My dog is a couple of weeks off a year old. Until recently, he has been great off lead. He always came back when I called and onto the lead when I bent down.
A couple of weeks ago, I took him for one of our walks in the woods, and it took a minute or two to get him back on the lead. I gave him lots of praise when I got him back on.
Last week, my husband and I took him to the park. When we got near to the exit, he would not go on the lead. He would come close to us, but then run off as if it was a game. Half an hour later, we managed to get him on the lead because he ran into the park’s cafe, and I could grab him in there.
This afternoon, my husband took him to the park. He had been gone a while so I messaged to ask if all ok (he took him for an hour’s walk first anyway). He would not go on the lead, so I also had to go to the park. I took some cheese with me to reward him going back on the lead.
He ran towards me excitedly and then managed to get just out of reach. Any attempt to get him on the lead just led to him running off at the last second..only a couple of feet away.
We walked back to the car (busy Road so didn’t really want to) but thought he might come with us once out of the park - he followed us, but would not go in this car. We had no choice but to return to the park.
He still refused to go on the lead. Fortunately, my sister lives across the road on the other side of the park, we walked down towards her house. All the while, my dog was walking more or less at heel, but if I bent down towards his collar, he skipped off.
We got to my sisters house (had to cross a road). She was expecting us, so her door was open. The dog ran straight into her house and let me put his lead on as soon as we got there.
My poor husband had been out for a couple of hours! Any idea on how I can get him back on the lead? We won’t be letting him off the lead until we know he will stop it.
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Punta · 20/01/2019 20:50
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