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Well Cherry gave me a scare today..
She jumped over the fence in the back garden. She is supervised when she goes out, but she just leapt, it all happened so quickly. I've been saying for ages that the fence is too low and that she could get over it, but because we live in a council house, the fence is my neighbours responsibility, and he's not a very nice man anyway
She just bolted, she ran into the road, all the cars were beeping their horns and I thought she was going to get hit. She then made it onto the path where she came across a group of kids, she put her hackles up and barked at them, which sent them running.
We were desperately trying to catch her, but people were running away from her. Which is understandable
She's never really shown any aggression, but she will put her hackles up and bark, which makes her look intimidating.
I think what really scared me was the fact that she just wouldn't come back. I thought that her recall was pretty good when we went out on walks, but this time she was so distracted she wouldn't listen. What can I do to make her recall stronger? It'd be nice to work on why she appears to be fearful of strangers too.. And something will have to be done about the fence too. Maybe if I ask my neighbour and offer to pay for it?
Thanks for listening!
She jumped over the fence in the back garden. She is supervised when she goes out, but she just leapt, it all happened so quickly. I've been saying for ages that the fence is too low and that she could get over it, but because we live in a council house, the fence is my neighbours responsibility, and he's not a very nice man anyway

She just bolted, she ran into the road, all the cars were beeping their horns and I thought she was going to get hit. She then made it onto the path where she came across a group of kids, she put her hackles up and barked at them, which sent them running.
We were desperately trying to catch her, but people were running away from her. Which is understandable

I think what really scared me was the fact that she just wouldn't come back. I thought that her recall was pretty good when we went out on walks, but this time she was so distracted she wouldn't listen. What can I do to make her recall stronger? It'd be nice to work on why she appears to be fearful of strangers too.. And something will have to be done about the fence too. Maybe if I ask my neighbour and offer to pay for it?
Thanks for listening!