Pixie has social issues.  Mainly, she doesn’t like to be social.  Not with other dogs especially.  I’m not surprised.  If before YOU were a one year old, you had two broken legs and mange (bad case of mites), there’s a chance there was a little trouble at home and you may be damaged goods in need of a good therapist.

After we adopted her, I thought over time of taking her out for walks where she could see and interact with other dogs and people, she would eventually overcome her fears.  So far she hasn’t.  When she so much as sees another dog from several feet away or across the street, she starts howling and screaming like a 80 year old woman who just had her wig snatched off her head!

I decided to take the next step in trying to overcome her fears.  A Puppy Social.  This doesn’t say much for me since Puppy Social takes place on Saturday nights.  That’s how exciting our weekends are right now.  But I really wanted to get her started and I’ve been told by the trainers that the best thing for her is repeated exposure to other dogs.

She did much better than I thought.  No screaming.  But, I don’t think it helped that the biggest dog there was instantly attracted to her.  She did OK for a minute, but then had a total breakdown and told him what’s what. He got the message and left her alone the rest of the night.