There are many very simple confidence building games you can play with your dog to help boost their confidence.
This post is inspired by Kona a very sweet but sensitive old english bulldog.
She is very cautious and unsure of new sounds and objects.
Start off very simple with something not very scary and your dogs favorite treats.
We started with a metal food bowl and tipped it upside down.
She didn't even want to come near it.. I lured her inch by inch with a treat and then I set the treat ontop of the bowl. The only way she could get the treat was to eat it off the bowl...she took the treat but also bumped the bowl on accident and got spooked and jumped backwards so I encouraged her and got her confidently eating a treat off of the bowl.
Then I encouraged her to touch the bowl with her paw...every time she barely touched it she got treated until I got her to put her paw on the upside down bowl.
See video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWesyjpmjZY
I showed her the treats and got her interested then put the cup ontop of the treats and encouraged her to sniff and check it out. If her nose touched the cup I lifted the cup and let her eat the treats. Then i made it a little harder to where she had to nudge the cup a little to get the treats.
See video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh7iWDtGH78
A few fun simple games for you to play with your unsure, sensitive pup.
HAVE FUN! Keep it simple... small successes add up quickly !
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