This week I made an effort to put myself in her way. In the evening I sit in front of her crate with the door open and I play and pet and chatter to Tucker and Harley. I think she is wondering why in the world I insist on doing this right in front of her space. She lies in her crate tail tucked and watching but makes no effort to poke her head out the door or otherwise acknowledge us. The only thing I have notice is that after a few minutes she no longer pushes herself against the back wall but rather just accepts that I am there.
She is doing better with the doors and I can now stay in sight when I open the door and she will come into the house. If I didn't know better I might say she is a bit OCD. She climbs the steps, touches a paw to the door frame, then turns and leaps off the stairs, circles around, climbs back up the stairs and comes all the way in. She does it every time regardless of how much momentum she has coming up the steps or if she is sitting at the door pawing to come inside.
Turns out she LOVES puppies. Unfortunately she is most definitely a boxer as she cant seem to not bat them with her paws. Vegas, who is the boldest and healthiest of the litter is completely unphased by her but the others are nearly as scared of her as she is of the world. So for a short time every day I let Vegas and Quinnie into the front yard to interact.
No real leaps and bounds this week. She does great with the big dogs and is most comfortable when she is outside. She is very interested in everything that I am doing but is infinitely more interested if I am doing it with a puppy in my arms. She is sweet and scared and she seems to want to interact with me but just cant bring herself to do it just yet.
The biggest concern I am having is that she is irresistible to anyone over the age of 25. You cant help but want to fix her and everyone seems convinced if that they just go over and introduce themselves to her she will understand that they mean her no harm and she will be magically cured of her debilitating fear. Oddly, tell an 8 year old that she is scared and they innately seem to know to just give her her space. So I found that I am constantly begging them to just ignore her, just let her be. I have 8 week old puppies here and people are more interested in her than they are the itty-bitty adorable loving puppies that aren't terrified of them.
Fortunately , I found a cure. I make them hold a puppy and sit on the floor and Quinnie is so interested in the pups that she will willingly do just about anything to stick her face in theirs and lick and sniff them... including letting a stranger pet her.
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