Cavaliers are cute as hell......best of luck. My friend rescued a dog that was very skittish at first. It really just takes time, and patience. Show them you are different than the other people she has encountered in her life...she'll come around. Her natural instinct (domestication) is still to trust humans, that instinct has just been squashed by the abuse. It will come back out eventually.
The difficult part is usually the discipline. Stern discipline is usually the best way to train your new dog, but you can't really do this with an animal that has been abused. It's like walking a tight rope. My buddy basically had to ignore his dog's early missteps until he got her to relax and be comfortable with him. Only then could he start disciplining her correctly when she peed in the house, or chewed something, etc. Again, best of luck. On Jan 8, 2008 8:41 AM, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We got a puppy mill rescue, she's a cavalier king charles. She's very > skittsh, and doesn't like a lot of human contact. > > She wasn't handled lovingly by human hands and was forcibly mated twice, > that we know of. > > > > Any advice on bringing our little girl (Kayleigh) out of her shell? > > > > Thanks, and Kayleigh thanks you too > > > > -- > > Scott Stewart > > ColdFusion Developer > > > > SSTWebworks > > 4405 Oakshyre Way > > Raleigh, NC. 27616 > > (919) 874-6229 (home) > > (703) 220-2835 (cell) > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:250131 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
