Off The Lead Antics

[Lise]

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little monkey!!!!!!

We are trying to see if we can let him off the lead.

We practiced in the in laws horse training sandy area, iits size of tennis court and fenced.

We let him off and he ran, I called using my best "Floyd here!!" and he ran, no, he sprinted, past me and through the fence into the paddocks with a look of mischief on his face.

Seriously though, I was so scared that he would just carry on and escape through the hedges and across the fields, or injure himself, MOH had to catch him, eventually, it was so frightening.

The lady we got him from called last night to see how he is and tells me his sister walks off the lead all the time, but she admitted he is headstrong.

What are we doing wrong? instead of calling him from one side ot the menage to the other and maybe encouraging him to run, should we have just walked around off the lead with him near us??? is is still to young and got to much going on (4th week with us, new home, environment ???) it's a shame, because he looked like he really love his little but speedy run

If he does something we don't like what is the best way to deal with it, how can we teach him that running off is not good.

BTW we had his fave treats but he was running to fast and freely to have given a hoot about them.

Lise

 

[urchin]

I had a scare with Digit yesterday - I'd gone over to a friends house and popped over to the village green to see if he or Audrey wanted a wee. There was a collie playing ball in the middle and Dij clearly wanted to go join him..........he twisted against me and the clip on his lead gave way - next thing i know he's running around in big loopy circles, with no thought at all to the traffic on 3 sides of the green. I on the other hand was beside myself - knowing that running over to him would only make him run more, and like you, my dog was having way too much fun to bother with treats. After a couple of heart stopping minutes I managed to get the collie's owners to realise that the situation was potentially dangerous (and NOT just a big laugh :rant: :rant: ) and they called their dog to heal, taking the game away from Dij.....at which point he thought i was interesting enough to come back to - luckily no harm done (with the possible exception of my blood pressure!)

he's been doing so well at recall in the park as well!

 

[Whip]

We kept our first pup on the lead until we felt we could trust her and then we only let her off in remote places where we could see all around us for miles.

It gets easier when you get more as they stick together , most of the time (w00t)

 

[bardmand]

It is really not always easy to learn a dog to come when called. I might finally have made a breakthrough with my pup - she loves her new kong on a rope, and I have started using it as a reward for her when she comes. In her case, it is a much stronger motivation than any treat.