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Originally Posted by Dougal&Little Try running away from her. It really works. When you do this the first few times you might want to have her fav toy and some treats. The trick is to be the FUNNEST thing around. Call her in a high pitched excited voice and when she comes - LOTS and LOTS of praise. If she's into toys play tug of war with her a bit (always be sure to win the tug of war!) and / or give her treats. |
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for this suggestion. I read this several days ago (Thank God) and I had to use this technique this a.m. We have a fenced in yard, but not in the front of the house. I had the garage door open (it faces the road) so that I could leave to go to work. My husband opened the door that leads to the garage and out runs Millie, she ran out the garage and into the front yard and was headed for the street. My husband was chasing after her. I told him to stop. I told him to let her chase him, but he did not understand. So I started running and make a general fool of myself, making it seem like a game and running away from Millie. Sure enough, Millie started chasing after me! I ran to the fence gate and opened it up all the while telling Millie "don't get your Mommy" and I ran into the fenced in area and Millie chased after me and in she goes too. I hurriedly closed the gate on her and proceeded to tell my husband: "There! That's how its done!"
I learned a great lesson, I hope my husband did too.