My Tinkerbell will be 11 weeks in 2 days, and she's got a new behavior..I'd like some advice-Oh,she weighs about 3 pounds or so...
I took her to petco,to the vet for a booster shot, and held her the whole time, we were in line. At first,she was fine, but there so many dogs,and some of them were noisy and rowdy around us,by the time we left,she was fearful,and growling at all the noise(from my arms) absolutely freaked out if a dog came to sniff her, totally new for her to be scared.
Since then, any loud outdoor noises really make her scared,a neighbor starting the car prevented her from going poo yesterday,it scared her so much...
So I took her to visit with a friends lab pup today,who's almost a year. She was TERRIFIED-and showed it, was extremely yappy and snappy,though the other pup was friendly- I sort of let her have her space, but we all sort of walked together and watched the kids play for about 2 hours. By the time we left, she was trying to get the labs attention to play,but as soon as she had it, she'd snap and yap and run away again-what should i do in this situation? Is it best to have her around the other dog,and let her approach as she's comfortable? I didn't know if i should be reprimanding her for getting nasty to the lab pup- I'm thinking maybe just have her around,exposed, with me there for safety? She need sto get used to life going on-
Oh, we have our own bigger dog at home, about 35 pounds,whom she adores,and wrestles and plays with all the time-she also enjoys wrestling with our gentle cat daily-
I took her to petco,to the vet for a booster shot, and held her the whole time, we were in line. At first,she was fine, but there so many dogs,and some of them were noisy and rowdy around us,by the time we left,she was fearful,and growling at all the noise(from my arms) absolutely freaked out if a dog came to sniff her, totally new for her to be scared.
Since then, any loud outdoor noises really make her scared,a neighbor starting the car prevented her from going poo yesterday,it scared her so much...
So I took her to visit with a friends lab pup today,who's almost a year. She was TERRIFIED-and showed it, was extremely yappy and snappy,though the other pup was friendly- I sort of let her have her space, but we all sort of walked together and watched the kids play for about 2 hours. By the time we left, she was trying to get the labs attention to play,but as soon as she had it, she'd snap and yap and run away again-what should i do in this situation? Is it best to have her around the other dog,and let her approach as she's comfortable? I didn't know if i should be reprimanding her for getting nasty to the lab pup- I'm thinking maybe just have her around,exposed, with me there for safety? She need sto get used to life going on-
Oh, we have our own bigger dog at home, about 35 pounds,whom she adores,and wrestles and plays with all the time-she also enjoys wrestling with our gentle cat daily-