Yes it makes sense. Hard to do but makes sense as our first instinct is to mother our babies when they are frightened or cry. I was recently over my gfs with Tino. I had him outside doing his potty before going in to play with her Maltese. A lady with two dogs walked right up onto the lawn. One was an american eskimo and the other a pom, obviously both larger than Tino. She let her American Eskimo go right up to Tino saying "He is friendly". Now I know they have a reputation and sometimes for a reason and I didn't know my dog's experience with larger dogs. I said I don't know if my dog is..cautioning her. My first thought was to grab him up and protect him. He, trust me, was giving me that "please protect me look" and had retreated between my legs. However, I gritted my teeth and let them sniff each other, then she let the pom sniff him. He was very cautious but not in defense mode or spooked. Just a bit nervous..not much tail wagging going for sure..maybe a tiny tip of his tail lol. But I am glad I let him try and it was positive..a bit annoyed with the lady and her assumptions but...
________________________________ From: Rebecca <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 12:40 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] dog scared of riding in car Ok, my advice. When he is crying and whining if you are holding him comforting him during it you are reinforcing that behavior. In a sense telling him that it's ok to feel that way. Example; my female Dane hated storms, so during a rather loud storm we went outside and did obedience work. When she does that type of training she is always calm and stable. So she was taught during storm that she is to be calm. She doesn't even flinch during a storm now. Never ever reinforce bad/unwanted behavior by giving attention. Just my opinion (but I know it works:) Rebecca Sent from my iPhone On Mar 19, 2012, at 12:12 PM, "DONNA" <[email protected]> wrote: >My dog was never scared of riding in the car. An incident happened when I was >putting my dog in the back seat and his leash and part of his leash was >sticking out of the door. When my friend took off,the leash was under the tire >and it pulled my dog all the way over to the other >side. I yelled at him to stop so I can put the leash in the car. Any way >it scared my dog. He was alright though. I felt so bad. Now when he goes in >the car,he cries and cries so much. He wants to get out of the car. He >remembers this and I want to know if anyone knows how to cure this problem. I >would appreciate it very much. > >Thank you, > >Donna Jones > >=
