HELP !!! Our new puppy is afraid of me ..

Thanks

You are such a nice person . Probably loved by everyone.

I love y’all’s channel! She doesn’t actually look scared. It’s probably just a silly game in her head. Soon you will be best buds. Just ignore her and give the other dogs all the attention and treats. It worked like a charm with my husbands chow. She couldn’t take getting ignored. I kept ignoring her until she crawled in my lap for attention. We were best buds for her last 10 yrs. try it. It might work! :)

Lay on your back and submissively put all 4 paws up in the air.

As silly as that sounds, it actually works sometimes! LOL If nothing else, it'll get you licked in the face! Not a long term fix, but funny.

I’ll try that

The dog was abused by either you, or someone who looks like you.

If it was you, you should give the dog to a good home (maybe to a single woman), and never have a pet again.

If it was not you, you should give the dog to a different good home (maybe to a single woman), and get a different puppy.



Last Edited by Butch DeFeo on 09/13/2021 11:21 AM

I didn’t abuse the dog. I have been working hard to fix the problem.
We have two other dogs and everything is fine with them.

if your dog is a rescue, you may trigger some previous anxiety. Need to spend extra time to build trust.

But that particular dog is very afraid of you, and that will not be easy to correct. Be good to the dog and give him to a single woman. And just get another puppy, a younger puppy.

YOUR TRYING TO HARD AND NOW OBCESSED WITH IT...

IGNORE THE FUCKING DOG...

SHE WILL COME AROUND ON HER OWN GOOD TIME...

NO EYE CONTACT AND DONT PUSH IT OR FORCE HER...

I HAVE RAISED DOGS FOR 35 YEARS...

LISTEN TO ME...

ONE DAY SHE WILL NOSE YOU...

DONT REACT...

THEN SHE WILL FOLLOW YOU AROUND...

DONT REACT...

DONT EVEN TALK TO HER...

JUST IGNORE HER...SHE WILL FIGURE IT OUT...

KEEP PUSHING THAT DOG AND IT GOES BACKWARDS...

GET IT.

I think that's sweet that you changed your appearance for her. But dogs mostly operate on smell, so it probably wouldn't matter if you looked like a past owner that mistreated her.

Keep hand feeding her, and give her good stuff like roast chicken and "Busy Bones", OMG, my dogs love those. They have a really strong, smoky meat flavor.

If she was abused in the past it may take some time. Maybe she is afraid of males. Good luck!

Dogs go 90% by smell.

She doesn't like the smell of you.

Not trying to be rude, but putting a dog thing into human perspective for you.

You said you had been butchering, and that is a good thing with experienced dogs who know what treats that will bring.
Nonetheless, it is still the smell of death... blood, guts, sometimes gunpowder.

Treat her special. Take her alone in the rig to town, or some other one-on-one activity with no other dogs along.
If she has a favorite person, take that person with, perhaps, to vouch for your goodness.

Do you like her? If not, she will know, again from your smell, and react accordingly.

Good luck!
Time is on your side!!!

TOL

Take a shower OP.

I need some pork chop scented body wash

Thanks, by the way, you should turn caps lock off.

You're a grade A asshole.

You're also a grade A asshole,and you're a grade A tard.

Kill it dead!!!! It's the only way.......

Nuke it from space...lol...you are one of a few who can actually state things like that and...well...you don't wanna know the rest.

Keep us updated! That Chow I was talking about was a mean old guard dog that would bite but after a bit of missing out on the love… she came around. We’d sit under the pecan tree together as close as you could get and crack pecans and share them. It was ALL HER IDEA to be my friend.

A dogs way of being threatening is to stare at the one they want to scare. Dogs show trust and that they don't fear something by showing their neck and belly to the other dog/person. "presenting vulnerable spots" Try going outside with a toy, or a few. SIT on a low step. Don't look directly at the puppy, but call their name. Throw a toy down a few feet from you, but AWAY from the dog. Do not throw at the dog, or it's direction.

Your lower position and not staring the puppy down will make you appear as not a threat. If you are big and tall, that could be making the puppy nervous. You can also walk away from the puppy, calling it's name. See if it will follow you. Chasing a scared puppy is frightening. Set up two chairs in a triangle in your yard. Have them far apart, 20 feet or so. Play for a bit from the step, then get up and go to the chair/step furthest from the puppy's location, and play again for a few minutes. Teach the puppy you are not a threat.

P.S. Take some small treats with you and leave one by each location you leave. See if the puppy follows you.

Ignore the dog OP. Make her come to you. If you act aloof you will be in a position of Alpha and the dog will respect..not fear you.

If she sees you trying to befriend her and sees that it is upsetting you or worrying you she will see you as weak.

Ignore her completely. Especially don't try to speak sweetly to her when she is cowering away from you...she will see it as a reinforcement of the behavior.

If you ignore her she will see you as the boss...and trust you as such.

Damn, but that is the sweetest thing to shave your hair, mustache, and beard to see if the pup will bond.

What the poster said about lying down...I forgot...I had a boyfriend a long time ago that did landscaping and said any time a dog would approach him (off-leash, no owner in sight) he'd lay down, the dog would sniff him and eventually the dog would go on its way. He said he was never bit. In fact, he did this with the dog I had at the time the first time he came in my house...no snacks, no other bribe...and he and my dog were bff after that.

Your dog doesn't seem aggressive, more fearful. I think you can overcome this. Good luck to you and the lucky doggo!

He's ignoring the cat when giving treats!
He doesn't like animals at all.

Yes, ranchers slaughtering cows a mile away upsets my horse.
Also try not to yell at the wife and kids, this upsets animals tremendously, men have big booming voices

I tried to give the cat a piece but the dog got it.
What an idiot

I’m giving her the silent treatment, it’s really funny. She doesn’t know how to act. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Stop giving him the treats. And, stop all the coaxing!

Have them in your hand, he’ll smell them, but just go for a meander in the yard.

Then go back into the house.

Later, come out, again with treats in your hand but go to a different place in the yard.

Break up the pattern.

Keep quiet.

Right now he’s got the upper hand.

Surprise him, confuse him a bit. By leaving him out of the established pattern he’ll become more willing to take a risk and trust you.

Persistence. New patterns. Patience.