Quote Originally Posted by Dogmama View Post

I trust that Chloe has found her nitch by now? German Shepherds take a bit of time to settle in, but once they have, they own you. They're typically one family dogs, so if this little sweetie has been moved around, she was probably a little upset.

Regarding your computer room, has she entered yet? If not, you might want to shut the computer off & see if that helps. The disks might be making a high pitched noise that we cannot hear. Dog's hearing is much better than ours and they especially hear high pitches that we cannot. That's one reason why most dogs respond better to women's high pitched "OH-AREN'T-YOU-JUST DARLING!" voices.
Chloe is becoming more comfortable. I'm wondering if she'd been abused in her former home as movements just freak her out. She'll now play with one of her doggie toys if I play with her (ok, twist my arm ). We do a couple of walks a day and she's getting more comfortable with the neighborhood. She's always by my side when I'm at home.

I thought of computer noise as a reason why she won't go into that room. I think it's the speakers--they buzz when a taxi or emergency vehicle (ambulance, fire, police) go by. I've shut them off and she'll come in only as far as I'm sitting.

I had to leave her alone for several hours the other day to attend a training. There were no accidents but I found that she had gone into my laundry basket and took out the bras and socks and scattered them in the living room -- didn't destroy them, just redecorated. I brought her to work yesterday where I was conducting a group (women in recovery who happen to have trust issues). She handled it pretty well and the women were great with her (very small group) when an unfortunate incident took place. Let's just say it took gloves, paper towels (lots of paper towels) and not nearly enough Fabreze to take care of it.

It's only been a week and it feels like we've been together forever.