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Goggle said:
I am so glad she was a good girl and came back safely. I think this is a huge lesson for me as well - I quite often let Domino walk to the car unleashed as he is a very calm boy and doesn't tend to chase things but you just never know when that one time could be. Thank goodness she was OK.
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Yes thank you, and please do learn from my experience until they are FULLY 100% trained on recall to keep them leashed at all times. Megan has walked with me on a leash being dragged from the house to the truck a few times, NEVER had an issue till today. It was my own fault I naively trusted her, but she is still a curious puppy and I have learned :o
 
Infiniti said:
This made me actually LOL, as that is Nike to a "T"!! He will never leave his crate unless I tell him, and I have in fact on numerous occasions forgotten to close his crate door and he never comes out.

I'm so glad Megan is safe! Honor did that to me once, luckily it was on a residential street, but still terrifying. Thank goodness Megan knows her recall!!
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Thankfully we were in our neighborhood, but there is still a bit of traffic to contend with. Thank God she is learning her recall pretty good :yes:
 
I had a moment like that a couple of days ago (maybe I already told the forum???).

Somehow my backyard gate was left open. In the morning, I let the dogs out as usual and stumbled over to the coffee pot to get my morning coffee. As I'm staring blankly out the window, I realize with a rude awakening that something does not look right. Cripes! The gate is wide open.

I go pealing out the front door - yes, in my crocs and my cute little shortie nightie and both dogs are half way down the street. I live on a busy intersection and they were both right there where the cars are zipping by.

Good test of recall! In my happiest voice possible (under the circumstances), I call them back! They both came instantly! Yes!

And I know the neighbours loved to see a new form of Obedience training going on! Yes! Training in the Negligee! A new recreational pastime! :rolleyes2:
 
BarbV said:
I had a moment like that a couple of days ago (maybe I already told the forum???).

Somehow my backyard gate was left open. In the morning, I let the dogs out as usual and stumbled over to the coffee pot to get my morning coffee. As I'm staring blankly out the window, I realize with a rude awakening that something does not look right. Cripes! The gate is wide open.

I go pealing out the front door - yes, in my crocs and my cute little shortie nightie and both dogs are half way down the street. I live on a busy intersection and they were both right there where the cars are zipping by.

Good test of recall! In my happiest voice possible (under the circumstances), I call them back! They both came instantly! Yes!

And I know the neighbours loved to see a new form of Obedience training going on! Yes! Training in the Negligee! A new recreational pastime! :rolleyes2:
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Awesome they both came back immediately :yes: How old are they now?

I was yelling "Megan, come back, Megan, Megan"..Then I decided to go with how I have been training her to recall which is "Megan come" in a high pitched voice, that's when she came running back to me.

:lol: negligee training is wonderful...
 
Indy turned 2 yesterday and Bacca turns 2 next week. Definitely the age where a shrug and a run further would be normal behaviour.

This was their first test in recall in a long time. I'm actually kinda glad this happened because it did allow me to test that.

What I didn't like so much is that they had wandered so far in such a short time. I never had that problem with my forever pup. He knew his boundaries and never strayed.

I think I'm going to work on that. Anybody have ideas on how to teach the pups on "here's the line, don't cross it, unless Mom says so?" I'm guessing it involves talking the dogs out on leash bringing them to the edge of the line. Doing sit/stays while I move outside the line, and then giving them the go-ahead. Yes?
 
Ahh That's awesome! Don't you love when your training starts paying off?

We don't leash the dogs when we are going for a ride. We can walk out to the truck and tell them to load up. They sit at their door and wait for us to open it. We had kids playing in the street yesterday and both Deja and Darby just waited by their door.
 
I'm so happy that Megan came back. See, your training is really paying off!

We had a similar incident here yesterday. I opened the door to the garage and started to shut the garage door. Before I even had a chance to stop her, Lexi darted out (she doesn't normally). I panicked and was like shrieking her name, then I stopped and called her normally, and she came to me like "What's all the fuss about?"
 
I think I'm going to work on that. Anybody have ideas on how to teach the pups on "here's the line, don't cross it, unless Mom says so?" I'm guessing it involves talking the dogs out on leash bringing them to the edge of the line. Doing sit/stays while I move outside the line, and then giving them the go-ahead. Yes?
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Basically Barb, yes. With Cadbury he has always been able to pop in and out of the back door into the garden. However, with the front door he always had to sit and wait until I asked him to come out. These days I notice he doesn't even bother to attempt to dash out the front door. People can be coming in and out and he will say 'hi' to them but not leave the house. Not that I am saying I would leave the door wide open to tempt him! But at least I know that he isn't about to make a bid for freedom.

I'm so glad Megan was fine and recalled. That she came back when she was very excited and running should tell you a lot. :wink2: It goes to show that even if you don't let your dog off lead you need to work on off lead control such as recall, because you never know when they might slip their collar or jump out the car.

I had a similar thing happen to me at the park on Good Friday. I had Cadbury's lead in my hand and we went down this little slope, but it was steeper than I thought and Cadbury went faster than me and I was going to fall so I just dropped the lead.

As soon as I had done it I thought 'Oh great.' Fortunately, it has been hammered into me so much at training not to chase or panic when your dog runs off that I didn't move. Cadbury ran over to my dad who was a little way off. I called his name and before I could say 'come' he was charging enthusiastically towards me. I picked up his lead and gave him a treat.

In fact I was so pleased with his recall that I took him down to the water and let him off lead to splash about. After a few minutes I called him again and he came straight back. But of course there were no other dogs or people present so that helped enormously.
 
This reminds me to practice recalls regularly! Drill, drill, drill! I'm so glad everything turned out OK!!
 
I worry about Bailey dashing out the front door or leaving the yard if someone accidentally leaves the backyard gate open. It hasn't happened yet and I hope it never does.

I've been making Bailey sit and wait before we go out the front door. I go out first. She has to wait until I release her. I actually forgot to do it this morning. I stepped out the door and started walking off the porch. I felt a tug on the leash. I turned around and there was Bailey sitting at the door waiting for me to release her. She got a ton of treats and kisses for that!

I also make her sit and wait at the end of the sidewalk before we cross the street. She did it about 75% of he time on this mornings walk. I do this, so if she ever gets loose, hopefully she will stop at the end of the sidewalk because she's not allowed to cross without my permission.
 
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