My puppy plays with other dogs fine but hides when it is just me and her and won't walk on lease. What do i do

Question

I got her from a friend. She just hides behind the toilet, bed, and t.v. I am beginning to get frustrated. Also she won't walk, she will allow me to drag her the whole way so I end up having to carry her. I am lost!

Answer 1

Well for starters puppies have very sensitive pads on their feet so the ground may be to cold or warm for him/her at the moment, but consider it hides all the time it may just be a timid little puppy, try to coax it with some treats, let it know you're it's friend, talk to the dog in a nice tone of voice and see where that gets you, also you're much bigger than it is so maybe that is intimidating to it, Good Luck I hope it works out and if not, please find a home for it.

Answer 2

Don't run with a pup. I know how tempting it is, but it really does put stress on their joints. Let the pup reach adult size. I know a mile doesn't seem long to you, but it is. Walks are best. I have two German shepherds myself. I know how much energy they have and how quickly they seem to recover. Just let them be pups and enjoy a good walk. Also. When they do reach the right age for a good run, make sure that you don't feed them at least an hour prior, and an hour after. That can cause bloat, which is common in this breed. Anywho, hope this helps!

Answer 3

Somewhere along the line something happened that has made her afraid of you or people in general. You mentioned that you have been frustraited with her at times. If during these frustraited times you yelled or handled her to rough it may have caused her fear and mistrust of you. Or possibly it was the person who owned her before that has made her afraid of people in general. You must realize that frustraition and hostile tones in your voice can be sensed by the dog and can cause the dog to shut down and be fearfull. When you yell or use harsh tones towards a dog? The dog will interprate this as a growl. In a dogs mind a growl is a sign of aggresion and will cause fear in a submissive natured dog and dogs will naturaly avoid something that they are fearfull of. As far as the leash walking. It may be possible that she was never leash trained. If she was leased trained by her previous owner but will not walk on the leash for you. The pulling the other way on the leash or refusing to walk along side of you is due to her fear of being to close to you and it is her natural reaction to avoid you. But by showing frustration or hostility can transfer through the leash into the dog and cause her to be resistant. When training your dog to do things such as leash training you must make it fun for the dog. How you do this is when the dog is on the leash speak in a high and or soft toned voice i.e (Good Girl) (Come on lets go) (Good girl). Patting the side of your leg. This is none threatening to the dog. If at first she still refuses to move than slow down. Walk over to her while still speaking softly to her (Good girl) and give her attention while nealing down. DO NOT yank or pull at the leash. This will cause stress in the dog and will re-enforce her fearfulness and mistrust of you. After you have shown her some soft praise try the same tecnique again. Repeat this as many times as it takes. You may only get her to follow you for a short distance. This is fine because rushing her can be negitive. Continue walking along and as she follows give the good girl making it a big game for her. Eventually though consistancy and positive re-enforcement she will view walking on a leash a possitive and fun activity. While in the home you must give her as much affection as possible. Always make her come out of her hiding place to get to her food. Don't feed her in the place she is trying to hide from you. Even if its only a few feet away from where she likes to hide place the food on the floor just a few feet away and sit on the floor using soft toned words to lure the dog out i.e (Good girl). This instills in the dogs mind that she has to rely on you for food. And that you are not going to hurt her. Some dogs have very submissive nature. And it only takes a couple of harsh moments to cause fear in the dog or make the dog afraid of you. Once you have gained some of the dogs trust you need to start taking her to obiediance classes. These classes are a great tool for building bonds between dog and master. And it will help you understand how the dogs mind and instincts work. And if the dog has fear issues with people in general? I will help her socialize with other people and help her build confidence. Good luck.

Answer 4

get a long leash and train her with treats and follow up with verbal rewards. the dog is currently scared of you and needs to learn to love you despite how mean you act lol. you need to build the trust and fun and acceptance level and it will come around. trust = time spent.
also let it get hungery and treats will work better, not starve it just hungery and tasty treats

Answer 5

The best thing to do is just ignore her. If you coo and coddle her to get her to like you, you're just encouraging her odd behavior. She'll come to you when she's ready. And it doesn't hurt to have treats on hand.

Answer 6

watch the dog whisprer on t.v.

Answer 7

Many dogs just don't like kids. . .
Some dogs don't like women. . .
Some dogs don't like men. . .
Some dogs just don't like anyone. . .
It's a total mystery to me.

Answer 8

While you feed it's meal, slowly & touch it gentally. So that it won't be afrad of you.

Answer 9

just get her to trust you by petting her nice.......or put food in your hand when she hides and see if she will come out and eat out of your hand.........that should work.......