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Originally Posted by FlyingNimbus  I understand, the strays I have been used to were rather playful but thats probably because they had a massive yard to play with -- the weather was tropical, and they probably had owners previously.
She probably wasn't a stray her whole life... and my brother mentioned at some point in her life she had babies because of how her nipples are always erect or something like that (it's completely different from sasha who was spayed at 6-8months and never had pups).
She uhh, we took her to the backyard with a leash and harness and thank god she was wearing a harness and not a collar because she was fine...but the neighbors behind us were really... how do I put this nicely "bright" and let their 5-8 year old children take care of their apparently recent small dog and the kids let the dogs play with the chicken (the fence is one of those green ones but somehow you can still get a glimpse from a far even if you're not really trying to look...
So their small dog was running around chasing the chickens... Apparently they got rid of their pit bull as I havent seen it in months... (probably got sick or ran off from being left out all day long , every day unsupervised and neglected)....
My dog heardthe dog chase the chickens and chicks... so suddenly she sees him running around, and she tries to chase after him. She sprinted so fast and so rapidly she essentially did a sommersault and landed on her back... Not sure if that was my fault but she's never actually done that, nor has she ever taken interest in other dogs more than just looking... except for that big dog but she just barked from afar....
Is there a way to prevent her from doing that? its the only place she seems to be comfortable enough to poop consistently and pees easily within minutes.... |
Many stray dogs have puppies, doesn't mean someone owned her. Yeah she may have at one time had a home, this is something you will never know. You have to work with who she is now. You are both learning about each other.
If you are using a 6 foot leash, get rid of it, put it away until she is trained not to dash (lunge forward). 6 foot leash is to long and the reason she flipped over on her back.
I had this happen to my boy at an obedience session. The trainer took Cody's leash from me to show me how to control his "lunging" I was using a 6 foot leash but always had it wrapped around my hand several times so it would be shorter, the trainer gave him the full length of the leash Cody dashed came to the end of the leash, became air bound flipped in the air and landed on his back. Needless to say I ripped into the trainer.
Use a 4 foot leash, you have better control over her pulling and dashing and will avoid back flips. You haven't stated if she pulls when she is on a leash, there are technics to train this out of her. You
really must get professional training for yourself to properly train this dog.