My 13 month old neutered boy Porter is giving me more gray hairs these days. Porter has a very large fenced area behind the house, which he absolutely loves. But, the problem is when he either escapes from the house (6 year old niece left the door open) or escapes from his yard (2 sets of gates - hubby didn't notice one was open) he literally takes off at FULL SPEED and doesn't respond to any command or bribery. Saturday night it took us almost an hour to corral him! His little brother Kief (7.5 month old neutered GSD) is nothing like this. He will lay on the deck (not in the yard) and will only take off when following Porter!! But, the main difference being is Kief listens. Porter knows "come" and will respond with very little hesitation in his yard or in the house or when we are on our off leash runs together in the fields, but when he escapes! .... He gets daily off leash runs through the back fields with us and responds well to most commands. It really worries me because when he escapes he likes to go to the front field nearest the busy road! When we do catch him he's immediately put on the leash (for his safety) and either brought into the house or put in his yard. He will not follow us (like he does on his regular field runs) or listen whatsoever, forms of bribery don't work! Help please! We always do our best to make sure he doesn't escape when doors are opened etc., but it has happened and I'm sure it will happen again and I'd like to know if anyone has any suggestions on how to tame this wild behaviour.
Thanks, ===== Jennifer Martyn Conn, Ontario, Canada __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com
