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Old 01-28-2008, 05:00 PM   #3 (permalink)
Peggy
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Hello! I adopted Bandit, a Pembroke, from a corgi rescue in Maryland earlier this month. He's three years old, and I am totally in love with him! He's my little buddy.

So far, he's doing well, after suffering some neglect in his past (who could neglect these guys?!) and I think I'm going to have a hard time getting him to socialize. He likes people and other dogs, but he's very shy at first and he definitely does not like when anyone, besides us, comes in the house.
There's a yahoo list for shy k-9's. I'd recommend you join that.

Also, just give him some time to adjust. Don't baby him when he's afraid. You act normal and he will take cues from you. If you tell him "it's ok" or "poor doggy" him, he'll think it's ok to be afraid or that something is wrong and he should be afraid.

Peggy
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