Hello all,
Hoping for some thoughts/advice about the situation with my dog. We adopted her last year - she was a rescue - and was very fearful at the time. Since then, her confidence has increased exponentially and she is overall a very happy dog.
However, over the past couple of months things have changed quite a bit. We moved to a new town, and I began working at home where my husband is now working out of the house (it was the other way around prior to that). Our dog has always responded to me as "the favorite", but over the past while we've noticed that she is acting more and more fearful around me. She will run straight to my husband, play with him, and turn around so that he can rub her back. Now often times when I call her, she approaches fearfully, if at all, and cowers in front of me. I'm very confused as to why this is happening. I am generally very gentle towards her and give her more affection that anyone. My main thoughts are:
(a) I'm now the one cutting her nails, which disturbs her quite a bit
(b) Hubby thinks that it's because I'm now working at home. He comes back from work, plays with her, and we both take her for a walk, so maybe she associates him with good things, and me with the boring work day.
(c) I've been going out of town for work - maybe this is throwing her off?
Any thoughts you might have (on the reasons behind this, or how to remedy it) would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers.
Hoping for some thoughts/advice about the situation with my dog. We adopted her last year - she was a rescue - and was very fearful at the time. Since then, her confidence has increased exponentially and she is overall a very happy dog.
However, over the past couple of months things have changed quite a bit. We moved to a new town, and I began working at home where my husband is now working out of the house (it was the other way around prior to that). Our dog has always responded to me as "the favorite", but over the past while we've noticed that she is acting more and more fearful around me. She will run straight to my husband, play with him, and turn around so that he can rub her back. Now often times when I call her, she approaches fearfully, if at all, and cowers in front of me. I'm very confused as to why this is happening. I am generally very gentle towards her and give her more affection that anyone. My main thoughts are:
(a) I'm now the one cutting her nails, which disturbs her quite a bit
(b) Hubby thinks that it's because I'm now working at home. He comes back from work, plays with her, and we both take her for a walk, so maybe she associates him with good things, and me with the boring work day.
(c) I've been going out of town for work - maybe this is throwing her off?
Any thoughts you might have (on the reasons behind this, or how to remedy it) would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers.