Jackson completely shuts down. We pull up and he immediately slinks his head down, but obliges when I put his leash on and he will jump out of the car voluntarily then proceeds to try and avoid the door as much as humanely possible but does walk in with a slight tug from me, like he knows he's not going to be able to get away anyway so might as well cooperate.
He always keeps his ears back and tail under, and when we sit in the waiting room, he hides under the bench. Most of the time when someone tries to touch him, or pick him up, or whatever, he expresses his anal glands he is so scared. He lets them do whatever to him, but it's almost because he's frozen and just totally shut down. He never bites or shows any signs of aggression but he definitely likes to stay close to me. And as food crazy as he is, he usually won't take food while we're there.
But to say the least it's very heart breaking to watch him at he vet and be so insecure and terribly frightened. Poor guy. He does tend to know they're trying to help him though in some odd way.
He always keeps his ears back and tail under, and when we sit in the waiting room, he hides under the bench. Most of the time when someone tries to touch him, or pick him up, or whatever, he expresses his anal glands he is so scared. He lets them do whatever to him, but it's almost because he's frozen and just totally shut down. He never bites or shows any signs of aggression but he definitely likes to stay close to me. And as food crazy as he is, he usually won't take food while we're there.
But to say the least it's very heart breaking to watch him at he vet and be so insecure and terribly frightened. Poor guy. He does tend to know they're trying to help him though in some odd way.