It's a little strange, to be quite honest. Her name is Sugar, and we adopted her from the shelter I work at. She was found wandering in an apartment complex with a too-tight wire digging into her skin -- they had to sedate her to remove it -- and she was very much pregnant. She's also blind in her right eye.
We (neither our family or the shelter) don't know much about her life before she was found, of course, but she's generally good-natured. She gets easily agitated with children, and she's picky about the dogs she meets -- outside of the home. Yes, that's correct. She is aggressive when she meets them outside of our home, but if they come into our home she welcomes them with love and kisses.
She's completely different with people, though. Outside of our home, she loves people and will greet them happily. But, when she meets them inside of our house, she's extremely aggressive towards them and will only stop growling and approach them when she sees one of us interacting with them. Separately, though, she stays mostly on our second level, and we keep a baby gate up to keep her from going downstairs. When someone comes home, and she can't see who they are immediately, she panics. She darts around the room, trying to find a place to hide, and she whines.
It breaks my heart to see her like that, but I just can't . . . help her. I've tried giving her treats when someone comes in the house as a sort of positive reinforcement -- "humans bring good things and we won't let them hurt you" sort of thing. She hasn't taken to it, though.
I'm willing to try anything. I don't know what kind of past she's had, but it's clear it wasn't a happy one.
We (neither our family or the shelter) don't know much about her life before she was found, of course, but she's generally good-natured. She gets easily agitated with children, and she's picky about the dogs she meets -- outside of the home. Yes, that's correct. She is aggressive when she meets them outside of our home, but if they come into our home she welcomes them with love and kisses.
She's completely different with people, though. Outside of our home, she loves people and will greet them happily. But, when she meets them inside of our house, she's extremely aggressive towards them and will only stop growling and approach them when she sees one of us interacting with them. Separately, though, she stays mostly on our second level, and we keep a baby gate up to keep her from going downstairs. When someone comes home, and she can't see who they are immediately, she panics. She darts around the room, trying to find a place to hide, and she whines.
It breaks my heart to see her like that, but I just can't . . . help her. I've tried giving her treats when someone comes in the house as a sort of positive reinforcement -- "humans bring good things and we won't let them hurt you" sort of thing. She hasn't taken to it, though.
I'm willing to try anything. I don't know what kind of past she's had, but it's clear it wasn't a happy one.