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Why would my very well behaved 8 year old dog suddenly lose all recall and behave like a hooligan?
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parrotonmyshoulder · 17/05/2019 18:28
He normally has perfect recall. Just now he came out of the front door while I was sorting the bins. Usually no problem if he does this. He saw another dog over the road on a lead, ran to it and wouldn’t come back. When he did decide to leave it alone, he ran to a neighbours house and tore madly around their garden. Completely ignoring me.
This has never happened before! I literally have no idea what to do!
AvocadosBeforeMortgages · 17/05/2019 20:53
Rather odd! Is it possible the other dog was in season?
However, if it doesn't happen again I'd be tempted to write it off as a one off moment of madness for DDog.
parrotonmyshoulder · 17/05/2019 20:58
Never shown interest in a lady dog in his life! Or any dog at all really! Tennis balls only.
I’ll take him for a high attention/ recall focussed walk tomorrow. Usually bomb proof!
Strange.
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