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Now it's my turn to ask for expert advice. I do need help. My Yana, 16 months old, is a shy and fearful dog and I'm working on her issues since we brought her home at 8 weeks. I haven't witnessed what happened yesterday since I was out with our puppy for his puppy class. When I returned my husband told me a story and suggested to find a different home for Yana.
What happened was that she sneaked out of our fenced backyard (my husband was working on the garden there and she was hanging out with him) and instead of returning back or staying on the front lawn especially that my husband went to get her right away she ran down the street to the neighborhood park full of kids and their parents barking at everybody there.
She was running to them, coming very close, stopping, starring into their eyes and barking their horrified faces with her hackles up, then she was going to the next person, then barking at a kid in a stroller, then she scared the **** out of a small dog and was almost hit by the dogs owner who carried a stick. All this time she did not respond to my husband trying to call her back or get a hold of her.
After her barking spree she returned home on her own and waited for my husband at the entrance door. Something like this never happened before, she is a pretty obedient dog and it looked like some switch was turned off in her head and her mind went blank.
My husband wanted to find her a different home since she was 3 months old but I wanted to give her a chance with us. Now he's so pissed off that I just don't know what to do. Yana is a very good natured dog, I love her, train her and I became pretty good in recognizing what can trigger her into a fearful state. But in this case it looks like there were no trigger and that scares me. I will appreciate any advice and insight into this. I need your help. Thank you.
What happened was that she sneaked out of our fenced backyard (my husband was working on the garden there and she was hanging out with him) and instead of returning back or staying on the front lawn especially that my husband went to get her right away she ran down the street to the neighborhood park full of kids and their parents barking at everybody there.
She was running to them, coming very close, stopping, starring into their eyes and barking their horrified faces with her hackles up, then she was going to the next person, then barking at a kid in a stroller, then she scared the **** out of a small dog and was almost hit by the dogs owner who carried a stick. All this time she did not respond to my husband trying to call her back or get a hold of her.
After her barking spree she returned home on her own and waited for my husband at the entrance door. Something like this never happened before, she is a pretty obedient dog and it looked like some switch was turned off in her head and her mind went blank.
My husband wanted to find her a different home since she was 3 months old but I wanted to give her a chance with us. Now he's so pissed off that I just don't know what to do. Yana is a very good natured dog, I love her, train her and I became pretty good in recognizing what can trigger her into a fearful state. But in this case it looks like there were no trigger and that scares me. I will appreciate any advice and insight into this. I need your help. Thank you.