3 year old OES won't leave my side at the dog park
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| She is not a social butterfly. Some dogs just don't have to outgoing personality or curiosity about other dogs. I've had more than my share of these shy creatures. Begin by learning what she likes to play.......with you. Is it ball chase, tug of war? Then play your game with her someplace other than home, but not the dog park. Once she is comfortable enough in strange locations to let her hair down and play, try playing in the dog park, just the two of you. If she shows any sign at all of interest with another dog, talk with the upright, maybe the 2 doggies and 2 uprights can go on walks together. Maybe something will develop from that and lead back to the park. If this doesn't work, you'll have to find other ways to exercise her, herding class? Agility? She may never adjust to enjoying the company of canines and prefers uprights. |
| I have three girls. One mother and two full sisters, but from different litters. Mama and Mady love the dog park but in different ways. Mama Virginia loves the sniffs and loves the people and enjoys the other dogs to say hello to. Mady enjoys actively playing with the other dogs. Gracie is like your girl, stuck to my side. Gracie is, I think, more sensitive and intuitive than the other two. She is the only one of the three to see and react to animals on television. She is the only one to respond if my husband and I are snippy with each other (always his fault, of course, usually housework related!). I have learned to trust her judgement when it comes to other dogs, especially at the off leash park. If she gets especially clingy, we wander away from the crowd and sure enough, shortly after, a fight will break out. She has good instincts. But I do know what you mean, you want to get your girl to burn off some steam. One thing I might suggest is going to the park with one of her best dog friends. Gracie, if she sees our bestie Irish Setter Keeva, will run with Keeva (with Mady chasing them both!). We tend to do this away from the 'pack' that hangs around the centre of the park (often with oblivious owners glued to their cellphones). I don't try to get her to mix with the big pack of dogs and people in the centre of the park, she just doesn't enjoy it. I don't like big social events either and am more of a pint in a pub with one or two people kind of person. So, like the wise Susan says, every dog has their own personality. You need to find a way to work with it. Your girl sounds lovely. |
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