Terrified Dog

[cards2468]

food, man, that and let the dog sniff your palm, this has worked for almost every dog that's been afraid of me.

oddly enough the only cat that I've ever encountered that hasn't been terrified of me (including my parents' car) is half bobcat and a total badass

[TheoSqua]

We had a dog for a while that was abused. He was found with like 20 other dogs at some farm in south of st. louis like 10 years ago, it was a big news deal at the time. We adopted one of the dogs, and that dog had fear in everything. After about six months he warmed up to us, until about a year after we got him he just disappeared. No idea what happened to him.

The dog we got after that, a full bred yellow lab, I swear would be considered an abused dog by some people. He was really stubborn about doing certain things he knew he shouldn't do, and we weren't exactly gentle on him. He's turned out to be a very good dog though.

[jim]

It's amazing what people will do to defenseless animals. Just read an article in the paper this morning about a guy "training' his pitbull by tying the dog via a leash and dragging him around. Said the dog misbehaved.

Because of a problem dog (fear that resulted in biting children) I spent alot of money but got a huge education on dogs. Never ever ever is it excusable to hit your dog. The best way to punish a dog is to grab the skin on the back of the neck and give it a quick shake - exactly what the dog's mom did to discipline them. But people shake babies to death, so it's no wonder that dogs get there fair share of abuse as well.

[cards2468]

It's amazing what people will do to defenseless animals. Just read an article in the paper this morning about a guy "training' his pitbull by tying the dog via a leash and dragging him around. Said the dog misbehaved.

Because of a problem dog (fear that resulted in biting children) I spent alot of money but got a huge education on dogs. Never ever ever is it excusable to hit your dog. The best way to punish a dog is to grab the skin on the back of the neck and give it a quick shake - exactly what the dog's mom did to discipline them. But people shake babies to death, so it's no wonder that dogs get there fair share of abuse as well.

Yea, it is pretty sad. After I graduate and have a residence where I can have a dog, I'm adopting. Too many great dogs out there that need a home, plus they typically are already house broken. I look on petfinder.com occasionally to see what typically is out there in terms of dogs that need to be adopted, and there's some very sad stories on there