[Dailydrool] Warning Signs

[Dale Rutz]

Hi Trish,

Clueless momPerson here andI know about this one.  All my dogs are rescues and 
always have been.  I foster too.  I have little LuLu at present who is real 
scared of strangers.  No issues with dogs or kids but she doesn't trust full 
grown people.

So we walk with Snoopy.  Snoopy ahrooooooooooooooooooooo's at the top of his 
lungs when he sees people or another dog.  He loves people and he loves dogs and 
he just wants to play.  But, 99% of people and dogs cross that we don't know 
cross the street at the first ahrooooo.

Last night I was walking both bassets when we were set upon by half a dozen kids 
who love Snoopy.  He got so excited ... he was just in his element while little 
LuLu was at the very END of her leash staying away.  Even the little 4 year old 
came over and everybody was petting Snoopy and loving on Snoopy and I took my 
eyes off of LuLu for just a second ..... and wouldn't you know it the biggest 
kid (a teenager) snuck up behind her and pet her when she wasn't looking ..... 
well she just about jumped out of her skin ..... she lept up into the air and I 
said REAL LOUD ... "LuLu do you feel AFRAID?  Are you AFRAID LuLu .... mommy's 
here ..... "  And I grabbed her and hugged her and of course the kid had backed 
up at the first mention that she had accidently scares LuLu and went back to 
Snoopy who was playing the clown.  All good.  LuLu has mouthed a few people on 
our walks that failed to heed Snoopy's ahroooooo ..... basically if you stop to 
pet Snoopy then I will pet LuLu and as long as I am petting LuLu you can pet her 
too .... she feels safe as long as my hands are in there.

In a nutshell I believe you can work with this and having another (braver) dog 
helps a ton.

Good luck from the clueless momPerson who has the name for a reason btw .....
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.dailydrool.org/pipermail/dailydrool-dailydrool.org/attachments/20120813/293a457e/attachment-0002.htm>