i adopted a verry sweet 4 Year old Siberian Husky earlier today she was... to say the least verry timid in the car ride to Petsmart & Home almost as if she was \Scared** to be in the car. she was open to being petted by strangers while we had her with us at Petsmart, and showed some signs of previous training or atleast Attempts. (employee had done a hand-sign for Sit and she did it right away)
now that my roomate and i have her home, she's afraid to stay in the livingroom, feels spooked to be on a bed or couch with me or my roomate, we dont know what could be wrong or how to help her "Heal". the Adoption clinic only could tell us she was a stray. so we have no previous owner history.
*Mid post Edit* We just noticed the side of her neck is slightly swollen and she's missing a fair bit of her teeth. we're both at a loss how we can help her, we DONT want to haveto take her back neither,
~~ Edit 1: to @xjasonsteelex & @arealshirt ty for the advice we did take her with to get dinner just because atm alot of cables she could get tangled around on from our computer desks that we didnt want to leave her to potentially getting caught up in and/or hurt herself, she Immedaly has changed about the car shes chilling now in the car not spooked like at first, shes starting to open a little allready, we're thinking that Sal your right that its the new home jitters.
We're going to call the center in the morning *regardless* as we still after putting past the fact or "New Home Jitters" theres signs of previous owner abuse, we Haveto report it so that can be made aware as well we'll be making calls to local vets to have her looked at about the neck n teeth. hopefully w/ the neck its some mild irritation from something minor, and teeth is more she's a late bloomer w/ Puppy teeth.
As for any Safe spaces, She has strangely made the kitchen where our HUUGE window AC that we leave on at night as her "Safe space", shes starting to on her own come upto me and our roomate's rooms on her own. ~~
Edit 2: We have her a Small problem, shes Really avoiding actual food and is only eating treats/scraps? she tried a Milk-bone and we heard a \Whimper** like that hurt her ;-;. We dont want to take her back but we.. we cant afford to see her like this as we're afraid shes mentally Shut down to the point shes actively avoiding food outside scraps, and it cant be good for her to eat ONLY scraps. We're trying but its hurting to see her starving herself like this. If we haveto do this, then ty for those that responded ;-;
now that my roomate and i have her home, she's afraid to stay in the livingroom, feels spooked to be on a bed or couch with me or my roomate, we dont know what could be wrong or how to help her "Heal". the Adoption clinic only could tell us she was a stray. so we have no previous owner history.
*Mid post Edit* We just noticed the side of her neck is slightly swollen and she's missing a fair bit of her teeth. we're both at a loss how we can help her, we DONT want to haveto take her back neither,
~~ Edit 1: to @xjasonsteelex & @arealshirt ty for the advice we did take her with to get dinner just because atm alot of cables she could get tangled around on from our computer desks that we didnt want to leave her to potentially getting caught up in and/or hurt herself, she Immedaly has changed about the car shes chilling now in the car not spooked like at first, shes starting to open a little allready, we're thinking that Sal your right that its the new home jitters.
We're going to call the center in the morning *regardless* as we still after putting past the fact or "New Home Jitters" theres signs of previous owner abuse, we Haveto report it so that can be made aware as well we'll be making calls to local vets to have her looked at about the neck n teeth. hopefully w/ the neck its some mild irritation from something minor, and teeth is more she's a late bloomer w/ Puppy teeth.
As for any Safe spaces, She has strangely made the kitchen where our HUUGE window AC that we leave on at night as her "Safe space", shes starting to on her own come upto me and our roomate's rooms on her own. ~~
Edit 2: We have her a Small problem, shes Really avoiding actual food and is only eating treats/scraps? she tried a Milk-bone and we heard a \Whimper** like that hurt her ;-;. We dont want to take her back but we.. we cant afford to see her like this as we're afraid shes mentally Shut down to the point shes actively avoiding food outside scraps, and it cant be good for her to eat ONLY scraps. We're trying but its hurting to see her starving herself like this. If we haveto do this, then ty for those that responded ;-;