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October 30th, 2009 by KittyKitty

Shyness in a dog is something clearly out of conformity, and therefore needs prompt supervision and Jack Russell training. Among the many first hurdles to helping the dog is how to make use of and act on the signs and symptoms of shyness, if not identifying in the first place that the problem is shyness! For example, a dog owner may say that her adopted dog may have been abused before, because it tends to draw back when approached by men. Another dog owner may say that his dog seem to be scared of being beaten, because it withdraws from all welcoming gestures. While abuse tend to be a plausible albeit common reason, shyness is left often thought of, but it looms large among dogs, just as the problem of physical punishment.

Extreme shyness is considered a fault in the jack russell terrier breed, and need to be quashed in breeding. But what happens out there is that the degrees of shyness actually only varies from dog to dog. Owners may encounter some extreme cases that take time to understand, like the above situation of a dog that seem to have suffered from abuse (yet could not actually have suffered so), but instead is actually shy.

There are a lot of Jack Russell training methods and strategies for helping alleviate the inhibition and other negative emotions of a shy dog. But Jack Russell Training is no magic bullet or cure-all; a trainer-handler can put in considerable time and effort, yet the dog shows no chance of being totally confident in a crowd. Sometimes, the dog is just reserved, which means that the dog simply wants to take time greeting and checking on visitors before extending a full welcome. The least that training can do though, is to help the dog to overcome its terror.

One trick for socializing a dog is to have a stranger feed the dog a favorite morsel. Here, the dog is conditioned to hurdle fears, while learning how to be open to strangers. But for as long as the dog is wont to snapping up the treat and retreating, refusing attempts to pet it, the dog is still afraid and needs even more support. Naturally, there is no need to force the dog into allowing itself to be petted, but what you can do is to put together your two hands, but with the empty hand holding out fingers ahead of the hand holding the treat. Thus, if done properly, soon the dog will get used to human contact so as to get a consoling treat.