I know that there are a lot of forum members who are dog owners and wondered if anyone else has experienced an overly anxious pup. We got this little fellow a month ago.

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maybe not over being taken away from his mother yet,

did you see the mother/litter ?

I think patience and calmness would be the best way forward to build his confidence.

I'm sure others will be on shortly with advice.

Iain

ps beautiful pup

At 12 week old every thing is daunting for the pup just let him play about in the garden for a few week's and build up his confidence and bond with you. He is too young to walk far anyway as his bones and muscles need to form as for car journeys open the boot and let him play about in there but do not let him jump out feed him bits of treats and when he's happy with that repeat with the engine running for a short time. Keep any car journey to a minimum and the dog needs to associate travelling in the car with good thing's at the end at the minute it thinks it's having another needle or something unpleasant. There is plenty of time for taking him for a walk but not yet.the bonding is crucial at this age factor in playing with him to sit and come to you they will be the keystones for you and your dog just enjoy him being a pup for now.

.Animals and kids ..... same training needed.

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IT sounds to me you are doing everything right just be patient it will all come together. We had a Collie that was car sick for a year then it just stopped,she was nervous about going out and other dogs she got over it all eventually,lovely dog you've got.

Many thanks for the advice. I will continue with the patience approach. He is happy in the garden-hopefully he will get a little more adventurous with time.

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Yeah, when we got our pup we made her sleep in a crate in the kitchen of an evening and we used to put a blanket over it to make it like a 'cave' where she felt safe. She cried for the first couple of nights and did a regular nightly poo for a good few weeks but when she settled down, we used to leave the door open and she would go in on her own each night through choice. Consequently, we had no trouble with her going in a crate in the car. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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archie98 wrote:

At 12 week old every thing is daunting for the pup just let him play about in the garden for a few week's and build up his confidence and bond with you. He is too young to walk far anyway as his bones and muscles need to form as for car journeys open the boot and let him play about in there but do not let him jump out feed him bits of treats and when he's happy with that repeat with the engine running for a short time. Keep any car journey to a minimum and the dog needs to associate travelling in the car with good thing's at the end at the minute it thinks it's having another needle or something unpleasant. There is plenty of time for taking him for a walk but not yet.the bonding is crucial at this age factor in playing with him to sit and come to you they will be the keystones for you and your dog just enjoy him being a pup for now.

good advice

Iain