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Help with my timid rescued mini aussie mix.
My husband and I just rescued a mini aussie from a local rescue group. He's two years old and very timid. He loves me and wants to be with me, but if I come up on him sometimes he skirts off and will get scared. He's cautious around my husband, maybe men in general and sometimes will still even be cautious with me. I have another aussie mix that is very social and loving and I take him to activities and the dog park all the time and I want to bring his new furbrother, but I dont want to overload him. He loves other dogs, but just cautious around people. How do I socialize him to people and get him used to going out??
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Salty
on Jun 29th 2009
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Have you had his Hearing checked??
This may be a good thing to do.
He probaly had some bad experiences and has some trust issues that take a long time to overcome. I always say one year is good to give a dog that has been in a shelter or been neglected.
Sit every day on the floor and feed this dog. No touching just feeding.
When the dog starts relaxing he may come beside you and lay near you. That's when it is ok, to touch his leg or paw then feed. Go slowly and work with him over many months and with any luck you will see a new outgoing dog emerge. I would not do dogparks and lots of heavy stimuli, I would slowly work on goals. So that he can achieve something.
Dieta answered on Jun 29th.
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An idea for your new aussie to trust you & your husband more is to read to him. Go in a room & sit on the floor. Start reading and every so often move in closer to Salty. Move into Salty's "personal bubble" if he let's you. This will break the barrier you & your husband are having with him. Good luck!
Leila
answered on 6/29/09.
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