I didnt know how to react at the moment, so I leashed him quickly, picked him up by the fur at the end of the neck and since I was scared, sad, delighted - well, mixed feelings, I did get kidna rough, i didnt hit him but I did yell at him.
Home now, I had him sit with me where I explained to him I love him and that he musnt do this to me - just so he knew he is still loved and home is home and everything .
Anyways, he is around 9 months, took him from a shelter about 2 months ago and he will undergo dog training in about month and a half - I have exams atm and I dont have the time for this.
My question is - how should I have reacted the moment I've found him ?
BTW he never did this before, I now know I cant unleash him just nowehere, only in the places like parks where we go to play and such.
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You reacted like anyone would. It is important to stay calm and when you found him you should have just leashed him and took him home, because when you yelled at him he probably didn't know why you were yelling at him. That might have made him confused.
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- you may have wanted to show joy that yiu had found him. i wouldnt worry much though, 9 months is still a puppy. he just has to get used to listening. some dogs, no matter how well-trained, will chase after things because of the strong drive that is in their blood.
- You did fine. You should make the finding a wonderful experience, lots of cooing and love. It makes him want to come to you, whereas discipline will make him want to not come. So, you did fine and I like the talk you had with him.
That being said, may I suggest a 20-50 foot training leash. It is how I train all of mine as well as the fosters. They can run around and feel like they are off leash, but you do not lose control of them until they learn the recall command. These leashes are inexpensive and have saved my life many times. That way you can let him explore and play without worrying. - He is 9 months old with HIGH prey drive. Unless you can teach a proofed COME command then you are not going to be able to let him off leash. And before you can teach a COME you need to start with the basics of sit/down/stay.
More training needs to be done. Since you cannot get to it right now? LEAVE the leash ON.
Talking to the dog means nothing. The animal does not understand what you are saying. It comes out like this to them: godapssaytatsoe......I think you get my point.
Yelling at the dog AFTER the fact means nothing. He has no idea he did anything wrong. Since he doesn't know what the come is then why is he being corrected? And if he did know the command in order to give a correction you need to go get the dog right then and correct at that moment not hours later.
Leash all the time for now. Obedience training ASAP. And remember high prey drive in a dog will take serious training to get said dog to drop to a *down* upon your command. - In my opinion you should have scolded and spanked yourself for un-leashing a dog that has not been obedience trained and taught to respond to 'come' yet in an un-controlled, high-distraction area. I actually wouldn't even do it with a dog who DID understand come unless they had a remote collar on or else had proven a consistent ability to respond to known commands under extreme distraction.
Then you should smack yourself again for trying to give him a rational, detailed explanation of why he did bad as if he's human and he has some clue what you're talking about. The dog is not to blame here, not in the least. You shouldn't have done anything to the DOG other than to calmly slip the leash back on and move on.
DO NOT unleash him again in an area where he has such an easy escape. You're setting yourself up for failure. Each time you do this the dog learns that when it's not immediately within your reach, it can ignore you if it sees something more interesting because you have no way to reinforce any commands. In this situation, he quickly learns to view your voice as meaningless background chatter happening somewhere in the distance behind him while he chases down whatever he's really focused on. Not only is it harmful to long term training efforts but it's unsafe.
That dog needs professional, one-on-one obedience training, not at Petsmart. You should be there for it, as you seem to have no clue how to communicate with a dog and you need to be trained too. - Some dogs are just born to run. Although the reasons for running away are varied, there are a couple of common themes. Dogs run away either a) to get to a better place where something rewarding may happen or b) to escape from a real or perceived danger.
It is useful to remember that dogs' living ancestors, the wolves, roam for a living. For them, roaming is a natural behavior that involves scouting, hunting, exploration, and discovery. Home, the den is reserved for family affairs but all other good things in life are procured by skillful exploitation of their home range. Typically, a wolf's or wild dog's home range covers several square miles and nature has equipped them (and their domestic dog descendents) with a "Cadillac" North Star navigation system that enables them to create and store mental maps. Essentially, they never get lost and can always find their way home.
With these awesome skills, all they need is a good reason to go and they're gone.
But when the neighborhood is concrete or tarmac and is seething with automobiles and trucks, this can present a problem. Free-ranging dogs get into a lot of trouble in our society and a good number of them wind up in the pound. For this reason, a wandering dog is not a good dog is not a happy dog – not in the long run anyway. If the trucks don't get them, and they don't bite or get bitten, the animal control officer will eventually track them down.
Reproductive drive. An intact male dog roams when he detects the odor of estrogen on the wind. Why, though, would a neutered male or a female develop reproductive wanderlust? The answer is because sexual urges are generated in the brain, not in the loins. Although castration causes the male hormone testosterone to fall to zero within about 8 hours, a neutered male remains a male, not an "it." Castration reduces roaming in 90 percent of dogs but for the remaining 10 percent behave as if nothing has changed.
Boredom. Why do dogs climb over and dig under fences? Some say, to get to the other side. People sometimes go to work and leave their dogs tied up or wandering in the yard because they are afraid they will damage the house if left inside. A curious and active dog in a postage-stamp sized backyard is an instant candidate for escape - and thus disaster.
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