During the fall of 2010 we took Pooh to basic obedience classes to learn additional commands and get comfortable out in the world, let her "get comfortable" in our house, and tried to wait through many of her issues. She was only comfortable in a couple of areas in our house (not whole rooms, just areas). We noticed that she was quite antsy all the time, was scared of strangers, noises, reflections, the vaccuum, washing machine, loud music or tv, any change in furniture layout, clothes hanging in doorways, the front door, and pretty much every single thing. We spent a large portion of our time walking her and waiting for her to potty, watching her eat because if we moved or left the room she would stop, and wondering when things would get better. She didn't let anyone except my husband and I touch her. We went away for one night in September to an annual event and our house sitter spent the night with her, but it took half an hour for our house sitter to leash her up for potty walk. Pooh still wasn't peeing in the back yard regularly so the walk wasn't optional. Pooh's anxiety level was higher than normal for the whole week after that.
Every aspect of our life was revolving around Pooh and her issues. Her anxiety threshold was SO low that one little incident would ruin her for the rest of the day. So, we lived with a dog that was scared of everything and if upset, would stay that way all day. Cleaning the house was stressful for her because of the movement and noise, going away for weekends was nearly out of the question, having company sent her away cowering, and things were not improving.
Every aspect of our life was revolving around Pooh and her issues. Her anxiety threshold was SO low that one little incident would ruin her for the rest of the day. So, we lived with a dog that was scared of everything and if upset, would stay that way all day. Cleaning the house was stressful for her because of the movement and noise, going away for weekends was nearly out of the question, having company sent her away cowering, and things were not improving.