Tonight, I brought Hades and Roxy up to my parents house for a play date with Brutus. They went for a walk and ran around in the back yard, AND went for a swim even though they werent' supposed to.
Now I know I really shouldn't do this, but I always have and there has never been a problem. When I leave, the driveway is only about 20feet from the front door, and Roxy and Hades go to the car off leash. Never had any sort of problem.
Well, today, our neighbors had some company and their car was parked in front of our lawn, and simaltaneously as we left the house, they were in my parents front yard!
Of course Roxy and Hades run up to them. No barks or growls from Roxy and her tail was wagging. Which was my first surprise. Usually she's very protective of my parents property, thats where she "grew up".
My next worry, after her "attacking" them subsided, (I'm more of a worrier than anything) was that she was wet, and she may have been planning to jump on these people.
I called, "Roxy COME!" AND SHE DID! SHE CAME RIGHT AWAY! She did look over her shoulder at the people while running to front, but she CAME! First try!
Of course Hades was right there with Roxy and came when I called Roxy too. But Hades listens and Roxy is much more easily distracted by "intruders" and other people.
So needless to say, I am extremely impressed with Roxy! Hades too, but I don't really expect any *bad* behaviours from him! LOL
Just had to share!
Edit: It's not really a training story, my bad, MODS if you could move this to general please
Now I know I really shouldn't do this, but I always have and there has never been a problem. When I leave, the driveway is only about 20feet from the front door, and Roxy and Hades go to the car off leash. Never had any sort of problem.
Well, today, our neighbors had some company and their car was parked in front of our lawn, and simaltaneously as we left the house, they were in my parents front yard!
Of course Roxy and Hades run up to them. No barks or growls from Roxy and her tail was wagging. Which was my first surprise. Usually she's very protective of my parents property, thats where she "grew up".My next worry, after her "attacking" them subsided, (I'm more of a worrier than anything) was that she was wet, and she may have been planning to jump on these people.
I called, "Roxy COME!" AND SHE DID! SHE CAME RIGHT AWAY! She did look over her shoulder at the people while running to front, but she CAME! First try!
Of course Hades was right there with Roxy and came when I called Roxy too. But Hades listens and Roxy is much more easily distracted by "intruders" and other people.
So needless to say, I am extremely impressed with Roxy! Hades too, but I don't really expect any *bad* behaviours from him! LOL
Just had to share!
Edit: It's not really a training story, my bad, MODS if you could move this to general please
