I have a yellow lab named Amber (my avatar dog). I was walking in our woods with her 2 mornings ago , and a cougar tried to get her. She outran the attack, and I ran after her with my other 2 dogs (I couldn't call her back, for obvious reasons, although I did try). I finally got her going in the right direction and she ran all the way home. This is an agressive dog who barks at vehicles (or people or animals) coming up the driveway and she has never been much afraid of anything. She was born and raised in our living room and has been trained using positive methods. She has never been severly punished. We have cattle and horses and she has always been around them, with no fear. She was pretty shook up for several hours after being chased by the cat, but seemed to be coming out of it fairly well by evening. Things were going well the next day, and then yesterday afternoon she was running with one of our other dogs and sprained her back leg pretty badly. The leg is healing rapidly, but this morning she did not want to go outside, so I took her out on a leash. I did give one gentle tug on the leash to get her going. After she did her business I let her go and she ran straight to the door and wanted in the house, which is not like her, I usually have to make her come in. Later when we went to work I had to coax her into the outdoor kennel the dogs stay in while we're gone. I always give treats and the dogs are usually happy to get in the kennel. Now she seems like she is almost afraid of me. I have to coax her to come to me, and she's only halfway responsive. She does obey commands like sit, down and "get in the truck", and she will take food from me, but she tries to go the other way or go to my husband if I ask her to come. Does she associate me with the bad experiences? Was it a mistake to make her go out on a leash? I really think the cougar is what caused the real fear, and hurting her leg just happened too soon after the attack. Amber has never been afraid, she probably barks too much and is quite agressive. Now she is really toned down. What can I do to get he back?