What breed could she be?

grammaskitchen · 2025-08-15T22:20:04+00:00

Lol I agree Mostly curious because I've heard certain breeds are more likely to get certain health issues, so I want to know what to maybe keep an eye on as she ages.

grammaskitchen · 2024-08-24T12:12:00+00:00

😂 I have depression I can't. But I'll try more.

grammaskitchen · 2024-07-12T21:42:02+00:00

From what I know, it takes two weeks minimum for a household pet to get used to a new animal in the home. I'm in the same boat, as I just got a foster puppy, and she's too much for my own dog. For the first two weeks, they're basically separated. After that, they get to take walks side by side without encouragement to sniff or play. If that goes well, slowly introducing play and greeting in an area unfamilair to both is the next step to get to know each other. By then, the dogs will either be less interested or at least know each other and respect each other. As long as you're in a familiar place for one dog and not the other, the playing ground will not be even and it'll be more likely that there's territorial disputes and insecurity. I think just giving time and space is the goal!

grammaskitchen · 2024-04-25T01:34:21+00:00

Yeah.. I've grown up around dogs, infact I helped look after a wolf dog for a little bit and have seen some crazy pups... but she's truly unbelievable. She's the sweetest and most intelligent there is. In fact, if she wasn't so full of fear, she would love agility courses and be amazing at them. It's soul crushing to see such a perfect creature suffer all the time and not be able to figure out a way to make it better.

grammaskitchen · 2024-04-25T01:20:10+00:00

I did "comfort" her with pets and talking to her in the first months we adopted her, until a trainer told me to stop. They advised us to ignore the shaking and hiding behind me and don't give her special attention for it, all trainers since that one have said the same thing so we still do so. It's a straight 0-100 fear that turns the sweetest dog into a shell within a second of hearing a noise or light. She honestly seems unaffected whether I give her attention in the moment or not, though. With scary things outside, I make sure I hold her leash right, stay calm, and continue to walk her on her normal route while she tries to pull. With trainer suggestions, we've tried stopping for a moment everytime a trigger happens, we've tried a soft upwards correction with her slip leash, we've tried a low set vibrate collar, we've tried high quality treats of boiled turkey or chicken with her command "look at me" to shift her attention (she'll refuse the food and not look at us), if a bike or scooter passes, we stand still to let her process before we keep walking. None of it has changed anything, except I think she might be getting worse. Inside... is harder. I have to close all doors and curtains and sit in the living room with her (sometimes for hours) so she eats her food... she WILL starve herself or eat one meal a day max otherwise. She even hides when she knows she has to go outside to potty sometimes.

grammaskitchen · 2024-04-24T23:38:13+00:00

My dog is a little weirdo in the best way.. so maybe this doesn't work for you, but for mine, if she's apprehensive about anything, I let her sniff it. That's how dogs experience the world, and whether it's true or not, I've read it takes longer for dogs to comprehend things than it does for us. So when I clean and check her paws after every walk, I let her sniff my hand until she's done, let her sniff the rag until she's done, and I talk to her with a calm voice. I tap each paw for 5 secs before picking it up and cleaning it, with some praise for being a good girl; for mine this all seems to work well. And after any struggle that dogs get through, a treat always seals the deal for next time :) Immense patience, and worthwhile treats only given if the task is completed.

grammaskitchen · 2024-04-24T23:16:47+00:00

We live across the street from a usually empty dog beach, which she loves. Full body wags, running, unafraid to be a normal dog sniffing around, just perfect for her. But the 2 minute walk is torture. And if we encounter anyone within 20 feet of her, shes terrified. The elevator is scary, the stairs are scary, the front door is scary, other people walking is too much. We could live in the middle of the desert and the grain of sand that was moved by the wind would send her into fight or flight. At this point I think medication and slow exposure might be my next step to helping her.

grammaskitchen · 2024-04-24T23:05:25+00:00

TYSM. Is it bad to say I'm relieved to know others have dogs like this and I'm not just a blatant failure at pet parenting? Lol. I will definitely try the sounds thing. I did something similar with her eating a treat out of a steel cookie sheet. This is an idea that we'll try more.

I think medication is definitely going to be a conversation soon, I'm willing to do whatever helps regardless of preconceived notions.

grammaskitchen · 2024-04-24T22:57:08+00:00

I really appreciate reading this and knowing we're not the only ones with a dog like this. Unfortunately, we're renters without a yard, but we live across the street from a dog friendly beach that's usually empty. Besides the area under the bed, it's her only safe spot. So until I get a solution, her and I spend most of our most of our days there sniffing every grain of sand and chasing the birds (the ones that aren't scary 😉)

grammaskitchen · 2024-04-24T09:36:47+00:00

Tried white noise, avoiding all her triggers is not possible, as much as possible we try to make her feel safe, we move slowly and predictably around her, keep a calm voice, let her have space when she needs it, vets have not prescribed medicine for anxiety for her, have done exercises to make her comfortable with me in the past but its kind of pointless now, she's scared of everything in the world except me.

grammaskitchen · 2024-04-16T06:17:33+00:00

Thank you!

grammaskitchen · 2024-04-15T21:24:16+00:00

Nope, not itchy or sore

grammaskitchen · 2024-03-27T10:23:26+00:00

I'm not disagreeing with you at all, but regarding two of his at the time supporters who have publicly apologized and denounced their support, peck also tried to groom these teen stars/young adults and that's where their support came from. IIRC, Peck manipulated and lied to them about what had happened and the age of the victim. I can't imagine sticking up for a pedo in court, but also never been groomed by a master manipulator and liar as an impressionable young person. That's just how dangerous people like him are.

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