Molly is now 9 months old, Rolo is 18 months, up until now they have both been really socialable with people and other dogs but all of a sudden Molly has become really timid with people, she's ok with OH and myself and my mum and dad but not with other people. Rolo has always been a very 'in your face' dog, he wants to be friends with everyone and everything
OH's friend has just been round and she wouldn't go near him, not even when he offered a treat which is unheard of, she knows him and there has never been a problem before.
Also she's never been keen on traffic but her fear of cars etc also seems to be getting worse. We live in a place where lots of their walks don't involve encountering traffic or people - is this the problem, should she have more pavement walks to get her used to it or will this just make her more miserable?
They were recently in kennels for two weeks while we were on holiday and they seemed to love it there and we certainly had no worries but could this have something to do with it?
I have read lots on here about people getting a 2nd dog and training them separately, I didn't do this and realise this was a mistake and I'm going to have to work harder now ironing out the issues.
Rolo was much easier to train than Molly, he loved his classes and was toilet trained within 2 weeks of bringing him home, we've also had to go right back to basics with Molly's toilet training and she absolutely hated her classes, I only went to a couple and stopped because she was so miserable there, I'm thinking of rejoining but is this the right thing to do?
She is the most affectionate little cocker and I don't want her to go through life being frightened - any advice would be greatly appreciated
