I don't think it can be done. They are too smart and curious. Ours are trained to stay within a very close range. One must have absolute come back obedience and then with that, one just says "no" if they begin to move to a range you do not like and with that they learn what the OK range is. But, we had an experience where a heeling off leash yorkie "spooked" in a very familiar place and ran across a road so busy a car passed over it. It ran until it hit a barbed wire fence. I have seen that scene a thousand times in my dreams and I will never have one off leash again unfenced with any chance of traffic. We to this day do not know what spooked him. He was one lucky dog. So, mine are trained to the max and I will not rely on that training. They are very bright and very curious and ...dogs. Think of them as young smart kids, without adult judgement that will never get adult judgement. Don't risk it. I would have never forgiven myself if the car had taken his life and it was due to my stupidity depending on him to "think" like an adult reliable person. |