Adding my two cents for only a penny
Don't feel like your Dragon hates you! Hate is such am extreme term....
Honestly my big guy Curious was kinda of a jerk toward my GF he would run from her, and hiss and
black beard, and look at her like she had one eyr ball and 12 toes.. in his defense he put up a good fight however I also very proud of Manda for sticking to her love of animals and not giving up
She would slowly build it up spend a few mins or so just trying to pet him then wait abit, try hand feeding him some worms which to my amazement she even touched, but he'd come grab his nibbles and then back off... and she try again to just pet him and then when petting he was happy they both worked on handling.
I'm kinda of a no choice I love you kinda style and I found it works well also, Curious I find is little restless when I handle him at times I use the
Hand over hand never ending run way approach and he comes to result well... I'm being held so I might as well enjoy it and he relaxed and kinda just goes into a coma mode ( works great when I kinda wanna help his shed in those hard to shed places)
Pinkie on the other hand is restless until I find a treat or a very bright light to sit under.... even when handling him. He loves his basking light so he tends to wanna climb back toward it. I turn on my lamp and sit under it tho and his totally fine
Don't be discouraged or overwhelmed by dragons they r kinda of a dragon to dragon basis and take alot of joy in learning their behaviour and don't be shy of being highly involved in their lives as much as they involve themselves in yours...
Lol Im a huge fan of saying
Anything to improve my pets life will im prove my own.