On my way home from the store this morning I picked up a stray dog after a driver INTENTIONALLY tried to hit her, she's like a border collie mix and she was a bit timid but with some patience I was able to coax her over and load her into the back seat of my car. I work at the local animal shelter so I intend to just take her into work with me when I go in an hour.
When I got home I parked my car in the garage and let her hop out and was going to bring her inside but she started growling at me when I got close to her and won't approach me now so I just pulled the seats in my car forward and left the door open so that she could hop back in. She did, but she hopped in the driver seat and made herself comfortable, growling at me still.
Any tips on how to coax her into the backseat? I put a bowl of dog food on the backseat hoping that she might be hungry and go back there but so far no interest and I don't have any tasty human food to offer her. I'm comfortable driving with her in the car, she just needs to be anywhere in the car other than where she is right now. I know she's just scared and am trying to avoid pushing her into a bite or making her even more fearful, so don't just say something like force her or poke her, if push comes to shove I might have to try spraying her with water or something, but I have 20 mins before I have to leave so gentle techniques are more welcome at this point.
Any advice?
When I got home I parked my car in the garage and let her hop out and was going to bring her inside but she started growling at me when I got close to her and won't approach me now so I just pulled the seats in my car forward and left the door open so that she could hop back in. She did, but she hopped in the driver seat and made herself comfortable, growling at me still.
Any tips on how to coax her into the backseat? I put a bowl of dog food on the backseat hoping that she might be hungry and go back there but so far no interest and I don't have any tasty human food to offer her. I'm comfortable driving with her in the car, she just needs to be anywhere in the car other than where she is right now. I know she's just scared and am trying to avoid pushing her into a bite or making her even more fearful, so don't just say something like force her or poke her, if push comes to shove I might have to try spraying her with water or something, but I have 20 mins before I have to leave so gentle techniques are more welcome at this point.
Any advice?