mokwa32
Alpha Buck
Hi guys,
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p348/magsmokwa29/IMAG1292_zpslpm5g8yf.jpg
This is Pony my little mini lop doe. She has had a lot of upheaval in her short life with 3 previous homes and not much love. Previously with 'fancy' breeders. She is due for spay in just over a week
She isn't very friendly, what I mean is she doesn't want to be close to us but she is so sweet, and I am really trying to gain her trust. If she is in her pen she will poke her nose through for rubs and let me rub her cheeks. But if her pen is open and she is free ranging she won't allow me such contact. She will run up, smell my hand and run away.
I am partly thinking this is hormonal and after a spay she will be more tactile like my other doe, and also due to being unsettled her whole life. I am hand feeding her treats. She seems scared of hands? I think she was possibly force bred maybe, if she sees a hand from above she is off like a shot. And looks scared.
She is very outgoing I am discovering seeing her Investigating the whole upstairs during free range time which is all day.
She likes the kids bedroom!
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p348/magsmokwa29/Mobile Uploads/2015-01/IMAG0039_zpssn5dz8sb.jpg
I approach her slowly from low down and keep my hand low to feed her treats. I try and give her a stoke when she is eating her treat. But she may dart back and fore with her treat as if afraid to relax and feel safe. And sometimes it is almost a lunge. Again this might be hormonal? I go about my normal business upstairs, fetching things for my children and housework so she gets used to normal routines. I really want to give her some love but she doesn't know what this is, or how to receive it.
I am just hoping for any tips or advice to be able to gain her trust and feel closer to her? I am patient. I know once she is spayed she will improve from a hormonal perspective. My husband thinks she Is a weirdo. He is scared of her too because she bit him once. His own fault it was. But she bit me once when I was giving her hay, I think she got a fright with the hay moving around. She isn't generally a biter though.
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p348/magsmokwa29/Mobile Uploads/2015-01/IMAG0020_zpshuzbjru9.jpg
Also if anyone has a similar experience or story to share with a nice hopeful ending? [emoji813]
Thank you
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p348/magsmokwa29/IMAG1292_zpslpm5g8yf.jpg
This is Pony my little mini lop doe. She has had a lot of upheaval in her short life with 3 previous homes and not much love. Previously with 'fancy' breeders. She is due for spay in just over a week
She isn't very friendly, what I mean is she doesn't want to be close to us but she is so sweet, and I am really trying to gain her trust. If she is in her pen she will poke her nose through for rubs and let me rub her cheeks. But if her pen is open and she is free ranging she won't allow me such contact. She will run up, smell my hand and run away.
I am partly thinking this is hormonal and after a spay she will be more tactile like my other doe, and also due to being unsettled her whole life. I am hand feeding her treats. She seems scared of hands? I think she was possibly force bred maybe, if she sees a hand from above she is off like a shot. And looks scared.
She is very outgoing I am discovering seeing her Investigating the whole upstairs during free range time which is all day.
She likes the kids bedroom!
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p348/magsmokwa29/Mobile Uploads/2015-01/IMAG0039_zpssn5dz8sb.jpg
I approach her slowly from low down and keep my hand low to feed her treats. I try and give her a stoke when she is eating her treat. But she may dart back and fore with her treat as if afraid to relax and feel safe. And sometimes it is almost a lunge. Again this might be hormonal? I go about my normal business upstairs, fetching things for my children and housework so she gets used to normal routines. I really want to give her some love but she doesn't know what this is, or how to receive it.
I am just hoping for any tips or advice to be able to gain her trust and feel closer to her? I am patient. I know once she is spayed she will improve from a hormonal perspective. My husband thinks she Is a weirdo. He is scared of her too because she bit him once. His own fault it was. But she bit me once when I was giving her hay, I think she got a fright with the hay moving around. She isn't generally a biter though.
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p348/magsmokwa29/Mobile Uploads/2015-01/IMAG0020_zpshuzbjru9.jpg
Also if anyone has a similar experience or story to share with a nice hopeful ending? [emoji813]
Thank you