serviceguy
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I do appreciate the input, and I do deserve some criticism because we did not go through we some of the exercises that our trainer gave us to work with, only to get stuck having to use the leash 100% of the time.hey @serviceguy i guess i missed this one somehow with all the personal stuff I had going on the start of the new year.
is this any better its been a few weeks? seems to me something triggered her or got her spooked and she took off either from fear, anxiety, excitement or a combination of all of them. It's really hard to judge without meeting her since I don't have any way to assess her personality.
on a related note my dog training brain kicks in and tells me that you would benefit from some good recall training with her. by this i mean the ability to have her come to you on command in a way that is not negative or a punishment. combined with this I would also suggest an "emergency" command - down with loud voice. Believe it or not, dogs can lay down much faster then they can sit and laying down is a more natural position for them - they spend a lot of time doing this.
Hopefully this is not taken as criticism since you asked for ideas. I see the symptoms only on your messages here (running away, wont come back, fear/anxiety) so this is only based on my experiences working with all kinds of other dogs.
Hope this helps and Miss Bailey is doing OK.
She's doing Ok, I do believe the big issue for her is focus/structure. She ran out of the house because she had seen somebody and wanted to check her out, the previous time it happened it was a guy across the road. We were supposed to train her to stay focused providing made up distractions rewarding her every time she wasn't getting distracted (which would also cover the pulling during walking, she 'going' for something), but that never really happened...unfortunately lots going on here too, so poor Bailey fell behind.