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...when he ran away down the road. I got close to him once with a popcorn bribe and then he was off again! Thanks to a lovely gent who stopped his truck at the corner and sort of herded him toward me I was able to pick him up. Imagine the sight; fluffly old lady in jammies,old ratty robe, hair all askew, partly jogging down the road in her slippers, chasing a Q-tip dog! Lordy! I bet he had a story to tell his buddies at coffee. I guess Buddy will get a stake out leash from now on. The little stinker! At least I know I can walk that far without my back cramping up! My 4 weeks of PT this summer paid off! I see some training in store for the little mite.
 
The description of the sight made me laugh out loud! So glad that your little pup is back and safe. Take a pic and post for all of us to see.
 
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Suo said:
The description of the sight made me laugh out loud! So glad that your little pup is back and safe. Take a pic and post for all of us to see.
Lordy! I would NOT ever post a pic of me in "Old Paint"! That old robe has got to be 20 years old! And I love it! It has snag holes in it from wearing it out to the barn to do chores and catching it on nails and patches on some of them. I have a nice new one but it is sometimes too heavy and too warm so I resort to Old Paint. It was fleece once. Now it is sort of fleece, it doesn't shed and works wonderfully on those chilly evenings in the winter over my sweats! Hair? I wear a CPAP mask so in the mornings I usually look like Woodstock from the Snoopy comic. Certainly not the wraith I'd want to meet running at me in the road at 9:30 a.m.!
 
What a gorgeous cutie! My son's dog is a runner. Every chance Sophie gets she is off. She is a boxer and one day i will post a photo of her on here. At 2 years old she is still as daft as ever but there is no way that this dog can ever be let off the lead. Mind you if i was around my eldest son, his wife and kids all the time i think i would be trying to run away as well. Take care and I love your dog. x
 
This is how I've always trained my dogs to come when whistled. It works with all breeds and saves so much time and worry. They turn instantly when they hear the whistle even though they no longer expect a treat. When first training them I would stand in the kitchen, toot the whistle and feed the dog a treat, whistle-treat, whistle-treat, until I started to go dizzy (usually about 10 minutes), and do that 3 times a day for a week. Then graduate to the garden, allowing them to play, and whistle mid snuffling in the plants, for a week, then in the park, allowing them to play and whistle them when they're not expecting it. Now, they just come every time, even mid squirrel-chase.

The treat doesn't have to be something which would put weight on the dog. I used tiny scraps of cooked chicken.

 
you should try to catch a runaway retired racing greyhound! my lovely black girl may have been retired because she wasn't a big winner but still fast enough to avoid me and even my 25 + year old granddaughter the track star, She (the dog!!) escaped the house and the yard at every opportunity.
 
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