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My 3 y/o adopted boy use to do the running away. I have him 14 months now. He doesn't like to be picked up period. I bend down, strech my arms out, tell him to come to momma, he'll lay down now on his side and wait for me to pick him up. I have always picked up my dogs by scooping them up, I put one hand under their butt and the other hand I put under their front legs, this puts no pressure on any body parts, and it's a secure hold.