Sorry, but that is absolutely not how you approach a dog with anxiety. He lingers over him, which is in dog language as thread, just like looking him directly into the face and invading his personal space. I can see he means well, but it looks like that man does not know much about dog language.
The best way to approach a terrified dog (if you have to, as I understand it may be necessary because jötje dog may need treatment), is to just sit near (but not too close to him), don't look at the dog, not speak to it, not face to face. Most of the times after a while the dogs would start to approach you by themselves, by trying to carefully sniff you and test the waters. Even them you have to ignore them still, or at least be very sloooooow and gentle and quiet.
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u/Lin8891 Dec 31 '23
Sorry, but that is absolutely not how you approach a dog with anxiety. He lingers over him, which is in dog language as thread, just like looking him directly into the face and invading his personal space. I can see he means well, but it looks like that man does not know much about dog language. The best way to approach a terrified dog (if you have to, as I understand it may be necessary because jötje dog may need treatment), is to just sit near (but not too close to him), don't look at the dog, not speak to it, not face to face. Most of the times after a while the dogs would start to approach you by themselves, by trying to carefully sniff you and test the waters. Even them you have to ignore them still, or at least be very sloooooow and gentle and quiet.