>Just being calm and petting him >and giving him treats brought him out of it... but in your case it may be >something entirely different.
This is a good idea...although you want to be careful about "comforting" a dog when they are fearful. You want to be confident and calm, without making them think they have reason to be afraid (as many people do by petting the dog, saying "it's okay, you're alright, nothing to be afraid of..." as you might to a child.) Distracting them and giving them something else to do where they can lose the fear and feeding them for that behavior is the best thing...you just want to be sure you are not rewarding the dog for being fearful, but for doing something else with more confidence and not paying attention to whatever it is that they are fearful about. It can be a fine line, sometimes! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:251371 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
