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| Definitely not safe, I'd keep him leashed at all times then unless you are in a fenced in area. |
| Yes... a leash at all times when not on a secure property so he doesn't end up loosing to a car. I stopped today to take a dog up to someone's house because she wanted to cross a busy road... she had somehow gotten out of the fenced yard. All it takes is just one car and one dog... they've got tunnel vision when they're focused on that one thing and immediately forget about everything else around them. I cried when we saw a rottie lying in the middle of US-31 last summer after he'd been hit... no one even stopped. A leash will give you control of him. |
definetly a leash for the safety of the dog, whether he likes it or not - he's better off! My dad said there is a farm with several OES on his job route (highway/snowplow guy) that says he's always having to slam on the breaks for their dogs and it makes him so angry that they don't keep them tied up or anything. He's so scared he'll hit one day  |
| Yeah... I can completely understand that. It's the innocent person that injures or kills the dog that has to live with it and just because it wasn't their fault doesn't make it any easier. Might see if there's an animal control officer that it can be reported to... but sometimes the owners just don't care. |
| ugh! just yesterday morning Tuc got out on his own while I was trying to take Bogey out on the leash. He got very very lucky when he tried herding a passing car, he actually ran into the side of it.
How do you get them to stop pushing their way out inbetween you and an open door? Its impossible to take them both out at the same time to do their business. And i'm scared to death he's going to do it again and not be so lucky next time!!! He just gets so focused on something that he becomes completely oblivious to any kind of command. |
| We teach every new dog that enters our pack to never cross the threshold of the doors that have access to unsecured areas... like the front doors. (Unless they are collared and on a leash.) Our last trainee was our rescue sheepie we adopted in September- http://www.pomeroys.com/EmmaDarby/Page32.htm
It sounds nuts but what I do is stand in front of them with the door open and slap the threshold and say "NO! NO!.... NO! NO!" and I do not allow them to go over it. If they start to, I push them back and repeat the scolding of the threshold. I do it several times over several days... "not" going out is now just a part of our coming and going and this has worked with all of my 6 dogs. If you think he will try to bolt out the open door, have him on a leash with someone holding it until you can trust him not to charge out the door. Reward for good behavior at the end of the session. Keep it brief, repeat often, end on a positive note if at all possible. Be firm because it's a life and death matter. Good luck to you! Any other ideas out there that might help?? |
jst2cute wrote: How do you get them to stop pushing their way out inbetween you and an open door? Its impossible to take them both out at the same time to do their business .
If I want only one dog out at a time, the other one is either crated, or behind the baby gate. The one going outside on leash before I open the door. If this is outside at the park, then I have them tied to the cargo hold so they can't jump out. I've been doing this ever since Remy jumps out as soon as the door opens. Sometimes it's not the dog park...for example vacationing...so they are now tied. It is better if you use a harnass...just incase you have a roll over you don't want to strangle the dog. I tie them as well because I can't have them seat jumping. Our truck isn't big enough for the crate and two dogs...it's either two dogs or 1 with one crate. That would be another option. We are planning on getting the suv barrier. |
| My dog MUST sit before he goes out any door.
It probably won't help if he's after something, but he does sit (on command) every time. Unfortunately, he won't sit unless you give the command, or wait a long time for him to remember to do it on his own. I don't know why he doesn't do the sit automatically after training it consistently for over a year. 
Anyway, it seems to have at least slowed down his dash for the Great Beyond. |
| Ron, that's a great idea. I never thought to train a dog that way until we got Oscar, who is deaf. With him, it is imperative that he wait for a command to go through a door, or exit a car. We did extensive training on that score, and Oscar will wait until he sees a hand signal before leaving his sit-stay. But now I would train any dog that way, as it also cements the pack relationship. |
| Flower's almost taken my arm off a couple of time trying to chase after a car. I find it's very arbitrary. I don't know what makes one car more desirable than another to her. And for some reason, it happens more frequently after a big snow.... |
6Girls wrote: Yeah... I can completely understand that. It's the innocent person that injures or kills the dog that has to live with it and just because it wasn't their fault doesn't make it any easier. Might see if there's an animal control officer that it can be reported to... but sometimes the owners just don't care.
A policeman friend of mine accidentally killed a dog with his police car while on duty. He felt really bad, especially since he is also a dog owner and stopped at the owner's house to let them know about their dog. The owners answered the door and said something like "you cops are always running over our dogs"!  |
That's so sad... for the dog and your friend. 
The owners are idiots. From that comment I imagine they'll simply go get another poor dog and be careless again. |
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