Rural and Seaside Show
Here's Lina under our table at the Southsea Rural and Seaside Show, hoping for a crumb from our pasties!! The blur on the left is a bag of dog treats from a goody bag that we'd bought from one of the stalls.
I rather like the answer to a question that popped up on Quora: "Are you hurting your dog without knowing?"
Here is the answer from a psychologist (who has a rescue dog), which makes me think of Lina, and is rather sweet. We've had Lina almost 3 years and she's still nervous when we try and stroke the top of her head, even though we're always gentle:
"My dog does not ask for cuddles. Even the opposite he refused to be touched. So he would just lie there, apathetic. Trying to show me that he genuinely doesn't care and is ready to endure it until it's over. Basically he played “dead dog"
My dog does not ask to be petted, he does not ask for kisses, and will never ask for a hug.
- Your dog might be insecure. Delouse him and spend him some affection even when it seems like he doesn't need it. My dog loves to be deloused. He just would never ask for it."
-Touch those parts were he doesn't like to be touched. Show him that you won't hurt him and that touching your dogs nose doesn't mean you want to harm him, but treat him well. If you do not care about resolving unnecessary anxiety it's an involuntary way of hurting him. You leave him with unresolved anxiety even when there is no need for it.
-Indifference-say “No" sometimes. My dog knows when he isn't allowed to do something and he is, oh, so happy when I restrain him.
- You hurt him when you never share your own food with him. When you say that the dog is part of your family-why isn't he worthy of your food? Your dog doesn't understand that. He is part of your herd. Let him know sometimes that his loyalty is rewarded with loyalty. Our dog will get a piece of meat or leftovers. But of course..he should behave!"
Rural and Seaside Show
Here's Lina under our table at the Southsea Rural and Seaside Show, hoping for a crumb from our pasties!! The blur on the left is a bag of dog treats from a goody bag that we'd bought from one of the stalls.
I rather like the answer to a question that popped up on Quora: "Are you hurting your dog without knowing?"
Here is the answer from a psychologist (who has a rescue dog), which makes me think of Lina, and is rather sweet. We've had Lina almost 3 years and she's still nervous when we try and stroke the top of her head, even though we're always gentle:
"My dog does not ask for cuddles. Even the opposite he refused to be touched. So he would just lie there, apathetic. Trying to show me that he genuinely doesn't care and is ready to endure it until it's over. Basically he played “dead dog"
My dog does not ask to be petted, he does not ask for kisses, and will never ask for a hug.
- Your dog might be insecure. Delouse him and spend him some affection even when it seems like he doesn't need it. My dog loves to be deloused. He just would never ask for it."
-Touch those parts were he doesn't like to be touched. Show him that you won't hurt him and that touching your dogs nose doesn't mean you want to harm him, but treat him well. If you do not care about resolving unnecessary anxiety it's an involuntary way of hurting him. You leave him with unresolved anxiety even when there is no need for it.
-Indifference-say “No" sometimes. My dog knows when he isn't allowed to do something and he is, oh, so happy when I restrain him.
- You hurt him when you never share your own food with him. When you say that the dog is part of your family-why isn't he worthy of your food? Your dog doesn't understand that. He is part of your herd. Let him know sometimes that his loyalty is rewarded with loyalty. Our dog will get a piece of meat or leftovers. But of course..he should behave!"