Hi, I'm posting here because I have no idea how to start a new thread, numpty that I am. Anyway, we have a six (aporox) year old staffie rescuse, we've had her for just over four months. We've had staffies before and we are experienced dog owners. That's the background. She is an absolute delight, so loving and gentle. No problem with toiletting and no destructive behavior. She's had her acl done while we were fostering her, 13 weeks ago. All seems well there.
We have one issue with her, that I think we are slowly overcoming, but which totally baffles me. When she knows it's walk time, she gets v v exited. Than runs away from us and has to be coaxed out.
I know that horrid things may have happened to rescue dogs. But what may have caused this? She clearly wants to go for the walk, right up to the time she has to leave our home, then she seems to have a rethink and backs off.
We're dealing with it by calmly putting her lead on and moving her on (sometimes by carrying her a few steps). Once she starts walking, she seems fine, but she does pull a lot on her lead when she realizes we are on our way back.
As I said, she's getting a lot better. When we first got her, she would only walk if two out of the three of us came too, now she will walk with only one of us, once we get her off the drive
Do you think there is anything else we could do, or anything we could do differently to help her enjoy her walks?
Oh, and we have tried her favourite treats, but like a lot off staffies, she can be very stubborn when the mood takes her