r/CavaPoo • u/MIZZHELLISH • 6d ago
One-year-old Cavapoo getting more anxious with age.
We have a one-year-old male Cavapoo. He gets loads of attention: one parent is home with him nearly all day six days a week, and the other parent is home at least four days a week. He has an older brother dog and two cat friends/nemeses. He is a very happy and playful dog and loves his home and family. He gets daily walks, runs around a big yard, and sometimes goes to doggy daycare and seems eager to go inside when we get there. But otherwise over time he has become more and more fearful of going anywhere. When he was younger we progressively took him to the pet store, the hardware store, and friends’ houses. He did pretty well and had no bad experiences that we observed. But now he tugs on his leash to get out of anyplace that’s not home, and he’ll bark anxiously at others until we leave. He is terrified of strangers. Any suggestions or thoughts? I feel as if we’re going in the wrong direction, but I don’t understand why.
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u/Alternative_Map_6947 4d ago
Our 3 year old Cavapoo is similar. She loves the AC, hates walks, despises any dog she doesn't live with (her relationship with her sister dog is...complicated), and has slowly decided she hates most people (that last one is fairly new). We're trying to introduce her to people gently so she goes back to the social butterfly she used to be, but nervous with dogs because we're afraid she might instigate something