I swear, this dog is afraid of just about everything now and I am at my wits end on how to help her. We've been to PetSmart a million times and now she's afraid of the doors. Once we are through them, she's fine but I have to drag her through. She's afraid of my son's bean bag chair. So much so that we had to move it to another room tonight. She peed all over my feet when my son moved the bean bag to get to something else. It's not new, and we've moved it around her before with no issues. The worst part of it is even if you remove what she was afraid of she stays afraid of the person who had the object. So, after the bean bag incident she was scared of my son for probably an hour or so afterward until she finally realized that he didn't have it anymore.
She used to be fine with the school bus and waiting for it with my son, but now she is absolutely terrified of the bus, the other kids and their backpacks, etc. Right now she is just scared and pulls hard but I am afraid that she's start snapping and biting from fear and I definitely don't want that to happen.
I am very matter of fact with her and I don't tell her it's ok or pick her up when she's scared (not that I want to be carrying 26lbs of dog) but I don't know what else I can start doing to help her.
She used to be fine with the school bus and waiting for it with my son, but now she is absolutely terrified of the bus, the other kids and their backpacks, etc. Right now she is just scared and pulls hard but I am afraid that she's start snapping and biting from fear and I definitely don't want that to happen.
I am very matter of fact with her and I don't tell her it's ok or pick her up when she's scared (not that I want to be carrying 26lbs of dog) but I don't know what else I can start doing to help her.