Hi, we adopted our little girl Meg a month ago today. She was very nervous, but everday she gets better. We recently booked a vets appointment for her and were worried how she would deal with actually being in the vets (is scared of people being around her). However, when we tried to get her in to the car she was so scared that I had to cancel the appointment. I had also booked a playing field for an hour, but had to cancel that too.
I sat on the back seat with some rewards for her. She would not get in, so hubby picked her up and placed her on the seat. I tried to get her to lay down and rest her head in my lap, but she was so scared that she ended up hanging round my neck and trying to scramble her way out through the back window. We then decided that maybe she would be better of in the van, but that was exactly the same. She let off wind very loudly. which we saw as a sign to get her out quickly!!! We brought her back indoors and she was hypervenitillating very badly. After about 30 minutes she calmed down.
We are now coaxing her to come up to us by the car with treats, which she very gingerly does. However when moving on to sitting in the car and offering her a treat, there is no way!
We have now started to park the car in the back garden, so that she can see us driving off from the window and make sure she see's us when we come back. Hopefully she will learn that if she wants to be with us, she will have to get in the car.
Has anybody have an similar experiences and if so how did you overcome your Greys fear of travelling?
