I got a 3 year old toycup chihuahua and am only on day 5. I know he could probably be traumatized from his life changes but we treat him really good and when we focus attention on him he gets really happy, if things don't totally go his way he looks like he's crying, shaking, tail between legs. Were not yelling at him strictly and he's happy most of the time but if I leave and even though the rest of my family is home (who he likes) he looks really depressed. Am I making him too dependent on me? When I'm home I like to spend all my time with him and there isn't much time he isn't not petted or cuddled with by me and that's even when we sleep. Maybe I'm letting him make too much of a production of me coming home or leaving. Or maybe his last owner did bad things to him. I'm not sure what to do
Scared doggy?
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I always made a point to not make a big thing out of my leaving and coming home with my puppy. He's a pretty clingy dog (it comes with the breed) and he was always able to handle my coming and going pretty well. I also crate trained him and would make sure that he's get some crate time periodically so that he could get used to being in there, get used to not being around me at every moment while I was home, etc.
Also, I don't think I'd go so far to say that he's traumatized. Five days isn't that long. It usually takes a dog about 2 weeks to settle into a new place.
Also, I don't think I'd go so far to say that he's traumatized. Five days isn't that long. It usually takes a dog about 2 weeks to settle into a new place.
