[Suze225]

I need some advice.

My 8 1/2 month old yorkie Bella has decided it is GREAT fun to launch sneak attacks to get out of the house. She waits for the front door to open and she bolts. Everyone knows to look for her before they leave, she has taken to hiding near the front door, and running for the hills before the door shuts. Then she runs, and VERY fast through the neighborhood. This happened 4 times in one day. Taking up to 30 minutes to finally catch her. My 3 year old grandson lives with us and he is frequently letting Bella outside. UGH!!!!

This very well behaved dog who listens to every command inside the house, goes totally deaf and dumb outside. Like a puppy on crack. She will not respond what so ever. She will turn and look at you and wait for you to get close, then run. (I never realized that a tiny dog with such short legs could possibly run faster than a jack rabbit. LOL) Its a very fun game......NOT!!! She has ended up shimmying her little behind under other peoples gates to get into their back yards......(Hubby nearly got arrested for jumping someones block fence to grab Bella before she hit the desert behind our houses. LOTS of coyotes out there too. The lady was NOT happy to see a strange man in her back yard.) Not to mention thinking there may be a very unhappy pit bull in one of those back yards.....

When she does this I put her in puppy time outs, I have scolded, yelled, and done everything but swat her to get her to understand that this is a big no no. I am at my wits end and scared to death everytime someone leaves the house. Does anyone have any advice??? Hubby wants to put up an electronic fencing system for small dogs in the front yard. (I am just not sure this is a good idea for such a small dog, she is only 4 pounds.) I am just so scared for her safety and it would devistate me if anything bad happened to her.

Thanks

Sue