Christina Stockinger Webboard User Reg: 01-23-2015
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Yes dogs are so different. One of my Pits would love to be petted the whole day. Her sister just allows it for a moment but then walks away. She seeks attention though, but in form of activities. It happens very seldom that she seeks petting. Then she shows this by lying on her back and offering her belly to be stroked. My Lab-Mix comes in regular intervals to me to pick up some stroking units and then does something else. My former stray accepts being petted but is no fan of it, but he seeks body contact, preferably by pushing himself between my legs.
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Duane Hull Webboard User Reg: 09-23-2011
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I agree with Bob's opinion about the female being submissive. It sounds like there are some hints of avoidance. She wants to comply with your commands and encouragement to play, but her timidity is waging an internal war with her desire. I've seen many, many dogs like this.
IMHO I would not accept this as just her being submissive. I would follow Bob's suggestion of desensitizing her, then socializing her. I would want to build her confidence and trust, and remove any inhibitions about interacting with me or the family/pack.
Thanks everyone. Please note that I never mentioned punishing her for not coming; that was a hypothetical example Bob used. I am fully versed in the Leerburg system of marker training and use that with our dogs.
Just wanted to steer the thread back to the original topic of my dog's temperment.
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