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Originally Posted by ThePetKitchen  Wow! That is scary! I do tons of recall training - especially with my Shiba Inu (shiba's cannot ever be trusted off-lead due to their high prey drive). Even now, everytime I call their names and they come, I praise them like crazy. It comes in handy when you get in a situation like yours.
Awesome that your dog went home and stayed put when you asked. Kudo's for good training! |
Yeah I am so thankful that I tought Maxi stay command since he was a little pup.
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Originally Posted by shawnzeppi You can never be reminded of this enough. In addition to checking the tightness of the harness, I also always double check the integrity of the plastic buckle attachment. One of my guys has serious aggression issues when he sees anything new (we are working on that, but its really tough training), if he were to get away he easily could run out into the street. I am trying to break him of trying to chase after cars - it would be heartbreaking if due to a mistake with the harness he were to get loose doing this.  |
You are so right about checking the plastic buckle attachment. I always check it before we go out.