 Determined to get out of the yard
Hi everyone.
For those of you who know me, I have acquired a female breeder dog in the past few weeks. I am working hard with her to try to get her to adjust to her new life. I have come across a VERY BIG problem.
She is "determined" to get out of the yard. I have been going crazy trying to put barriers over every little spot she can find. I am just about to head out to get more tent pegs as we speak to anchor down the little plastic chain link fence we had to put up to keep Wallee away from the front gate. She keeps pushing her head under that so thus the reason for the tent pegs. All the time she is outside, she is pacing around the edges of the fence trying to find any little spot where she can squeeze through. She has gotten out 3 times on me when I turned my back for 2 minutes. (I am always outside with them). I have purchased a collar and a name tag with my phone number in case she manages to escape again, however was wondering if anyone has any ideas as to why she is so obsessed with escape.
I can tell she is stressed and desperate to get out as she has that look on her face where her eyes are popping and she is panting. I can sometimes get her to come to me and she will jump up on my knee but then she jumps down and starts all over again.
Is the yard "overwhelming freedom" to her? Is it because she sees the fencing as a "cage"? I am at a loss and exhausted from trying to take her outside with me as Wallee loves to be out back "guarding" the yard all day. |