I decided that since Rascal had been good for a while I would give him a little chance to prove himself.
He sat a whole three yards away from me and i was going to make him sit and stay and then call him to come when i opened the door.
Well when I said "come" he took off running.
Not on his normal route.
He had to stop and scare a couple kids first and then decided to visit every backyard he could get into on the parallel street to the normal one.
If there's one thing i hate, its going onto other people's property.
He totally blew me off. My calls fell on deaf ears and he just ambled along unless i got too close then he would dart.
Ussually everyone chases after him running and screaming and its just a game to him.
So i thought either i would let him get run over, get mauled by an angry rottweiler or catch him easier.
That theory went down the toilet.
I made Jake go home because he does more damage than good half the time and only makes Rascal run faster.
Finally after trespassing about 50 times a guy came out of his house and called Rascal. It was the guy, me, or try to get past me and down the drive way.
So he dodged the guy and came my way, finally.
So I don't know what to do. Its times like these I wish someone would hit him with a car and he'd learn his lesson and never ever run away again. And that's a really bad thing to think about your dog. And there's no form of discipline that will fix this. We've tried everything and he doesn't care. Sometimes I just want to let him run and see if he'll ever come back, other times I have cried or been on the verge of tears because I don't know what to do.
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Hmm... I don't know what you've tried obviously, but I have a trick I used training Snickers. Make Rascal chase you. It sounds like Rascal is just getting to used to being chased and running away is becoming a game for him. Get a toy or something though, something that he wants, and make him chase you before he gets it. That should help you teach him.
If that doesn't work, get a long lead to put him on the end of for training. You can let him out on it and call for him to come. Give the lead a little bit of a jerk or snap if he tries running, tug it if he doesn't go anywhere, and give him a treat or a toy of his if he comes.
I hope my ideas are at least a little useful for you. :)
Pax.
Well we have a long lead but he doesnt run away when he's on it because he knows someone is on the other end. Its when he knows he isnt attached to anything that he runs away.
thanks for the suggestions though, i'll try the first one out
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