Post by upsydaisyherewego on May 1, 2013 16:56:58 GMT
Hoddy is my 3 year old whippet x that I do agility and HTM with.
As a pup she took foever to train the recall, but for the past 2 1/2 years she has been brilliant off her lead.
But not today. As usual we were walking to our favourite field and I let her off to play fetch and and she wouldn't come back. She was running around with her ring, but not to me. This carried on for about 5 minutes, then she stopped and came straight to me. She got lots of praise, and we began to play fetch properly. All was fine for another 10 minutes or so, then she did the same thing again. Only this time she just wandered off and stood, staring at me. I did everything to get her to return, including making silly noises, which works a treat with the other dogs. Eventually, I resorted to running away and she came to me, but only when she could no longer see me.
In the past few months I have been allowing her to play with other dogs more as she has become much more confident. Could this have had an impact?
The other thing is, just before I let her off, a fighter plane passed overhead which she watched, with some interest. Could this have affected her behaviour, even though she seemed fine when it was overhead?
As a pup she took foever to train the recall, but for the past 2 1/2 years she has been brilliant off her lead.
But not today. As usual we were walking to our favourite field and I let her off to play fetch and and she wouldn't come back. She was running around with her ring, but not to me. This carried on for about 5 minutes, then she stopped and came straight to me. She got lots of praise, and we began to play fetch properly. All was fine for another 10 minutes or so, then she did the same thing again. Only this time she just wandered off and stood, staring at me. I did everything to get her to return, including making silly noises, which works a treat with the other dogs. Eventually, I resorted to running away and she came to me, but only when she could no longer see me.
In the past few months I have been allowing her to play with other dogs more as she has become much more confident. Could this have had an impact?
The other thing is, just before I let her off, a fighter plane passed overhead which she watched, with some interest. Could this have affected her behaviour, even though she seemed fine when it was overhead?
