Training / confidence tips?
Hey everyone,
We rescued this sweet girl from a family who was dumping her back in April. We’d always wanted a dog and I sent them a 100 question survey to make sure she’d fit us - they lied about nearly everything (being trained,
House broken; calm, leash trained etc) so I’ve been dealing with the fallout of it.
She’s 11 months old, I finally got her house broken, she’s kennel trained to go in when we leave and sometimes at night, she does okay on the leash - still pulls a lot.
Super super high energy (which I did know about) so have to keep her away from the kids a lot because she gets jumpy with them and she’s double their size 😂
Super great with food, toys, no resource guarding at all. Shares with the cats, super gentle taking treats from the kids.
She is extremely high anxiety / scared though. She’s gotten somewhat better - when she came she wouldn’t even go out the door if there was a car out of place or she heard something. Now she’s 50 / 50 on it. She’s also very stubborn and very jumpy.
What are some tips to get her better at staying down (not jumping on us and the kids) and also to build her confidence with sounds / distractions outside?
We do live in a townhouse style complex right now but within the next few months will be moving to a single family house so we’re hoping that will help as well.