| I am well acquainted with the dog behavior issues | | | | dad until they show their credentials. Mind you, in |
| you are facing if you're trying to deal with a shy | | | | all the din I make, I don't always hear them right |
| dog. I would even say that I am an authority on | | | | away, but eventually I get the message. Hey, just |
| the matter, since I was myself a very shy dog a | | | | because I'm shy doesn't mean I'm not brave, |
| while back. In fact, I was so shy that I could not | | | | right? |
| bring myself to eat when I arrived at my new | | | | Did you know that toy dog breeds are well |
| home, although I had been starved for the first | | | | known to have at least one puppy exhibiting fear |
| nine months of my life. | | | | disguised as symptoms of shyness? The worst |
| At the Humane Society, I shied away from | | | | thing you can do is reinforce their behavior by |
| everyone because I thought all people were bad. I | | | | trying to soothe away their fears. They will only |
| did not even trust the other dogs. I had never | | | | grow needier with time and will eventually turn |
| been socialized, so they felt very threatening | | | | that fear into aggression. Encourage them instead |
| because they made no sense to me at all, and I | | | | to become social animals by letting them know it's |
| could also smell their fear. | | | | not okay to be afraid. |
| Shy dogs tend to display signs of behavior that | | | | Shy Dog Behavior of the Lost Dog |
| are easy to recognize. They will often have their | | | | Perhaps surprisingly, shyness is often the |
| tail tucked between their legs and will avoid looking | | | | common behavior of a dog once it returns home |
| at you, just as they would in a pack in the hope | | | | from being lost. Though it may be baffling at first, |
| of not offending anyone. They will hide behind | | | | it all starts to make sense when you look at it |
| their owner's back or make a disappearing act | | | | from a canine perspective. |
| when visitors appear at the door. In their distress, | | | | From a kind and loving home, you suddenly find |
| they'll even piddle on the floor. | | | | yourself roaming unfamiliar streets, being chased |
| These dogs are usually not comfortable being | | | | away by strangers and having aggressive dogs |
| with other dogs. Even if they ever become | | | | growling and barking at you, dodging to safety |
| socialized, they will tend to exhibit omega dog | | | | with cars racing by, hungry and thirsty. Wouldn't |
| behavior, showing signs of subservience such as | | | | you agree that this would be an earth-shattering |
| exposing their bellies to indicate that they are not | | | | experience? |
| a threat to other dogs' authority. | | | | And besides, how do you explain your absence? |
| Now, they call me the 'party butterfly', and I have | | | | Somehow you're not quite sure if you're going to |
| yet to meet a dog I have not liked. Of course, I | | | | get blamed for taking a hike, or maybe get exiled |
| always greet newcomers by showing them my | | | | for causing so much grief. And to top it all, you |
| tummy and letting them know I'm no threat to | | | | can't even remember how it all started. Come on, |
| them. And we always have a grand old time. | | | | give a fellow a break, will ya? Maybe the best |
| But watch out! Just because I'm your typical | | | | thing to do is hide under the table till the storm |
| omega dog doesn't mean I won't stand my | | | | passes. |
| ground. No stranger is allowed near my mom or | | | | |