Have you ever tried to win over an anxious dog? When our producer, Parham, was asked to dog sit his friend's dog, he knew it would take some work. Watch if he was able to win him over by the end of the week!
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00:00oh buddy oh i'm so sorry i can't take you with us bud and you'll be in such good hands
00:20so i'm gonna be dog sitting for a friend while she's gone i wonder if he's gonna remember me
00:25i was a bit worried because roscoe is an anxious dog
00:27ah let's see how this goes
00:34hello being a producer at the dodo i've seen lots of people win over anxious dogs
00:41we're gonna spend some time together over the next few days you seem a bit confused
00:49at first he wasn't interested in anything
00:53it's time to take you outside buddy can i put this on you
00:58can i no
01:06okay let's uh let's try something else i'm gonna take a piece of his treat and see if
01:11that will help got a piece of treat now will you put it on
01:18yes
01:19oh oh almost yeah that's good that's good now we can go on our walk
01:32a few days later he trusted me a little bit more
01:39i even tested it i would walk and see if he runs away and then i would back off and see if he
01:45follows me and he was testing the waters he definitely started following me around
01:52we started getting along
01:55all right ready for your dinner i started to learn his routine better
02:07i don't even need to bribe him to take him on a walk anymore
02:15he would even follow me all around apartments he turned into a velcro dog
02:25he would even do tricks for me he would even greet me when i would come into his space
02:32my few days of pet sitting were finally over and we had to say bye
02:37so how do you feel that your parents will be back soon i mean we'll still see each other but
02:43no more dog sitting for me for now but i'll be back
02:47and this was his reaction getting reunited with his mom
02:55after a while i got to see him again at the dotor office and he remembered me really well
03:01and if i get the opportunity to pet sit for rothko again i definitely would