I adopted/rescued a very skittish 5yo coming girl who is always acting scared (see my other thread re Skye).

I have been following everyones advice and mainly ignoring her, and every now and again she will come out her igloo bed, lay on the mat in front of me, paws stretched out and just stare at me...before then going back to her bed.

What does this mean?

In my opinion, it just appears that she's coming to check you out. Sometimes my lil boy Diamond just looks at me watches me. In the begin he just watched and now he follows me everywhere. Her coming out and playing attention to you just seems like a step in the right direction.

Do you, or your wife, have any experience with dogs before Skye?

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"My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet." - Edith Wharton

It means Progress
She's decided she'd like to get to know you and get a little closer.

We had dogs as kids Jerry's Mom...why??

Progress

My chis always just sit or lay there and stare at me for hours lol i think it is progress like the others have said she's just checkig you out

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Thanks for your reply. So happy!!