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Terrified of strangers

Postby Electic » Wed Oct 03, 2012 3:29 pm

My poor shyla just got over her fear of going outside (still a work in progress) but I believe the root of her fear of going outside has to do with strangers she sees walking by, although I took her out for walks in the mornings and she would always meet new people, people petting her, even stepping up onto them but lately she's just been deathly afraid of new people. Any ideas on how to overcome this fear?
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Re: Terrified of strangers

Postby Pricey_boy » Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:10 am

if shes trick trained than get strangers to ask her to perform tricks and let them reward her or if shes not trick trained let other people reward her with her favourite treats thts what i did with my long billed corella
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Re: Terrified of strangers

Postby Electic » Fri Oct 05, 2012 3:48 pm

She's very much attached to me and doesn't care for new people and won't do tricks for anyone besides me, even family members, she only performs for me >.<
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Re: Terrified of strangers

Postby dan4 » Wed Dec 05, 2012 5:14 pm

Im having this problem with my irn, he's not even tolerant of anyone being remotely close to the cage apart from me
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Re: Terrified of strangers

Postby Michael » Wed Dec 05, 2012 5:37 pm

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