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Hi, I have a question I am hoping someone can give me some direction on. I have posted before on this dog, but briefly, he is an 8 yo male, puppy mill stud dog for 6 yrs. His original owner has had him for 2 yrs and basically, didnt nurture him. I have had him as a foster for 5 wks and has been good gains in trusting people (but still leery) and me, allowing being touched, can sleep thru the night from being on Melonton due to anxiety. One of my questions is, for 5 wks I have led him down and up stairs on my deck for 5 wks and he has not yet learned to do this on his own. Is he unable to learn this? I have used food as a lure and he will stretch himself over the stairs to try to get to the lure. I have tried each step and still no success. So how do you retrain a dog that is still fearful of taking food and being near anyone to do what you want. I have read on the counter-conditioning and etc you all mention here. But, it seems it maybe too soon and I might have to allow him to just trust us over time?
Posted on: Sun, 11 May 2014 13:04:21 +0000

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