Gone to the Dogs

[Marie2020]

This once happened to me in a huge outdoor sports complex/field area. Unlike the dog in the video... my dog was a very bad boy. The moment he looked down and saw the harness had slipped off his body his eyes lit up like firecrackers and he was gone in a flash. 'Keep away' with his own body was the favorite game. I looked off in the distance where a big soccer game was being played, hundreds of people in the stands. And then I saw the black & white ball streak by.

I ran full tilt, and my gut told to go in the direction where that ball was. Sure enough as I got closer to the soccer game I heard the loud blow of a referee whistle and there was my dog on the soccer field, in among the players chasing that ball, the players looking utterly confused as to what was going on. I hadn't even fully got there yet and I knew. I ran out onto the field - mortified - yelling 'he's just a puppy!!!!' to the crowd and players and continued to chase my dog, who was practically high at this point. He had moved on from running after their ball and darted toward an exit in the soccer field fence. All eyes in the stadium were on me and this dog.

It just so happened that the exit he was aiming for had been where all those soccer players had put their equipment and duffle bags, against the side of the fence. Entry points to fields are often popular spots for dogs to make themselves 'known to the world'. All the personal equipment bags were on the ground along that fence, and my dog then ran alongside it all on 3 legs, shooting a pee along the whole length - on absolutely everybody's stuff. I didn't even know it was physically possible for him to do that. The entire crowd erupted into a roar of cheering, whistling, hooting, some giving a standing ovation. Complete pandemonium. I truly wanted to faint. He kept running still high on adrenaline which I was glad for because it allowed me to at least escape the stadium of people.

I haven't forgiven him yet.

 

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[heirloomgal]

DD & I started auditing a new obedience course. The last one was the highest level, this time we decided to check out the beginners. It's a mindblowing experience, on so many levels. One lady in the class that I was talking to tonight is really having a hard time, her young dog will grow into a jumbo breed and he has pretty well zero priority association with her now. If things continue as he matures she is really going to have a giant problem on her hands. I'm thinking to offer up DD's dog expertise to her for a couple sessions at the end of the course, if she's still struggling this much by then. I know DD is just aching to jump in and work that dog for her. Feeling a lot of compassion for many of the people there. Thank heavens most of the dogs are young.

 

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this really would be a best seller...

 

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[baymule]

DD & I started auditing a new obedience course. The last one was the highest level, this time we decided to check out the beginners. It's a mindblowing experience, on so many levels. One lady in the class that I was talking to tonight is really having a hard time, her young dog will grow into a jumbo breed and he has pretty well zero priority association with her now. If things continue as he matures she is really going to have a giant problem on her hands. I'm thinking to offer up DD's dog expertise to her for a couple sessions at the end of the course, if she's still struggling this much by then. I know DD is just aching to jump in and work that dog for her. Feeling a lot of compassion for many of the people there. Thank heavens most of the dogs are young.

What breed is this big dog?
With my Anatolians, livestock guardians, I must have some semblance of control. Large powerful, stubborn, independent working dogs, with no training, they can be wild. They do not do tricks, are not food or treat motivated. They want praise. I have taught them basic manners and they are well behaved.

Evidently this lady has no experience with a large dog, she needs help!

 

[heirloomgal]

What breed is this big dog?
With my Anatolians, livestock guardians, I must have some semblance of control. Large powerful, stubborn, independent working dogs, with no training, they can be wild. They do not do tricks, are not food or treat motivated. They want praise. I have taught them basic manners and they are well behaved.

Evidently this lady has no experience with a large dog, she needs help!

Giant Schnauzer, and a male. And she is the nicest, kindest lady too so he's already driving right over her. It's all cute young dog antics now, but you can tell that he interacts with her like she's a candy dispenser. Zero respect. He's gonna get to 100 lbs, and when the hormones kick in and the serious side of the breed emerges I actually worry a little for her. She is already quite stressed out because he's such a handful and doesn't register her as part of the equation at all.

What's amazing is when the instructor has stepped in to take her leash, because she's having trouble getting him to cooperate in the class exercise, in less than 30 seconds his mindset totally changes. He slows down, starts to think a little, and actually begins to pays attention to whose holding the leash. It's wild. Its his association with his owner that's a problem. There is lots of potential for him, she needs to change how he views her.

 

[flowerbug]

and also there needs to be a reminder to every potential dog owner that the dogs you see in movies or on-line are usually well-trained and you're not seeing all the work through the years to get them to that point.