[corgimom]

Deb,

after I read your comments, it does make sense in what you talked about. In his younger months, Cody seemed to care less about what was around him when we went for our walks. The other day, it was garbage night and he seemed frightened of an old golf bag that someone had left at the end of their driveway. Also ,someone put a tarp over some dirt in their yard and the tarp was flapping just a bit due to the wind and that scared him and he was afraid to walk by it- so yes, it can be absolutely anything . So as we walked I just told him it was Okay in an upbeat voice, encouraged him to walk with me while offering him a treat. So while they may overcome their fear to one thing, a new object may pop up that they are afraid of. The other day in puppy class the trainer had this life size plastic dog head where she put on different leads, etc to show people the correct way to put them on - he was not too thrilled with the sight of the dog head sitting up on the table - seemed a bit frightened of it as did another dog in class until she brought it down and let him sniff at it. After a few sniffs and a couple of barks, he was okay.

I guess it is sort of like the stage they talk about when babies around 6 months of age become more aware of their surroundings and will become fearful of things. We have had a couple of hot air balloon overhead and so far, that has been okay.

Linda