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Old 05-05-2006, 10:49 AM   #9
Tiger's Mom
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Originally Posted by mommyof2
Okay. So my Yogi has started the "catch me if you can" game. He really only does it when he has something in his mouth that he shouldn't have or even worse, when he is outside.

This morning, I had him outside in the backyard. He is out there a lot and I usually don't have a problem with him. It's fenced in but he's never out there alone because he's tiny and I know that he will find a place to get out, eventually. He was running around, found a stick, (I don't like him to chew on sticks because I'm worried about the splinters). I called his name and started walking towards him. He takes off!!!! Found a place in the fence he could get through and he's gone ! I run around to the gate and proceed to spend the next 20 minutes trying to get him. He doesn't go out of our yard but he hides under our cars where I can't get to him. I'm outside at 6:30 in the morning, in my pj's and bathrobe, trying to catch my dog!!

Anyone else have this issue? Any advice on how to stop this soooo not fun game of "catch me if you can"? He doesn't it in the house, too. It's gotten so bad that every time I (or anyone else in the family) , try to get him because he has something in his mouth, like my husband's sunglasses this morning, he takes off and we have to team up to catch him. It's obvious that he is enjoying himself and thinks it's fun, but we are sooo not amused around here!
Any advice would be wonderful!!
I am so having the same exact problem . .the only difference is that he is never outside without a leash so this game always happens inside the house. He sleeps with me every night and lately all he does around the wee hours of the morning is jump off the bed and play. I try to get him but he goes under the bed (hubby is going to enclosed it soon - hope very soon) . . .I lure him with treats, anything and in the past he would come but I guess he has found out that luring him means game over so he does not come. Just this morning, I told him time to eat, well . . .It took a long time for me to get him to come close to the food so I can pick him up and take him to the laundry where he needs to finish his meal, as the pee pad is in there as well . . . I would surely want to know if anyone has a solution to this.

I will definitely NOT play this game when Annika comes home . . . this is not a fun game anymore.
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