Peggy, Great article, I had this problem with Sami esp. around children so when they would come up and want to pet him I would hold him and let them pet his back with his face on my shoulder down at their level and he was fine with that. If it was a child that he would see often he would eventually start trusting them and learn to love the kids and play with them. It was a process as it took him time. I got him when he was 8 weeks old and socialized him so much, took him everywhere. He was around my grandkids and daycare kids. I got him from a second party I knew the person that sold him to me but it was from one of his friends so I have no idea of his baby hood. I just feel in love with him and was following my heart. I was told that he was very well loved and taken care of - but I do not know if that was the truth or not. My nature is I tend to trust way too much, but that is just the way I am wired and its hard to change the way you are. I always expect people to treat me like I would treat others and even though I have been burned several times I still want to believe and I do that most people are good and decent. I do not want to live my life thinking that everyone is a crook or trying to scam me. I will save this one in my chi folder as it is a good article. Nan
When you are gifted... give; when you learn... teach Nancy, Abbey-Rose and Maggie-Mae --- On Wed, 1/26/11, Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> wrote: From: Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> Subject: [Chihuahuas] Dogs Fear of Strangers Article To: [email protected], [email protected] Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 8:35 AM #yiv690017633 v\00003a* {} FYI: Here's a good article on Dogs and Fear of Strangers, http://www.dogster.com/dog-training/dogs-and-fear-of-strangers
