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Old February 7th 04, 12:55 AM
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Default how to be a good neighbor/ recall issues

or rather, how not to be a good neighbor, and how do i fix it?

today, while walking Lola, her leash came off her collar. my fault
entirely, as i must not have snapped it on completely. i'll be giving it a
good tug before leaving the house from now on.

i immediately turned and took off towards the house, Lola followed (thank
goodness). then we played the lovely game called, "i'm off leash, and you
can't catch me!" yeah, i think it's time to do some recall work again.
it's been so long since she's been out offleash, this is the first time in
our new house, that she just didn't want to come back inside. can't say i
blame her, i wish we could afford to put up that fence already. i'd call
her to me, she'd come, then at the last minute jump away from my grip and
take off. of course, i kept trying, which reinforced the "let's play"
aspect of it.

anyway, the neighbor came out to make sure his dog was safe (not only safe,
but wagging his tail so hard his body was wagging with it. i don't think he
has had this much fun in years), and tried to help me catch her. she ran up
to the neighbor's porch, and pushed open the half shut door. then she ran
through their brand new house (she's covered in mud, mind you) until chased
out. the neighbor's wife was screaming the whole time and kicked at her as
she slammed the door shut.

then Lola ran up to my porch and asked to be let in, happy as can be.

obviously this can't happen again. we're going to install an invisible
fence, just until we can afford a real one, and of course i'll still be
supervising them while they're out. they just need a chance to run every
day. our 1.5 mile walks aren't doing it. i keep thinking that if she were
allowed to run around outside when she wanted to, it wouldn't be such a big
deal, and she'd be more willing to come back home when asked. obviously we
need to work on that recall again. probably starting over from scratch.
it's just been so nasty outside. we have no lawn yet, so the yard is just
mud and standing water, and it's always cold and raining, so outside
practice is not exactly pleasant. the problem is, she comes easily every
time in the house, meaning we *need* the outside practice. so i guess i'm
going to have to get hip waders or something so we can practice outside.

any suggestions on "fixing" her recall are welcome. also, if anyone knows a
good recipe for "i'm sorry my dog wrecked your house" cookies, let me know.

-kelly


 




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