SDMabel
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I've got a 5 year old Labrador called Molly, she's always had a bit of an anxious side (if we move furniture round at home she goes into her shell for a few days ) . I've had her since a puppy and can safely say she's not had a bad experiencethat i am aware of and 90% of the time is a happy pooch.
Occasionally she takes a dislike to some people, mainly men but sometimes women too. she comes to work with my and our other little Jack russell.
They both always go out and greet all of the customers that arrive on the yard , the customers really like it and it tends to set people at ease if they are a bit nervous/unsure of what they are looking for.
So, I can tell when she's going to have a panic as she goes very aloof , low tail , ears back on her head and quite a darty low position, for some reason rather than ignoring her the person usually decides to crouch down and talk to her to try and stoke her. She will then dart back and start barking and rush back to the office and hide under the desk.
Today she did it with my bosses father , who she sees every week and normally happy to see . This was full blown panic though, wouldn't come near the office at all and even reluctant to come back to me ! not running away , just would allow me to approach her. She took herself into the wood store next to the office to decompress and came back out after he had left.
He's a lovely man, the other dogs love him and none of the others react the way she does !
If this behaviour was all of the time i would be straight down to the vets , but like i say 90% of the time shes your typical happy wiggly Labrador.
I didn't know if it would be worth introducing a bit of a calmer to her feed may help to keep her level.
Just to add she also loves coming to work, it's a sawmill up in the woods and she has free range of the area.
Occasionally she takes a dislike to some people, mainly men but sometimes women too. she comes to work with my and our other little Jack russell.
They both always go out and greet all of the customers that arrive on the yard , the customers really like it and it tends to set people at ease if they are a bit nervous/unsure of what they are looking for.
So, I can tell when she's going to have a panic as she goes very aloof , low tail , ears back on her head and quite a darty low position, for some reason rather than ignoring her the person usually decides to crouch down and talk to her to try and stoke her. She will then dart back and start barking and rush back to the office and hide under the desk.
Today she did it with my bosses father , who she sees every week and normally happy to see . This was full blown panic though, wouldn't come near the office at all and even reluctant to come back to me ! not running away , just would allow me to approach her. She took herself into the wood store next to the office to decompress and came back out after he had left.
He's a lovely man, the other dogs love him and none of the others react the way she does !
If this behaviour was all of the time i would be straight down to the vets , but like i say 90% of the time shes your typical happy wiggly Labrador.
I didn't know if it would be worth introducing a bit of a calmer to her feed may help to keep her level.
Just to add she also loves coming to work, it's a sawmill up in the woods and she has free range of the area.
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. I don’t let mine approach people as if they don’t completely ignore her she will take fright and bay at them. If they blank her she will be much better.
