Well, I took tinkerbell to a dog park today, met a couple of friends there. My little darling is so antisocial with other dogs, I basically had to keep her in the small dog area,only meeting others through the fence If I let her out, all these nice, big,interested dogs would come to say hi,and she'd turn into a snarling maniac! The 2 friends small dogs,she's met before,and was fine with them...
So...unfortunately, she caught the eye of a very friendly JRT, who was attracted like a magnet to her- needless to say,Tinkerbell was fearsome indeed, if I tried to give it another go outside the small area, this JRT was all over her with curiosity... I'm not sure if i'll bring her again, she gets along well with my bigger dog,and my Moms dogs,and my friends 2 poodles, some of the other dogs she'd let them sniff her, but most of them(think 85 pound GSD) she'd just scare away- I wish that cute little JRt had been more intimidated.. I was amazed at all the nice doggies we met today,every one of them so good natured!(except my darling)
I shouldn't complain too much, she's really excellent with kids and people...
I know it's fear,for her. it wasn't always this way, it started after we waited in line at petco for shots, and there were a lot of noisy dogs around us- now she is very afraid. One on one, it's usually ok, after she has time to adjust...
So...unfortunately, she caught the eye of a very friendly JRT, who was attracted like a magnet to her- needless to say,Tinkerbell was fearsome indeed, if I tried to give it another go outside the small area, this JRT was all over her with curiosity... I'm not sure if i'll bring her again, she gets along well with my bigger dog,and my Moms dogs,and my friends 2 poodles, some of the other dogs she'd let them sniff her, but most of them(think 85 pound GSD) she'd just scare away- I wish that cute little JRt had been more intimidated.. I was amazed at all the nice doggies we met today,every one of them so good natured!(except my darling)
I shouldn't complain too much, she's really excellent with kids and people...
I know it's fear,for her. it wasn't always this way, it started after we waited in line at petco for shots, and there were a lot of noisy dogs around us- now she is very afraid. One on one, it's usually ok, after she has time to adjust...