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    Suddenly Afraid Of Our Tile Floors

    in Training and Behavior discussion

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    Yea! She's making progress! I got some rugs down to help her get through the hallway and into our bedroom so she can sleep in there with us like she usually does. Heading in doesn't seem as scary to her, it's the coming out. But she did it and got rewarded with lots of praise and yummy treats. There's enough rugs scattered around the house now that hopefully she just keeps getting more confident that it is safe for her to go where she wants. But thankfully I'm noticing that her fear is pretty localized to just one part of the house. (And nail trimming is Saturday even though she does keep hers pretty short on her own with all her zooming and digging.)

     

    I do think that she may have slightly hurt a back leg in her initial sliding/falling scare - like a muscle is sore. She walks around just like normal, but when she went out for her mid-morning zoomies (she has created a "racetrack" in our backyard) she stopped three times in the exact same spot where she makes a turn around a tree, like it was just too sore to do a high-speed turn and needed to walk instead. I'll keep an eye on it.

    Suddenly Afraid Of Our Tile Floors

    in Training and Behavior discussion

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    Thank you! I moved the ones we have last night to make her a trail to the food/water bowls (I did make sure she ate/drank) but I'll have to go buy another one or two today to complete our trail coverage. Thankfully we have a small house!

     

    It seems she's only scared in the hallway where she must have slipped. She's pretty confident in the other areas still. But it's as Silverfish said, back there she is so nervous and does such a panicked style walk she makes it so much worse that it's like a self fulfilling prophecy - she ends up sliding like Bambi on ice.

     

    Off to the rug store!

    Suddenly Afraid Of Our Tile Floors

    in Training and Behavior discussion

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    I am hoping that the wisdom of GT can help me with an issue that just popped up today. How do I help Chloe overcome her new fear of our tile floors?

     

    About 2-3 months ago we pulled up the carpet in our living area and hallway and put in tile. The kitchen and entryways were already tile. Walking on tile or on slippery floors has never bothered Chloe at all. Until today.

     

    I can only guess at what happened. When I left for errands this morning and when DH left for work, Chloe was lying on the tiled hallway between our two carpeted bedrooms. Whenever either of us comes home, Chloe is the first at the door greeting us with her wagging tail. When I came home from errands, she was not there, just Olivia, and I heard Chloe whimpering and whining back in the bedroom. I was afraid she was hurt, checked her over, and she was physically fine. But she was terrified and would not come out. She did the statue thing. But I wanted to see her walk to make sure that she was walking normal so I put her leash on and persuaded her to come out. She did a mad dash to our first rug and then was fine in the rest of the house and even back in the hallway until this evening. All I can guess is that when she was getting up to come greet me at the door, she slipped, scared herself, and is now afraid.

     

    Later on this evening at dinnertime she was suddenly afraid of the floor again. Their food dishes are in the front entry which is tile and always has been. She walked (on her own) back to the bedroom and then wouldn't come out on her own. I was able to lure her out about two feet with treats and then she wouldn't budge.

     

    How do I help her? I don't want to do anything that reinforces her fear or makes her more afraid.

    New Mom To A Grey With Corns

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    Olivia gets corns as well. I've noticed similar things. That after the corn is removed or even falls out on its own it becomes more sensitive for a few days. I got her a TheraPaw boot for her to wear on walks and it really helps her to avoid limping. I take to off in the house since she mostly lays around like a greyhound.

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