Pete's Log: The World is Scary
Entry #2418, (Life in General)(posted when I was 45 years old.)
Bubbles has been scared of the world outside our house for the past couple weeks. Before that there wasn't much that would bother her. This sort of fear phase is normal in dogs her age, but it still makes it harder to get energy out of her when she doesn't want to leave the house for walks.
We're hoping her training will help her confidence. The place we took her does clicker training and it appears that her mind did not associate the clicker with getting treats. Instead it seems to remind her of all the other dogs that were there yesterday. So our first few practice sessions today, using the clicker resulted in her barking.