07/11/2022
Met this gorgeous girl a few weeks ago. Her name is Freya. Her amazing Parents had a baby and Freya took on the role of “guard”. She was not allowing anyone near the baby except Mom and Dad. She was charging, growling and at times air snapping to provide a warning. Obviously, this can become confusing and concerning and is unacceptable. We had work to do. We fixed up her walk and drained some energy first. We had a Grandmother at the initial appointment. I had to apologize to her as I must have had her get up and approach the baby 40-50 times. We did it with safety as Freya was on leash. I needed Freya to see over and over and over that nothing bad was happening. At the initial appointment it took her a solid 2 hours to kind of give this up. We created a tether in the area for safety but close enough for her to see what was happening. The follow up was Saturday. Freya did amazing! We had Grandparents present. We started with some of the babies clothes (that had been recently worn) wrapped over a towel. She was fine. So, we got the baby and for the first time in almost 10 weeks…the Grandparents were able to hold and carry their beautiful Grandson. While Freya wore a leash she was free. You could see the absolute joy and relief in Freya as well as all the humans present. It was awesome! You got this Freya. ❤️
