would there be any suggestion on how to break the ice of my puppy's shy/timid behaviour?
His name is Donut. He waves and got pretty excited when he sees me return home but he would never run to me ..... If i walk forward to him, he will run away (more like jumping away like a rabbit) to hide from me. Probably not just me... any humans.
But at times if i sit down quietly, he will eventually come and manja with me.
I've tried to attract his attention with yogurt, dog cookies, etc (probably they r the food he likes), but it will take ages before he come foward to me.
He's not the 1st dog i had.... and also not the 1st silky i had... but sumhow he is the 1st that runs away from me (not entirely though).
The vet once told me this situation is due to his size and he would be better if he turns approx. 6 mths old. Could it be true?
did u only recently bring donut home? Maybe he just needs time to adjust to his new environment.
Also, I think it's important to see who he was with before he came home with you. Sometimes, the puppy's previous owner might have done something to the pup to make the pup develop a fear for humans...ie excessive scolding, shouting, sometimes even beating.
But don't worry too much, dogs have a way to know who loves them and who will not harm them. Maybe after more 'quality' time u spend with donut, he'll begin to come out of his shell a little.
wowww, this is strange case, as Trivor will be like crazy dog when sees me reutrning home from work... I guess you need to socialise your pupp more often, bring him out to meet people, from children to old man, and form small doggies to large dog. Could t be he is used to hide under his own world that makes him feel not safe to greet human/ other doggies? Hope this help? Hope to see his progress!!
donut has been with me for just a month.... prolly time can make up for this...
As for the breeder, the husband is actually a former MKA dog trainer and the wife is also a very nice lady... They haf pretty clean records with dogs... They r the parents of a good fren of mine... so, should not haf anything wrong from their side...
I'm onli afraid is that donut is not used to my hse, having so many ppl around... and prolly the kids might haf been alil to excited with donut.... just like wut SC and the breeder haf said .... hmmm....
So, I announced at home yesterday, that no one is to scare donut with loud voices or chase him or stamp their feet loudly..... onli donut can chase human!
but things are getting slightly better everyday.... realy hope that he will open up to me more....
Good to hear that the pup didn't have a bad first few weeks of puppyhood. So u know that possiblity is out.
Well, sometimes when kids see these cute lil young pups they can't help but get excited. Maybe donut was a little overwhelmed by them. hehehe...but dun worry I"m sure in no time donut will be playing with them and prolley barking even louder!
Enjoy this while u can, once donut comes out of his shell, he'll wanna boss u around and that time also u pening! hehe So just enjoy lor for now!
sumhow wut u said is pretty rite... Donut's beginning to come out from the lil shell.... started to bark when excited (getting noisy) .... and out of 10 times of calling her to "come", he will actually run to me like 5 times. hehe!
come alone lar!! I'm not bringing Sparkle too cause he's not finished his vaccination yet too. Ming Yang also not bringing Mocha.
We both went for the jungke trekking without our dogs too and it was great fun!! hehe...and since we don't have to dogsit, we can mingle with ALL the dogs!!!
Now donut masuk the new gang liao....used to Sparkle and Mocha...cause keep missing out. Next time they can be the newest edition of pups to join the expeditions!
our walk on 1st of May is cancelled cause the Mayor has barred pets from the trail. Keep a lookout on the "Events and Gathering" thread just in case there's anything new soon!
dun worry abt it, there is lots of other chance that we can meet up ! hehe let the mama do the socializing 1st before our kids. anyway, like michelle says keep a look out in the event post in case anything crops up ! we had a really good time today... and we are trying to make it a more often kinda event thingy. so, keep ur appointment book ready and let us "date" u lar.
Cookie looks damn scary la!!! Why the eyes can turn RED wan??!! Look more like a FIERY LION!!
Wah...if u let his hair down he'll scare all the dogs man...summore with the RED eyes! But Cookie looks like he has a split personality. The CUTE Shih Tzu and the red-eyed Lion!!!
BUt his hairstyle like this quite stylo mylo leh.. kekeke
i like cookie in this hairstyle ler... very "yeng chai" really look like beckham's evil twin brother ! haahahaahaa ! next time, keep this hair style for the gathering, I'm sure the look will "hak sei yan" but after that.. no promise lar...
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..... If i walk forward to him, he will run away (more like jumping away like a rabbit) to hide from me. Probably not just me... any humans. 
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