[Billie]

Oh, that's so sad to think what might have happened to make her so afraid of certain things. Roscoe is that way with gunshots in the distance (dove season, etc) He can hear a gunshot way before we can, and he starts trembling all over and runs to the back door to get in the house. :( Doesn't bother my baby, White Dog, and he's the sissy of the two otherwise. :)

[Mama_Bear]

Isn't it odd what dogs become afraid of? And often we have no idea why. Bear was terrified of a stapler and a hole punch thingie. He had NEVER been mistreated a day in his life!

This is the first rescued dog we have ever taken in, all our others we got when they were tiny puppies. It's sad that she doesn't know how to play with toys, no one ever threw a ball for her and I think she must have spent a lot of time crated because whenever she gets nervous about something she hides out in the foot space under my rolltop desk. She basically would be perfectly happy to sit in my lap all day and be petted and cuddled. And a curious thing is, she loves ALL people. She doesn't show any real fear of men or women, so it doesn't make sense to me that she could have been physically mistreated. But, all anyone has to do is look sternly at her or or speak sharply and she flips over on her back on the floor and nearly dies. It's so pitiful! Anyway, she has a loving home now and will be treated like a little Princess girl every day that she is with us. :-)

Did you see America's Greatest Dog last night? I don't want to mention who won, in case you tivo'd or taped it and haven't watched it yet.