<span style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”>This simple act of getting this little dog to eat a piece of meat from my hand took nearly 3 weeks. We rescued Cookie and her puppies from the shelter earlier this month. The pups are adorable sweethearts and love everyone. She was absolut</span><span class=”text_exposed_show” style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”>ely terrified of everything – people, noises, you name it. First week she’d try to frantically escape from any contact. Finally I could get a leash on her and walk her, but she’d stand frozen in place and wanted nothing to do anyone coming near her. But finally things are turning around – her tail is wagging, she’ll eat out of my hand and let me pet her, however she’s still very skittish. Very glad to have seemingly turned a corner and hope things keep getting better from here- she’s been a tough Cookie to crumble. <i class=”_4-k1 img sp_acb80g sx_603649″ style=”background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/ym/r/niU6oZtmDmn.png); background-position: -51px -222px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: auto; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;”></i></span><br /><span class=”text_exposed_show” style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”><br /></span><span class=”text_exposed_show” style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”><br /></span><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><a href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MxbQTYAhPHQ/UxK0I0RwxQI/AAAAAAAABks/dCPxXFF6bSU/s1600/Cookie+eat.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”><img border=”0″ src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MxbQTYAhPHQ/UxK0I0RwxQI/AAAAAAAABks/dCPxXFF6bSU/s1600/Cookie+eat.jpg” height=”266″ width=”400″ /></a></div><br /><div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”><a href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-akDu50bSn4k/UxK0WCWkAqI/AAAAAAAABk0/pqd48n3CT6k/s1600/Cookie.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”><img border=”0″ src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-akDu50bSn4k/UxK0WCWkAqI/AAAAAAAABk0/pqd48n3CT6k/s1600/Cookie.jpg” height=”266″ width=”400″ /></a></div><span class=”text_exposed_show” style=”background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”><br /></span>