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we rescued a 8 week old shiloh shepherd from a rescue a few days ago, and the background the rescue worker told us was that the owner bred this litter, but died while the mother dog was pregnant. the son didnt want the puppies so gave them to the rescue. they were with their mother and father their first 8 weeks of life. they were never given attention from humans, werent pet, werent socialized at all. now the problem is this puppy is very unsocialized, sits in the corner most of the day, will come out for food and water and then goes back in his corner and sometimes plays with his toys. hes starting to come around a bit and will walk around a bit but any time someone makes a slight move (such as moving their hand or head) he will run back into his corner. i sit with him in the corner sometimes and pet him and praise him, tried to give him treats but hes not interested at all. surprisingly hes completely potty trained when we got him, never goes inside and always goes on the grass outside!
he also never walks on the leash, he will whine and cry and try to run away as soon as hes done either peeing/pooping and whine/cry more if we dont go where he wants to go (we have a forest in the back and i dont want him going back there cuz of snakes/gators)...so i just stop walking and he will just try and pull and pull and pull and then i just have to pick him up and put him inside.
hes also starting to chew on furniture and carpet so i just firmly say "No" and give him his toy, but most the time he just runs away. i know i dont want to scare him but i dont want bad habits to start early either and let him get away with doing everything right now.
is there any advice you guys can give me to help aid this puppy to become more social? i know its going to take time to break him out of his shell, but i want to make sure im doing it the right way and not doing anything bad to impair the process! a big problem is he just doesnt care for treats at all...i tried pieces of his food, cheese, milkbones, different kinds of doggie meat treats, turkey, chicken and some other stuff. just doesnt care.
any input/help would greatly be appreciated!
he also never walks on the leash, he will whine and cry and try to run away as soon as hes done either peeing/pooping and whine/cry more if we dont go where he wants to go (we have a forest in the back and i dont want him going back there cuz of snakes/gators)...so i just stop walking and he will just try and pull and pull and pull and then i just have to pick him up and put him inside.
hes also starting to chew on furniture and carpet so i just firmly say "No" and give him his toy, but most the time he just runs away. i know i dont want to scare him but i dont want bad habits to start early either and let him get away with doing everything right now.
is there any advice you guys can give me to help aid this puppy to become more social? i know its going to take time to break him out of his shell, but i want to make sure im doing it the right way and not doing anything bad to impair the process! a big problem is he just doesnt care for treats at all...i tried pieces of his food, cheese, milkbones, different kinds of doggie meat treats, turkey, chicken and some other stuff. just doesnt care.
any input/help would greatly be appreciated!