Runner yelps a lot

**ashleycat** · 10-12-2006, 09:53 PM

She's sooo sensitive. It makes me wonder if she was terribly abused. Maybe she doesn't have hip displaysia. Maybe the got the S kicked out of her.

I took her with me to Walgreens today, and when I opend the door to get in, she got out. I grabbed her collar and she yelped. She started walking away some and I just put my hand on her back. Nothing bad about that. Not much pressure at all, she yelped. I picked her up, she yelped. YOu would think I was kidnapping the poor girl. I think she even peed some. She does scare pretty easy.

Ilove her sooo much. How long will it take for her to know that I will never hurt her?
ps. I don't understand how anyone could hurt her. She is just the best calm laid back loveable couch potato

**BC_MoM** · 10-12-2006, 10:30 PM

Trust is something that develops over time through care, love and understanding. It could take a while - it could take just another day. Spending some 1on1 time together and with TLC, I'm sure will speed up the process.

Has she been x-rayed?

**ashleycat** · 10-12-2006, 10:32 PM

nope. The vet just felt and looked at her. He said she had it just by looking at her. HOw much are x rays usually?

**BC_MoM** · 10-12-2006, 10:38 PM

I highly recommend getting x-rays taken. Elbow and hip x-rays can cost from $150-$450. For one hip to be diagnosed and surgery be done can cost about $1000-$4000.

**ashleycat** · 10-12-2006, 10:49 PM

is there such thing as pet insurance?

**BC_MoM** · 10-12-2006, 10:50 PM

Yep, there is. But they won't pay for pre-existing conditions, though, if I remember correctly.

**zoomer** · 10-13-2006, 08:53 AM

Sounds like you need to build some trust with your baby girl. Start taking her places with you, pet her a lot, take her for lots of walks. If it's not your she's frightened of, I suggest taking her around the neighborhood, allowing kids to pet her, and asking people around you to pet her. I did that with Georgia, we walked around the neighborhood and around town and I asked lots of men to pet her, since she was very scared of them. Now she's not nearly as scared.