New Husky Puppy

[husky_lover]

I have just bought a new Female Husky. She is 3 months old and she doesn't trust us. She won't come over and let us pet her at all. I've caught her to pet her but she was so tense and scared. I also have a 1 yr old male husky and they play together all the time. We take him for long walks of an evening and would like to take her also. Does anyone have any Ideas to help me?

[lvpets2002]

I would state just give this baby some time & space.. Two & Four Legged humans are the same when trying to adapted to new domain & enviroments.. In time it will work out..

[critter crazy]

Just give her some space and she will come around. like stated above it takes time to adjust to new surroundings.

[Vela]

Be careful, "catching" her to pet her may get you bitten. Like the others said, give her some time.

[pitc9]

I agree, just give her space and let her get used to everything in her own time. When I adopted my 2nd rescue, it was weeks before he would come out of the room where his crate was. He felt safe there, and as he started feeling more and more safe he ventured further out into the rest of the house. I wouldn't catch her, that may make her feel more afraid and would take the whole process of her getting used to things take longer.
Don't trap her or corner her to catch her.
I (along with everyone else here) would Looooooove to see pictures of both of your pups. There are a lot of huskies here at PT!
Nebo, Star, Sherman,Tori, Roxy....Just to name a few!!

[husky_lover]

Thank you for your help, I'm just worried about her because we've already had her for 2 weeks. Also, How do I go about potty training her if she is so scared?

[carrie]

Right now this dog needs to know where it stands. You can make friends later. Treat this as a new puppy, ignore mistakes regarding house training (really really ignore! Know that you are going to meet messes, deal with it in your head before you even get anywhere near the dog and the mess.)

The worst thing you can do here is to try and encourage contact. Ignore the dog totally (I know it goes against every instinct in you!) The dog needs to feel safe and secure-right now it is relying on itself to look after itself. The dog realises it is still not feeling relaxed, it is still scared and you are acting like a lower ranking member of the pack by trying to connect. This puts huge pressure on the dog, it thinks it has to look after you too!!!

Please look up my previous posts on how to deal with this, if you need more detailed help then please feel free to email/pm