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A distrustful dog

An acquaintance gave me a dog several years ago. I am not proud of the fact that in a few weeks I also gave it to strangers. They responded to an ad, I put it on a bulletin board. The worst part of this story is that the dog ended up being ruthless and eventually put him down.

I can’t understand giving a pet dog ever again, but it got me thinking. Does my dog ​​trust me? Not just with his life, but in everyday circumstances like coming home from work, feeding him at the right time, not hurting him, or coming to me even when he does something wrong?

5 signs my dog ​​lost confidence in me

1. My dog ​​came when called, but with doubts. Sometimes he walked very slowly towards me with his head down, or maybe he didn’t get as close as before. For some homeowners, this may seem like a sign of guilt. But it seemed more likely that he would lose confidence in me.

2. My dog ​​would get out of my way when I walked towards him. At one point I had to step over him, when he got in the way, because he had a lot of confidence in me. He started to act like I was going to get closer to him.

3. He stayed out of my way. He didn’t just get out of my way when I walked toward him. He knew in advance where I was going and stood to one side. He was always in the hallway when I got up in the morning, and then he started to stay in a room and only came out when he knew I was no longer a threat to walk in his direction.

4. My dog ​​was no longer looking for treats or taking the treat away from me and disappearing into another room. Most dogs love treats and will do almost anything for them. My dog ​​could have been sick or depressed, but most of the time there are other signs of that. He was eating his usual food. He was not lethargic. And at the time, he would have thought he had health problems.

5. My dog ​​stopped rolling over to get his belly rubbed. She loved belly rubs, but then she started lying on her stomach. Worse yet, when I tried to make him roll onto his back, he would attack me.

I regained confidence in my dog ​​by staying calm and waiting for him to come to me, rewarding him with a treat when he sat down, and doing his favorite trick of playing dead. I didn’t try to calm him down with an understanding voice, I read somewhere, I thought, I was being rewarded for acting the way I was.

Hope this is of some help if you are having trouble with your dog.

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