For being awesome.
She has been on Prozac for 6? weeks now, and it kind of appears to be taking effect. We went to the pet store tonight, every employee came over to say hi and to shower her with cookies (and a pig ear piece! Lucky dawg.), and she was wiggling her butt and going up to them for pets. Which, just so we're clear... is not her typical reaction.
She went up to a male customer and took a treat from him - men are her biggest trigger. Which again is a big accomplishment, because her normal reaction is to be too terrified to care about food. But she went up, gave him a thorough sniffing, took the treat and backed away...but then went back up to him to sniff again. This is way better than her previous accomplishment of streeeetchingggg her neck all the way out to quickly grab the treat and then run away.
She was straining on her leash to greet other customers. Which I would hate in any other dog, but you know what.... I rewarded it and told her YAY GOOD GIRL!!! because that is way better than her being terrified. We can refine the manners later lol.
This video is really probably uninteresting because you guys haven't seen her at her worst. But she is doing soooo much better here than she has in the past. I kind of believe that if this were a strange dog I saw out and about, I would not look at her and think there was an issue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89WiwUD8MFI&feature=share&list=UU8jRrlsmIisOiDnxKFuIa5A
Just ignore my friend and I chatting (no, that's not a random dog I let her go up to lol), and holy cow the Minnesotan accent is out in full force.
She had a couple other spectacular days this last week, but I'll spare all the details. I'm just so super duper beyond pleased with the progress she's making
She has been on Prozac for 6? weeks now, and it kind of appears to be taking effect. We went to the pet store tonight, every employee came over to say hi and to shower her with cookies (and a pig ear piece! Lucky dawg.), and she was wiggling her butt and going up to them for pets. Which, just so we're clear... is not her typical reaction.
She went up to a male customer and took a treat from him - men are her biggest trigger. Which again is a big accomplishment, because her normal reaction is to be too terrified to care about food. But she went up, gave him a thorough sniffing, took the treat and backed away...but then went back up to him to sniff again. This is way better than her previous accomplishment of streeeetchingggg her neck all the way out to quickly grab the treat and then run away.
She was straining on her leash to greet other customers. Which I would hate in any other dog, but you know what.... I rewarded it and told her YAY GOOD GIRL!!! because that is way better than her being terrified. We can refine the manners later lol.
This video is really probably uninteresting because you guys haven't seen her at her worst. But she is doing soooo much better here than she has in the past. I kind of believe that if this were a strange dog I saw out and about, I would not look at her and think there was an issue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89WiwUD8MFI&feature=share&list=UU8jRrlsmIisOiDnxKFuIa5A
Just ignore my friend and I chatting (no, that's not a random dog I let her go up to lol), and holy cow the Minnesotan accent is out in full force.
She had a couple other spectacular days this last week, but I'll spare all the details. I'm just so super duper beyond pleased with the progress she's making