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So I adopted an abandoned dog last Saturday (was left in my cousin's yard) who the vet says is 1.5.
He's a mutt of few things: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10101376209771406.3068697.2500302&type=1&l=b2291d751b
And is very trainable...he responds to all the basic commands and is super around people and other dogs.
I bought a clicker to help get some more mileage out of him, but the very first time I clicked, with a treat in hand, he immediately gets a terrified, stoic look on his face, backs off and shows no sort of emotion.
I'll call his name repeatedly, put the treat right in front of his nose, pet/rub him, but he shows zero response of any sort.
This goes on for at least 10 minutes until he goes back to normal, but is still shier than normal.
Traumatized...both me and him, I try again two days later and the exact same thing happens instantly.
I'm new to dogs so I'm not sure how the previous owner got him this way, but is there any way to "reset" this to try to get him to respond positively to the clicker? Or do I just have to resort to other methods..and if so is there anything like the clicker?
He's a mutt of few things: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10101376209771406.3068697.2500302&type=1&l=b2291d751b
And is very trainable...he responds to all the basic commands and is super around people and other dogs.
I bought a clicker to help get some more mileage out of him, but the very first time I clicked, with a treat in hand, he immediately gets a terrified, stoic look on his face, backs off and shows no sort of emotion.
I'll call his name repeatedly, put the treat right in front of his nose, pet/rub him, but he shows zero response of any sort.
This goes on for at least 10 minutes until he goes back to normal, but is still shier than normal.
Traumatized...both me and him, I try again two days later and the exact same thing happens instantly.
I'm new to dogs so I'm not sure how the previous owner got him this way, but is there any way to "reset" this to try to get him to respond positively to the clicker? Or do I just have to resort to other methods..and if so is there anything like the clicker?