As some of you may already know, Millie has issues with dogs that are larger than her. She also has a bit of separation anxiety in that she appears to think that we are taking her to a new home (or something else horrible) whenever we go in the car or to Petsmart (we adopted her from a group at Petsmart).

I’d like to get her over her big dog fear. My husband has suggested that we put her in doggie daycare for a while and see if it helps her with larger dogs. I don’t want to traumatize her anymore, so I don’t know if this is the way to approach this problem. Her last owners dropped her at the pound because of all her behavioral issues, many of which we have overcome, I just don’t want her to think the doggie daycare is like us dumping her at the pound. I also don’t want to surround her with large dogs if it’s going to make her fear worse.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Carrie? Aly? Help!