BECAUSE HE'S AWESOME! okay okay, I'll explain.
I got my pup in CA. I was in CA to see specific doctors. I got cleared to go home so a couple weeks ago we moved back to Boise to our home. Currently our yard does not have a fence blocking the front yard from the back. In 2 weeks that will be fixed.
In the mean time, I have a dog who has never shown any aggression towards another person or animal and has good recall. So on days that I cannot go out hiking, I take him out in our yard to play fetch, even without a fence. ALL the neighbors have seen us and come over to meet Huter, no one has had a problem.
Today, I let Huter out to potty before I came out to play fetch. While I was still inside I heard a yappy dog barking its head off. I looked out and notice Huter had his attention on something. I walked out to see a kid (who belonged to the group of neighbors across the street in their front yard) on a skateboard with his off leash little white fluffy dog. The white fluffy dog was barking his head of right in front of our yard at Huter.
Huter, on the other hand did NOT cross the boundary I have been working on for 2 weeks with him. He did NOT bark back and he did NOT appear nervous or agitated at all. THEN that little yappy dog ran into our yard straight after Huter barking and snapping.
Know what my awesome German Shepherd did? He brought the little dog a ball and tried to get him to play. I called Huter off and he came right over to me and sat down. The neighbors came over and grabbed their dog and apologized profusely. The whole time I'm BEAMING with pride at my well behaved 6 month old puppy
I got my pup in CA. I was in CA to see specific doctors. I got cleared to go home so a couple weeks ago we moved back to Boise to our home. Currently our yard does not have a fence blocking the front yard from the back. In 2 weeks that will be fixed.
In the mean time, I have a dog who has never shown any aggression towards another person or animal and has good recall. So on days that I cannot go out hiking, I take him out in our yard to play fetch, even without a fence. ALL the neighbors have seen us and come over to meet Huter, no one has had a problem.
Today, I let Huter out to potty before I came out to play fetch. While I was still inside I heard a yappy dog barking its head off. I looked out and notice Huter had his attention on something. I walked out to see a kid (who belonged to the group of neighbors across the street in their front yard) on a skateboard with his off leash little white fluffy dog. The white fluffy dog was barking his head of right in front of our yard at Huter.
Huter, on the other hand did NOT cross the boundary I have been working on for 2 weeks with him. He did NOT bark back and he did NOT appear nervous or agitated at all. THEN that little yappy dog ran into our yard straight after Huter barking and snapping.
Know what my awesome German Shepherd did? He brought the little dog a ball and tried to get him to play. I called Huter off and he came right over to me and sat down. The neighbors came over and grabbed their dog and apologized profusely. The whole time I'm BEAMING with pride at my well behaved 6 month old puppy
