Reinforcing Fear

You Can’t Reinforce Fear; Dogs and Thunderstorms

Kirska

Is she missing all her front teeth including canines?

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Wworm

awww, how nice of you to take her in. welcome, Chloe! and please post some pics when u get the chance.
--Worm

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Annie714

Welcome Chloe! Can't wait to see some pictures

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ChloesAngel

She has her canines and all her back teeth thank goodness. Just her little ones in the front are broke off at the gums. I would have them removed but she actually uses what little is there.

Kirska

That's really unusual, I've never heard of that. Are you sure they aren't painful to her? I can't think of a natural reason for that happening.

I don't know about where you are but there are veterinary dentists out there if you'd like a specialized opinion.

Seems obvious to me she was not cared for very well either way and she is much better off with you.

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Mom to Anabelle and Lila, rescued ladies and Harley, Corgi/Beagle/Basset/?? mutt

"Saving just one dog won't change the world, but it surely will change the world for that one dog." - Richard C. Call

Mikey T

most fearful behavior in dogs is not the result of abuse it is the result of under or lack of socialization during the critical period when dogs are open to new expreinces. after this realitively short period closes an experience or encounters that the dog has not ben exposed to during this time it looks upon fearfully.

That said some dogs are also shy by nature shyness is the one personality trait that is reliable transfers to adulthoond which can not be said about any other perosonality trait. So unless actively worked against dogs tend to get more fearfull and shy as they get older not better.

That is not to say abuse did not occur either but sometimes when an owner feel the dog was abused it becomes an excuse for the dogs behavior rather than motivation to make the behavior betterr.

Help for your shy dog

Cautious Canine

Was your Dog Abused?

a very goo article except the misquided notion you can reinforce fear by conjoling a dog

Myth of Reinforcing Fear

You Can’t Reinforce Fear; Dogs and Thunderstorms

Mikey T

a traumatic blow to the front of the muzzle could cause this the trauma need not be abuse ie running into a car or vice versa a car accident etc.
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ChloesAngel

Everybody I've talked to says the only way just those teeth could be broke is by being hit by a bat or something similar. Some think it's from tugging but I think the canines would be broken off too. I hate to think of it but it almost looks like someone broke or cut them off on purpose. She has been badly abused in the past, but before that I think someone loved her very much. She's very well behaved (for a basset) and I haven't had some of the problems I'd expect from a rescue dog. As soon as tax time comes around she's going to the vet and dentist and we'll decide for sure what to do. She uses what little is there to tear pieces off of her rawhide bones and only one is black in the center( I know I'll have to have that one removed). Since she uses them they may not want to remove them.