I've posted a few things about little Prandtl now, but today she surprised me.
As some background, I adopted her from Last Chance Rescue a little over a month ago as a 6 month old pup. She was very timid and shy around me and my boyfriend for about 3 days. She'd follow us around to see what we were doing, but other than that, she didn't want us to touch her. It took her about a week to be somewhat comfortable, and now she follows me around all day and has gotten clingy. My boyfriend, Dan, on the other hand has had trouble bonding with her. Currently, she is fine with him when I am around (though still a little timid and will sometimes growl/bark for some reason), but when I'm gone, she just hides from him all day. And the weird thing is, he is around all day while I am gone for work 10 hours a day. But she is fine with him once he gets a leash on her.
Today I took her to the vet to get a bordatella shot, since we forgot to get it last week. Last week Dan took her to get a 7 in 1 booster and she did just fine. Today I took her and she didn't want the nurses to touch her. She kept hiding behind me and at one point she growled and snapped at the nurse. Eventually they told me to leave because it looked like she might be trying to protect me and they got to give her the shot (and she didnt try to bite/growl again). After that, her butt was smelling pretty bad (I forgot the technical term - anal something) so the nurse wanted to wipe her butt. I held Prandtl by the collar and put my other arm around her belly to hold her up, and Prandtl tried to get away and ended up threatening her by looking at her and growling.
As a few side notes, she is, on her papers, listed as shiba inu/collie.. but we really don't know 100% her breed. She does look a bit like a german shepherd though. We have worked really hard at socializing her since we got her. We take her to dog parks, we've started training at petsmart, I've taken her to my parents to meet my mom and play with her dogs, and we give her a lot of walks to get energy out of her. Also, if strangers want to pet her, we have them hold out their hand and wait until SHE approaches and we give them treats to offer. We also take her to the outdoor mall we have here. We have friends over sometimes.. and we have them ignore her for the most part so she is comfortable and they will give her treats every so often. So as far as socialization, we have been trying our hardest.
I've seen her get afraid, but I haven't seen her agressive, and now I'm really worried that it's going to get worse. We are doing our best with getting her around others, but I'm really not sure where to go from here. I don't really have money to see a animal behaviorist... can anybody tell me what I'm doing right/wrong?
As some background, I adopted her from Last Chance Rescue a little over a month ago as a 6 month old pup. She was very timid and shy around me and my boyfriend for about 3 days. She'd follow us around to see what we were doing, but other than that, she didn't want us to touch her. It took her about a week to be somewhat comfortable, and now she follows me around all day and has gotten clingy. My boyfriend, Dan, on the other hand has had trouble bonding with her. Currently, she is fine with him when I am around (though still a little timid and will sometimes growl/bark for some reason), but when I'm gone, she just hides from him all day. And the weird thing is, he is around all day while I am gone for work 10 hours a day. But she is fine with him once he gets a leash on her.
Today I took her to the vet to get a bordatella shot, since we forgot to get it last week. Last week Dan took her to get a 7 in 1 booster and she did just fine. Today I took her and she didn't want the nurses to touch her. She kept hiding behind me and at one point she growled and snapped at the nurse. Eventually they told me to leave because it looked like she might be trying to protect me and they got to give her the shot (and she didnt try to bite/growl again). After that, her butt was smelling pretty bad (I forgot the technical term - anal something) so the nurse wanted to wipe her butt. I held Prandtl by the collar and put my other arm around her belly to hold her up, and Prandtl tried to get away and ended up threatening her by looking at her and growling.
As a few side notes, she is, on her papers, listed as shiba inu/collie.. but we really don't know 100% her breed. She does look a bit like a german shepherd though. We have worked really hard at socializing her since we got her. We take her to dog parks, we've started training at petsmart, I've taken her to my parents to meet my mom and play with her dogs, and we give her a lot of walks to get energy out of her. Also, if strangers want to pet her, we have them hold out their hand and wait until SHE approaches and we give them treats to offer. We also take her to the outdoor mall we have here. We have friends over sometimes.. and we have them ignore her for the most part so she is comfortable and they will give her treats every so often. So as far as socialization, we have been trying our hardest.
I've seen her get afraid, but I haven't seen her agressive, and now I'm really worried that it's going to get worse. We are doing our best with getting her around others, but I'm really not sure where to go from here. I don't really have money to see a animal behaviorist... can anybody tell me what I'm doing right/wrong?