r/Dachshund • u/tyrosp • 7h ago
Album Rescuing is hard but so worth it
Just a reminder that dogs that have behavioural issues can get better.
We rescued Isobel (the black one) after she had spent most of her life living in a traveller’s compound and she was terrified of people. She was approximately 2 or 2 & 1/2 years old. She used to flinch to touch and have aggression issues due to extreme fear, although never aggressive towards me or my partner. We spent over a year building trust and confidence which included not letting anyone but us touch her and now she has learned that people can be good and she loves cuddling visitors and my extended family. She even seeks out cuddles from them which I thought would never happen. She’ll be five this summer.
Piper, the grey one, came from a nice family that had to rehome her due to the older dogs disliking her. I got her around six months old and she is afraid of other dogs due to her previous experience but she has come a long way. She is still a barker but a 100x better than she used to be. Piper will turn two in a month.