Could I ask for some advice from you good people.
I have a 4 yr old German Shepherd bitch, lovely dog, she went to lots of training classes when young, and I have had dogs and other animals all my life.
She has developed a chasing habit over the last year. Her recall has always been reasonable, she was always very loyal on off lead walks and didn't try to 'go off'. Obviously she is never off lead in areas with sheep.
But she has started chasing rabbits, squirrels and deer whilst out. The other day she took off after a deer, completely ignoring my shouts, and didn't come back for 10 minutes. When she did come back she came haring back to me at top speed.
Today we were walking in fields on private land and she decided to go off into the undergrowth, again ignoring me, and reappearing at top speed 5 minutes later. This is something she wouldn't have done two years ago, but she's developed a taste for chasing and I really don't know how to go about tackling it. Apart from keeping her on lead all the time of course. Which would be a real shame. But she can't be off lead if I can't trust her.
Any advice welcome
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InSpaceNooneCanHearYouScream · 09/09/2020 17:17
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