To expatiate more on this here are some guidelines to follow.
1. Give your dog some space.
Your dog has obviously shown you that he or she is not interested in you, based on this reality, the best thing you can do is let your dog be for a while. Trying to force yourself on your dog would only further damage whatever is left of the relationship by creating more bad experiences with you and giving your dog more reason to abhor you.
For a short while, act as if your dog does not exist to you, that means no talking to them, no touching them, and no eye contact. Basically, you don’t want the state of things to deteriorate further between you and your dog.
More importantly, doing this gives you time to go into the next step of repairing your relationship.
2. Take some time to understand your dog.
This is an important step, you see, each dog breed has its characteristics, and even at that, each dog is unique in behavior. Take your time to learn more about your dog’s breed, if you have already done so before, you need to refresh your knowledge. Your dog not vibing well with you is usually an indication of you doing something they are not comfortable with consistently.
In addition to learning about your dog’s breed, you should understudy your dog’s personality, daily routine, likes, and dislikes. For dogs that were already mature before adoption, a trip to their shelter or former home would come in handy here. Most people would be open to discuss the lives of their former dogs in hope that they are living a better life (and the decision to give them away was the correct one).
If you don’t have the above option, then you will have to depend on your power of observation. Watching your dog interact for a few days or weeks would give you a little insight into how they want to live their lives.
3. Start building a new relationship with your dog.
The keyword here is building a new relationship, which would entail doing things for your dog that leaves him or her dependent on you for such activity. The idea is to create scenarios where good things come to your dog when you are around. This way your dog starts to associate positive things with your presence in their life.
You see with the knowledge of your dog’s personality and interacting with your dog by the way of building up a new relationship, your dog would have no other choice than to reciprocate.
Dogs are social creatures, and no matter how much they may dislike one’s presence, if that same presence comes with benefits for them, they would naturally change their disposition to such an individual.
Use some of these tips to connect with your dog on a deeper level.