Puppy training

[Marsho 0]

Hi to everybody, I am a newcomer to the sight and am after some help with my 9 month old 3/4 whippet 1/4 bedlington bitch pup, two months ago I was walking her in some woods near my home ,all was well and she was staying close and seemed to be enjoying herself, after ten minutes or so I put her back on the lead and walked back the way we came . without any warning she somehow slipped her lead and took of! totally scared not taking any notice of me at all,1 1/2 hours later I found her playing with some other dogs on the field. Now the problem is that when I take her in the woods (on the lead) she is okay but if I let her of she is petrified and takes of , I am now at the stage where I am scared to let her of in case I loose her for good, any advice would be appreciated regards David. ( Bolton area)

[Guest curtislj]

If that is the problem then take her to a different area for starters.Try an extendable lead and do some obedience training in an open space where she will feel comfortable and gain her confidence.Good luck

[Marsho 0]

If that is the problem then take her to a different area for starters.Try an extendable lead and do some obedience training in an open space where she will feel comfortable and gain her confidence.Good luck

Many thanks for the advice , have been taking her out with the extendable lead etc will just have to be patient and carry on , David.

[Crow 1]

but if I let her of she is petrified and takes off

 

I doubt she's pertrified If she was she'd more than likely stay close to the 'pack leader' (and that MUST be you!).

 

She's probably just realised the fun to be had by running off and enjoying herself - she's only a pup after all. Also, your pup will start to mature earlier than, say, a collie cross, so she may have found the joys of scents, etc.

 

Keep an eye on her when she's on a lead. What's she doing? Has she started to be a 'bit more interested'?

 

Also, as has been said, work on the obediance too.

 

But, more than anything else remember that she is still a pup

[Guest MOLLY]

Its funny though Crow, one of my sisters dogs does exactly the same thing. She is an adult, and in a certain place...night/evening time only, will look into the woods terrified like there is a monster in there and run home. Yet daytime no probs?

Has done so for about 2yrs now, and we are still no further in finding out why?

MOLL.

[mole catcher 1]

maybe theres something not of this earth hiding in the woods

[Marsho 0]

Hi to everybody, just to give you an update with my young bitch, I have been persistant in taking her out in the woods etc ,I have had her on the field for some obedience training and now it seems to be paying of, when we go in the woods she is of the lead and will give chase after the squirells and occasional pheasant, if she does go out of sight I can whistle/shout her back without any problem, when she does return she gets plenty of praise and a small treat, unfortunately there are no rabbits at all where I go (some Deer) so I dont know if the commands will work if she was in full flight , as you can imagine I would love to see her after the rabbits! anyway thanks for all the advice/help regards David.

Edited December 15, 2007 by Marsho

[suluki 2]

glad to hear shes ok now!

[minion 29]

I had a problem with one of our dogs when we were growing up. Pepe was a mongral pet that I used to take everywhere with me. She was half border collie 1/2 complete mixture but very easy to train. I used to take her ferreting and she turned into a great marking dog. Not fast enough to catch rabbits n th eopen though.

 

Anyway. One day I was walking her through a local short cut and there is a really thin path. She slipped and fll into the pond and got a real fright. She got out but wouldn't walk along the path at all. She was really scared. I had to carry her across.

 

I put her lead on her and worked on it over a few weeks and eventually she overcome it.

 

Was very strange as she used to swim in the pond.