| Re: My pup looks scard.
Our pup had lots of little puppy-phobias too, that's a great term for it.
What worked for us: We started teaching "sit" the day after she came home with us. Then, whenever she got scared, we could get her attention on us by saying her name then asking for a sit. With her focus on us, she gets the reward-treat, then we would continue forward or at least stand nonchalantly near whatever the scary thing was. Note that we didn't reward the fear.... she had to get focused on us to get the reward.
Now she's incredibly confident and observant, and she does look to us often in new situations. She's only 17 weeks, but, so far so good (fingers crossed !!!) |