We've adopted a lovely sweet 2.5 year old street dog from Eastern Europe. A bit of Shepherd, Collie looking.
Apparently he was in kennels in the UK since rescued with his mum as a puppy for 2 years Then we met him when our son (who works and lives elsewhere) fostered him for 5 months. They adored each other so we adopted him.
He is the most sweet friendly dog, happy, loves life, loves other dogs, loves people and is very tactile and affectionate.
He and our 4 year old Lab boy are best buddies.
He seems confident and is a good guard dog, barks at visitors and some noises but will stop when we say 'quiet'.
The thing we can't figure out is if he's been badly treated. If you lift up anything, like a fly swat, a stick, a frying pan, anything, he immediately cowers and goes to another room. And then when he sees you without the objects he wags his tale and comes for a cuddle. We can't raise our voices even shouting hello to neighbours or on the phone as he looks very worried.
Someone suggested that because he's been in kennels most of his life, he's unfamiliar with household objects or any objects.
But he looks so scared.
Another thing, he loves playing in the garden with our Lab, and following us everywhere when we're in the garden but something has spooked him as he won't come onto our Patio, even if we're all there sitting at the table. He just waits indoors but alert waiting for us to come back in or away from it.
Any thoughts?
Apparently he was in kennels in the UK since rescued with his mum as a puppy for 2 years Then we met him when our son (who works and lives elsewhere) fostered him for 5 months. They adored each other so we adopted him.
He is the most sweet friendly dog, happy, loves life, loves other dogs, loves people and is very tactile and affectionate.
He and our 4 year old Lab boy are best buddies.
He seems confident and is a good guard dog, barks at visitors and some noises but will stop when we say 'quiet'.
The thing we can't figure out is if he's been badly treated. If you lift up anything, like a fly swat, a stick, a frying pan, anything, he immediately cowers and goes to another room. And then when he sees you without the objects he wags his tale and comes for a cuddle. We can't raise our voices even shouting hello to neighbours or on the phone as he looks very worried.
Someone suggested that because he's been in kennels most of his life, he's unfamiliar with household objects or any objects.
But he looks so scared.
Another thing, he loves playing in the garden with our Lab, and following us everywhere when we're in the garden but something has spooked him as he won't come onto our Patio, even if we're all there sitting at the table. He just waits indoors but alert waiting for us to come back in or away from it.
Any thoughts?
) - some dogs are just more sensitive to things in their environment, without having had any unpleasant experiences.
