masteneo
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She is neither food nor praise driven. During what training I have done with her it has always been rewarded with a pat on the head or body when she does well.
Walking her down the road isn't done much because she fears sounds such as passing cars and too much activity going on around her and she tries to pull me home. I resist for awhile but then give in and take her back to where she feels safe
As for the vet I actually have to drug and muzzle her before I take her
She gets alot of exercise as I have a 100 acre farm and we go for 1 at least 1/2hr walk a day and at least 3x a day we're outside for 10mins with her off leash and running around freely
man i get the feeling there may be some anxiety she has from past or maybe she has a serious nervousness issue. Its not unheard of. Had a buddy with a German Shepard that was all friendly and wagged his tell 99% of the time. But at random he would tense up, his eyes would gloss over, and bite whatever, male human was closest to him. He was a police K-9 , so you know the closest males to him always had badges on. After biting them , he would sit and wag his tail like he had no idea anything happened. This happened to his owner , my buddy Kile, then my other buddy Jay , then the 3rd time Sheriff said Arno had to go retire. He suffered from some unknown kinda anxiety or fear. we never found out. And your story reminds me of Kile and Arno. I would really like to get more insight into these kinda mental issues in dogs.