Comments on: Leash Off Ears Closed: When Dogs Don’t Listen!

By: Jools

Jools — Sun, 25 May 2025 22:17:44 +0000

Hi I have a 13 month old lab female that just runs after any other animal geese deer pheasant how do I stop this she has no recall if she gets a scent or sees another dog to play with, she is very friendly but walking is stressful and I don’t want to use a long line as when I try I just get pulled or tied up or it gets wrapped round things please help.

By: Sammie@LabSiteHQ

Sammie@LabSiteHQ — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 15:18:09 +0000

In reply to tim moore. Hi Tim, it's not safe for him to roam, so we recommend that you either keep him indoors when you aren't able to supervise him, or fence part of your property to keep him on your land, or build an outdoor run for him. Sammie

By: tim moore

tim moore — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 23:21:17 +0000

iam about to my wits end but not yet! I’m 70yrsold I was given a blk lab 3mo old. he’s smart, beautiful,hyper,caring , loving and now over 1yrold, about 90lbs,big head,big feet,outside dog,very powerful, he gets to come in 3to4hrs day or night, loves to ride in car, live on 10 acres he loves,fetches, sits when told, shakes hands one then other, swims inground pool . 10 times a day by his self mostly, now pool closed snow,he now goes1/2 mi away to neighbors dog, I got mad 1st few times and I now know he is afraid of me per you! his hearing and nose is fab, how do I keep him home???

By: Sammie@LabSiteHQ

Sammie@LabSiteHQ — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 12:30:32 +0000

In reply to Victoria Wittelsbach.

Hi Victoria. This sounds very stressful for you, I’m sorry to hear you’re having to deal with this. Pippa has written a lovely email on training your dog to ignore distractions – if you’re signed up for her Training Tips emails it’s worth searching back through your old emails for! Otherwise you can find a copy in the guides, in her Dogsnet Training facebook group. I do hope it’s helpful!
Sammie

By: Victoria Wittelsbach

Victoria Wittelsbach — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:53:39 +0000

Lab yanks leash and runs when he sees a squirrel pulling me down etc.

By: Floyd Bishop

Floyd Bishop — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 23:42:21 +0000

Our four month old male lab is ok until about six pm. Then he becomes obsessed!!!! He acts crazy and we can’t control him. This goes on for about an hour. Please help!!

By: Connie

Connie — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 16:54:28 +0000

In short, do not get a dog, especially a Labrador, if you are not prepared for them to control all aspects of your life. And if you are in a position of not having understood that when someone ‘gave’ you a dog, you are in for some miserable times. Folks are more interested in forcing unwanted behavior on you, rather than letting the dog go to a home that likes being run by a dog.

By: Elke s

Elke s — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 01:36:05 +0000

In reply to Steve Leonard.

Hi
Do you allow your dog to play with other dogs and go in parks where he can run off lead? Maybe he needs a playmate regular and interact with other dogs more to get over the urge to run to them all in the neigbourhood the time when going out with you.dogs are much calmer when they have had a really good run.
The other thing I recommend is make your walk fun.take a toy with you and play with him so he learns you can be as much fun as other dogs and their toys.walking on lead a trotting behind or at your side can be very boring for your dog.
Hope you getting there

By: Elke s

Elke s — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 01:22:34 +0000

Great article a advise.I love it and I wish more dog owners would take the time and interest reading articles like this.
I am a dog owner for 10 years.2 late rescue Labrador girls, 1 rescue Labradoodle and si ce 8 weeks a golden rescue Labrador girl. All my dogs have had sad troubled pasts from being beaten and neglected to used as breading machines.All of my dogs never have had any training before, nor have they been walked and played with. my 2 late Labs a my Labradoodle boy now 10 years old has been relative young when I adopted them ( 5 to 7 Month old). As a 1 time dog Mummy ???? I was quite nervous when I got my 1 rescue Lab.But I read many many books from training my dog to dog psychology and health problems, as well read lots of articles online.I went with my 1 dog to training g classes but to be honest I found it not very good and helpful.Yes my dog could sit stay a so on but I had the same problem like many of you here when being outdoors and distracted with other dogs, people etc. The 1 few walks I walked like so many other people relaxed and my dog on lead trotting along. But I found this sooooo boring that I really thought about how boring it is even for my dog.so I stared playing games like retrieving a ball, sniffing out treats or objects a so on.In less than 1 week my dog responded so well off lead that even she greeted other dogs or run in the bushes to sniff around, she came back in less than 1 sec when calling her for another game.Not only my dog was more happy on our walks I was as well and the bond between us couldn’t be closer.
All my other dogs have learned from each other and the walks even with 3 dogs was always fun and relaxed as I knew they comming to me when called.I think the main issue with call back a dog is really making g it as much fun as possible and not only calling them back when time to go home.
My newest rescue Lab who is 4 and never has seen a park, grass , streets or has been inside a house is a bit different. She absolutely loves to run.she runs like she runs for her life and is not interested in games apart from when we on a gras field where she likes to play ball.she disapear In the forest and bushes and calling her back did not work,was really scary first.thinking a really long time about how to get her not to run to far away that she gets lost , but still give her the freedom to run off lead costed me sleepless nights.Yes I also got fustrated when she didn’t react when I called her back and I also told her off, put her back on lead.we both ended up fustrated.and yes she listens to me very well apart fro being in the woods.So I 1 decided to go there where it is really save, no streets around in case she runs off.And she did run in the woods but I tried to relax visualising she will come back in a few minutes to look if I’m still there.i did not call her back straight away when she was running in the woods, I waited about 2 minutes exactly at the spot where we was when she run off.And to my supreme she came back after a few minutes without I called her.instead of been fustrated I praised her to come back showed her I really was happy and proud of her and that I trust her to come back shortly.That was the breaking point.Now I allow her to run in the woods knowing all she needs is that I trust her to come back as well as she trusts me to wait for her at the same spot as her nose is showing her the exact way back.we both trust each other now and now when I call her back she even turns around and comes to me know she is allowed to go to explore.I have learned a lot from her to see that she really needs exploring there where I can’t go so she is a happy stable dog.of course I only let her run their where it is save and she respect my decision when showing her here or there it not save and she has to stay at my side. Now I don’t even have to put a lead on when I want her to stay at my side, somehow she knows without words even when she can’t run around even when we going to new areas.I think we often underestimate how intelligent our dogs are and that they can read our emotion more than we are aware .every dog is different and we really need to find the deepest emotion and characters of our dogs to build the most trusting bond between them and us.I really love my girl for have showing me the way to learn to trust her as she trusts me.
I always will be worried that somethin may happens, like it is with with when my children was younger and they went out into the world. ????????????????

By: Steve Leonard

Steve Leonard — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 16:29:39 +0000

I HAVE A YELLOW 8 YR OLD LAB THAT WALKS FINE WITH MY WIFE AROUND THE BLOCK BUT WHEN COMES TO ME, ITS MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY. I JUST CAN’T GET HIM TO TURN THE CORNER WHEN I WANT TO. HE IS ATTRACTED TO A FEW HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAVE OTHER DOGS. HE LIKES TO STEAL THEIR TOYS. ITS A BATTLE, IF HE DOESN’T WANT TO TURN, HE WILL JUST SIT DOWN AND REFUSE TO GO.
HOW CAN I BREAK HIM OF THIS HABIT. TREATS DON’T WORK, HE JUST EXPECTS THEM.