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dtls224
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| 01/08/2008 3:12 AM |
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Just in the last week Rain started showing signs of cowering when any one walks up to her. She is only 3 months old and this is the first time she has shown this. Her mother does the same thing and Mia, mother, is 18 months. Is cowering inherited? Can any one tell me what I can do so she, Rain and Mia stop doing this. Thank you
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tina224...live...laugh...love...and bark at the moon
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." ~Unknown |
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Mitzy's Mom
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| 01/08/2008 7:09 AM |
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Just throwing my two cents...I do think personality traits can be inherited. I also think maybe they can be learned but not sure about that. Since you've raised both these dogs you know they haven't been mistreated so there's no logical reason for the cowering. I have 1 rattie, Mayfly, who is very shy with new people; she's never been abused either. She is slowly coming out of it by me just getting her out and around people as much as possible. I've learned to just expose her to 1 or 2 calm people at a time. She will actually allow strangers (if calm) to reach out and pet her now and she won't back away....but it's taken a long time to get there.
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Mary Beth, mom to the Lollipop Kids
Georgia Foster Mom, www.newrattitude.org
Pics of my current fosters:
http://imageevent.com/newrattitude/caradoc
http://imageevent.com/newrattitude/willow
http://imageevent.com/newrattitude/fiona
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rattytatty
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| 01/08/2008 8:55 AM |
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| ABsolutely personality traits are inherited. That's why it's so important (if possible) to see the parents of a litter before choosing a puppy. |
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dtls224
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| 01/08/2008 9:09 AM |
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Nora,
I have the parents of Rain. Her mama came to us at 8 weeks and was very out going but at 6 months old became very timid around most people, especially men though n othing ever happened to her. Rain is starting to show the same signs...nose to the floor when we pick her up, scuttling away when we call her...laying on her back when we go to touch her. It is not all of the time but it is there. Can baying a dog create this to happen? We have some one who visits here...not by my choice, I live with my parents, who babies the dogs and no matter what I say or do it still happens...
What do you suggest I do with Rain to reassure her and to keep the timidness from getting worse?
The funny thing is both dogs are different "people" out side. There is no timidness at all when they are outside but there is when they are in the house...
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