this happened to me too. thank goodness we use a flexi leash. (hard plastic handle) it was heavy enough to slow him down. i scooped him up quick. we need patience with our pups they can be like toddlers. |
I know it sounds like the hardest thing in the world, but if this happens again you have to stay calm. If you get upset the puppy will hear that in your voice and think there is something to be scared of, which in turn will scare your puppy and make it run away all the more. I know it's hard, trust me, but coming to you has to be a fun and enjoyable thing. if it happens agains try saying come here buddy in a sing song voice. This worked for my little one just yesterday. He slipped loose and I just kept my calm and said come here buddy and he stopped and looked at me, not great, but enough to get a hold of him. Also I don't know where you are located, but I imagine the puppy was acting weird because the weather is starting to get nice. Our dog wants us to take him out like every 20 minutes and then once outside he just goes nuts. He's just so excited it's nice weather, and there are so many new smells and such. |
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Putting a dog in time-out after you've gotten back in the house accomplishes nothing (other than letting you chill). It doesn't matter if the time-out is in a crate or elsewhere, the dog has no clue what he's in trouble for at that point. As an aside, trainers say we should NEVER punish a dog who comes to us. Even if it's when dog has been running from us for the last 30 minutes. Punish him then and you teach him to run longer next time. Always praise/reward a dog who comes to you! :animal36 Teach "come" in a place with fewer distractions at first. Start in your house, them move out to your back yard, then the front yard, etc, etc. |
How scary! Our grandkids get off the bus here after school and would stay we me until parents are home from work. When we first got Reggie I would take her out to meet the bus. One day the kids came running and screaming off the bus and ran towards her. She thought it was a game and took off like a bat out of hell. I started running after her so she just ran faster. Finally I stopped, then so did she. I called her, it took a couple of times, but she finally came to me and I praised her for coming. Fortunately, this took place in our backyard and down the alley, not near cars. I'm sure if cars would have been involved, I would have set a track record trying to get to her. I think once you start chasing after them, it becomes a game. Hope you don't have to go through that again but locking her up isn't good, doesn't solve the problem and although they are very much like virtual two year olds, they are not children. |
We have all been in your shoes, scared to death over something our pups did. You are learning just like all of us did. Hang in there, take a deep breath, it's okay. |
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