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Message: In Reply to: Re: posted by Xay on May 13, 1998 at 15:16:51: Great Xay you have gotten very far I think you realize that.. lets take a look at some things.. like you THINK "Sometime she'll jump on my hand thinking that there's a mealworm when there isn't. Is that bad to trick her like that?" Maybe everytime she jumps to your hand you should have good things there for her.. then she will always associate your hand with pleasantries.. thats how some people train dogs.. with lots of love and treats till they do it with out the treats.. as far as being neurotic... well there you may be on a time basis.. I have one we call our adhd neurotic one he jumps at the slightest movement and crabbed all the time in my husbands pocket.. mind you he stopped the crabbing after a couple of months.. the neurosis.. well that is a slightly different story.. alot of patience and i know you have been doing that. but the fact that you can pet her to sleep shows that she already trusts you. Maybe not fully but that may be her type of personality. Are you willing to accept that part of her? the other things can be taken with time.. but the fact she may always be jumpy could be her feeling insecure about her surroundings, or that she has learned that the crabbing has made you stop whatever it was you were doing. My husband just let him crab and continue on. he petted him often through the shirt and talked to him alot. Smokey no longer crabs.. Try feeding her a meal worm or different treats when you look in on her..They love flying insects.. moths, and crickets. but you really are doing real well. As I had said earlier in a past post try a smaller room and have plenty of treats hiding in your shirt pocket coax her over with them and say her name often. It took 2 months before I finally told my husband that Smokey wouldn't come to his name if all he heard from him was sh** and da** which he said often .. EVERYTIME he would take him from his pocket Smokey would quickly go to the curtain, that when those words can\me fling out. after 4 months. Smokey has bonded with Dad very well. he is still a little neurotic.. but we accept that part as being part of his personality.. Dad thinks that he is partly neurotic because he only does it when he is awake. Our Breeder had dogs that would come into the gliders room and bark. So he may have been tramatized prior to us getting him.. so maybe time will tell. in the mean time we accept all the good from him as a guester of love.. he goes with dad everywhere and loves him to death.. the suprises come like licks and suprise visits from the sky at the most inopertune time. like when you turn around and get a major face hug with all claws.. You are doing great ...Have faith in yourself and love her to death.. think of her as a glider that was neglected and abused.. you will appreciate ALL that she does.
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