 Barked: Wed Nov 21, '12 8:36am PST |
 | |  | | Our Mika came to us at 9 weeks afraid of everything,we were less knowledgeable then but did everything from the start slowly, and socialized her until we were ready to drop,she is by no means agressive. she is simply very fearful of things,we continue to work with her and she is getting better but in all honesty we don't bathe them often because we have always been advised against more than two baths a year unless they get into something ,which they tend not to do,Mika feels she will melt instantly if touched by water,so she avoids it,she doesn't seem to like odd noises,like spray cans ,dremmels,dryers,even when we use them,and we do take her to the vet to get her nails trimmed and she is an absolute angel. Kai tends to fear nothing but does not like the bath process,he wears his own nails down well so rarely needs more than his dew claws trimmed,but even having been brushed daily from the beginning,he just does not want to be bothered,if he sees the brush he wants to leave,it takes forever to brush him. We have tried lifting him,he is by no means overweight,just huge,he is at about 28" at the shoulders and the last time we were able to lift him he was around 110+ so even the vets no longer try putting him on a table,they simply sit next to him on the floor and examine him with no problems, They are able to get Mika on the table,she is only about 75 pounds,but prefer not to stress her,both are easily examined and will even give the vet doing the exam kisses,so I guess it is really just a matter of not being overly used to the process and the fact that they will try to get away with more around us than they will with someone else,the vet can trim nails by the way with no problem even when we are in the room. |  |  | |  |
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I was helping hold the dog still while she scissored up her paws today, and I had to say (to the dog... as she was licking me all over) "You know, Pearl, your kind isn't supposed to be this friendly! I think there's something wrong with you!"
