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SnowWa · 03-25-2006, 02:01 PM

QUOTE --- They do get scared/traumatized when they get out. Even though they "think" they want freedom or to explore, the strange sounds and smells really frighten them.
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This may be true for some dogs - but not mine. He's 7 months old and got loose for the first time in his life and thought he'd died and gone to heaven. He spent at least 45 minutes on the loose, ran as hard and fast as he could all over the place, smelled everything, pee'd on everything and (even rolled in horse manure) before I caught him. Nothing scared him - not even the horses! I watched him bark at them and then go on his way to something else that was new and exciting.

**** Before this, he always came to a whistle - inside or out (but he was always on a long leash before) --- this time - when he was really loose - when I blew the whistle, he didn't even turn around.......he was on a mission!

He is really being watched now.....he blew it!

Carol Jean

03-25-2006, 02:01 PM	#13
SnowWa YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2,992	QUOTE --- They do get scared/traumatized when they get out. Even though they "think" they want freedom or to explore, the strange sounds and smells really frighten them. _______________________________________________ This may be true for some dogs - but not mine. He's 7 months old and got loose for the first time in his life and thought he'd died and gone to heaven. He spent at least 45 minutes on the loose, ran as hard and fast as he could all over the place, smelled everything, pee'd on everything and (even rolled in horse manure) before I caught him. Nothing scared him - not even the horses! I watched him bark at them and then go on his way to something else that was new and exciting. **** Before this, he always came to a whistle - inside or out (but he was always on a long leash before) --- this time - when he was really loose - when I blew the whistle, he didn't even turn around.......he was on a mission! He is really being watched now.....he blew it! Carol Jean __________________ http://tinypic.com/ipxhmb.jpg A Yorkie is worth a thousand words. Last edited by SnowWa; 03-25-2006 at 02:06 PM.