Babanapup is 14 weeks old and so far on our walks I have been using a long lead with her when at the park and woods. However, last night I was reading on the internet (of course) that puppies should be used to being off lead asap - from 12 weeks.
So this morning I persuaded my son to come with me (for moral support) at 5.45am for our walk. When we got to the park I took her lead off with some trepidation but was amazed. She loved it! She would sniff around a bit then look where we were and trot along with us. I had a pocket full of chopped hotdogs and used them for recall.
It was surprisingly stress free. However, we didn’t see any other dogs this morning. Usually she loves to see other dogs and have a bit of a play with the friendly ones. I’m worried that I wouldn’t be able to coax her back (even with hotdogs) if there was another dog around.
How has everyone else dealt with this?
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Babana123 · 22/07/2021 06:53
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