Escaped puppy Hi, Our pup is now 7 months old. He's a lovely dog, fully peepad trained and loves his walks and playing in the house. He's beginning to learn sit, down, and stay but has a ways to go. We mostly have a gate in our family room that keeps him in that area, but occasionally he's in the living room. The trouble with the living room is that, if someone opens the door to answer it or to check mail, he is apt to run out -- since he's small and lightning fast, he is hard to stop. I've managed to get him back in the house but am worried that one time I won't. I'm hoping he becomes trained to come or stay in future, but the trouble is what is best to do when this happens now. I know it's dangerous to chase him since that will make him run faster and I don't want him on the road (and he runs WAY faster than I do).... What have you found to be the best way to recover our pups when they sneak out the door and fly down the steps? Thanks. Linda |
I'll be watching this topic. Same sort of issue. If Lucy starts running, she just runs faster if I run after her. I don't want to have to have her on the leash anytime we're outside or there's a chance of her getting outside. |
Grab the pups attention & run the opposite direction & most often they will follow. |
Some years back one of my babies got loose, she was about 10 months or a year old, it was on a camping trip, she took off in the woods with me running behind her, I knew me chasing her she would run faster, I stopped and grabbed a branch then shouted out her name and said FETCH, she stopped running, looked at me, I threw the branch, as she ran past me to fetch the branch I was able to grab her. Yes I agree with lillymae's suggestion, it worked for me. |
We had a similar problem with our young shih tzu many years ago. We were walking her in the park when we dropped the lead and she took off. We couldn't catch her and were worried she would run to the road though it was still fairly far away. She didn't have much prey drive or fetching interest and we had no toys with us. So, hard though it was, we stopped chasing her and sat under a tree. When she realized we weren't chasing, she stopped and then came over to see what we were doing :-) With our Yorkie pup though it was a real worry -- nightime, snow, and a road quite close.... Linda |
Whenever the doorbell rings, I don't rush to open it. First I tell Dutch to sit and she if can't sit still, then I pick her up. We are still working on sitting. You can also use members of your household to help train her by ringing the doorbell, tell her to sit and if she complys give her treat. She should start associating the doorbell with sitting and getting a treat. This is how I am training Dutch and it seems to be working. She's at about 90%. For those times she just doesn't want to sit still. I just pick her up. One more thing....I never, ever open the door until I know exactly where the little stinker is. Whoever rang the bell can wait a few minutes until I am sure Dutch is secured and can't make a run for the door. |
Hi, I've made a few changes since our pup took off out the door so suddenly. We now have some puppypen fencing that can be pulled over the entrance to the vestibule when the pup is in the main part of the house. I've also taken to carrying a few pieces of dry food in my pocket and providing a treat when he comes to me when I call. I notice that now when I call him he's now running from wherever he is to come and get his treat. But he's a bit wary that I may want to pick him up :-) and is trying to get his treat and then run off fast, so I've started getting him to sit before getting the treat. That seems to calm him and stabilize him a bit more. Linda |
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