 Barked: Wed Oct 8, '08 7:50pm PST |
 | |  | | We're looking for a little insight here. My new sister, Tehya, is a recent rescue and she seems to not want to mind Mom and Dad at all. During warm weather, they leave the back door from the house to the porch open, and we can come and go from the house to the yard as we please. 2 of us come running when we hear our names called. Tehya just stands there - pretty much defying Mom and Dad. They even try 'bribing' her with treats, and she's so stubborn that she won't even come and get a treat, even when we're standing there drooling with tails wagging. I tell you, she really frustrates us. We'll all go out and try to pursuade her to come in, and she'll get right to the door and then stop. It's like she's playing a game. I don't think Mom and Dad like the game too well. She behaves very well on a leash, and minds for the most part when she's in the house, even (slowly) comes when called, she just doesn't want to pay attention to them when she's outside. The only way they get her to come in is to be patient and wait for her to wander back in the house, and then get to the back door and close it before she tries to go back out. We all go out one last time before bedtime, and they've been making her go out on the leash so she has to come back in. I think we're all hoping that the routine of going out the one last time and then coming in and going to bed starts to set in so that they don't have to continue this when there's snow on the ground and it's bitterly cold and they're at the back door trying to coax her in the house. So, what should they do? Just leave her out all night with the door shut when she doesn't want to come in? I think their biggest issue is what else should they be doing to get her to come when called? We sure could use some pointers. By the way, my Mom and my brother Sammy used to live by Porter's Cave - she said Owen County is the best place she's lived! |  |  | |  |
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