No I found out where she came from today I did some back tracking. The people that she was orginally taken from beat her mom and all 10 puppys to the point that I need to go get ex rays tommorrow.
she has always sat funny but never really thought any thing of it.
And the man that beat them was a black male which my hubby is to.
And only 3 puppys made it out of the shelter they orginally came from. The rest died.
I had got a call from them a week ago saying they wanted to do a story. BUt they lied to me where she came from and how many there where.
I called my boss/vet. She will be there in the morning for xrays.
On her whole body.
And everyone I talked to no one did xrays. She went from a city pound the the aspca and 2 weeks later she was home.

Oh Stephanie...no wonder she is timid. I will keep my fingers crossed for her xrays. Hope it is nothing more than time and love can't take care of.

Sandy

Stephanie,
I am sorry to hear what the pup went through, I really am.

However, with this said, and I really do not want to sound callous, but...while you can love your dog which is great, you need to be the pack leader and move on from how this pup started out in life.
Holding on to it and "babying" her because of her "past" is not going to help her through her timidness.

I stick by my original recommendations regardless of her past.

She can learn to trust again, even your husband. I would have your hubby hand feed her, kneeling of course. And also make sure when he interacts with her, he does not get loud at all. Calm, assertive behavior will help little JJ shine.

He did hand feed her today for dinner. I let her run around the house for a little while. And she ran to him looking for a treat I think and he gave her some.
She is running around now and not hinding behind me so much we keep treats in his pocket so she is a little eater so that is working so far.

Just something to remember is that if you're sitting there talking to the pup that might be a problem. Saying things like "That's okay" and petting her will only make it worse because it sends the message that something is wrong and she needs to be concerned about it. Being up beat and saying things like " Who's that? Let's go see!" and being happy about the whole situation helps a lot.

And just to help her along having people squat down(not bend!) and turn their backs on her will help them to appear much less threatening. Some shy dogs will not go to people if there's any eye contact at all. I can get fear aggressive dogs out of their kennels much faster by crouching beside them and talking happy to them than if I approach from their fronts trying to comfort them. Of course treats help too.

Does she know how to sit or give high fives? Both tricks require her to get up from her slinking on her belly position and the high five makes her interact with people. Shaking hands(giving her paw) is a submissive gesture and she may eventually learn that if she gives people her paw they don't try to pet her right away like my shy lab did.

If you need a really high value food treat look up Moc's tracking bait and make it with tuna. It smells disgusting but dogs go crazy over it. Those Natural Balance food rolls are also great. Get a huge package to save money and slice it up. Freeze the part you're not going to use and just cut the part you need for the outing into tiny cubes. Just make sure to label the slices or you may find that your family eats some thinking it's sausage. Apparently it doesn't taste bad at all.

But lastly good luck. Our abused boy Morris turned out to be the social boy of our bunch. He eventually lost his fear of fireworks, baseball hats, and hoses. His fear of thunderstorms followed him most of his life but he could deal with them if he had his people and a crate.

I also wanted to ask.
If she does have any injuriers
Will her already being fixed hurt her in anyway.

She is learning sit.
she is very smart.
I have never been really good at teaching shake.
Like right now she is in her room playing with my husband. phoenix is right here next to me.
It is pretty funny she loves to play with chevy my rabbit.
And he will play with her.
So I think if we work over the next few weeks she should come around.
How do I keep it up while he is gone. When he works he work 15 hour shifts. So when he is home he sleeps then leaves again.
I use natural balance food rolls

IMO, if she has recovered from the surgery, it should not affect her recovering from old injuries (if she has any). I would think you would have noticed something by now (tenderness, swelling, limping, etc.) I think you are well on the road to helping her get over her timidity, give it more time. Don't worry about her forgetting your husband, once they make friends, she will remember him. His scent will be all over the house. Gradually start expanding with positive experiences.

Good luck tomorrow!

Sandy

Stephanie, Good Luck with your new pup, I am sure with the help of the experts on this board that she'll develop into a great dog.

Good morning all
We are back from the vet this morning.
The only thing she has is a birthdefect on her tail which really is not noticable.
Unless you really know her.
She is fine in all other aspects.
No worms at all I did deworm her the day she got here.
No shots she is done as far as I am conserned.
So all went well