Millie is starting to eat with the other dogs now... This has been a major step in her progress... I haven't seen her bare her teeth at any of the other dogs in days, as a matter of fact...
We're still not potty trained (sigh) and she'll stand and squat right in front of you without any concern... Put her in a crate and she'll whiddle in there too, just like most puppymill puppies.... We're working on this and it might really take some time for her to get the hang of it all...
Millie spooks easily - common things like fans, sounds on the TV, etc. will spook her... I needed to put a sweater on her this week and we struggled through that for quite some time until I won the battle... Don't think she ever had one on before...
Toys? Treats? Goodies? Pats? Don't think she had many of these either for she doesn't have a clue what to do with a Greenie... I have yet to see her play with any of the toys and seldom plays with any of the other dogs either...
The other night I had her on my lap and she was finally OK to settle in and take a nap with the rest of the 'dog pile'... Normally she's not too happy with anyone else touching her... She eventually stretched out and relaxed enough to take a decent nap, but it took quite a bit of massaging and cooing to make it happen...
Oddly enough, Millie stares at me a lot... Almost like she's trying to figure everything out... As in, "why do the other dogs gravitate towards me and they seem happy to be doing it?"... She watches the other dogs and me with this studious look on her face and I'd love to know what she's thinking...
For the most part, she seldom rushes into an opened crate now when she gets spooked... Holding her in your lap, you really have to have your wits about you in the event she spooks and makes a dive for the floor or to run for cover... But she doesn't immediately go into a crate and peer out if she spooks... She's fearful, but she'll stop and appraise the situation... I consider this progress and trust starting to build up that we'll not let anything happen to her or anyone else here... She's starting to come to me now when I call her, and that's progress too... Millie still doesn't like you patting her around the neck or on the back of her head, but with time, she'll get used to that as well... It just all takes time...
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