Hi,
I live way out in the country. I have an older female mix breed who will stay around the house when we leave. A few months ago we got a 1 year old aussie/border collie mix. He is a sweet dog, and they both love to go with us in the truck when we go places. But we can't always take them.
If we try to leave without them the 1 year old will run like crazy behind us until we lose him. And the old female will follow him. Once he followed us 10 minutes to the main road, and we had to load him up and take him back. We found the old female about 1.5 miles from the house trying to catch up with him. It isn't safe for her to be that far from home because of the neighbor dogs who might attack her. There is no traffic out here until you get to the main road, and he can outrun any other dogs around here...but I don't want either one of them to follow us when we leave. How can I get him to stay? (I'm sure she will stay if he does.) It's a big place and fencing it in is not possible now. I could build a kennel, but if it weren't for the first 10 minutes after leaving it would be unnecessary. Once we're gone they stay here, it's just the act of leaving that causes trouble.
Thanks,
Stefan
I live way out in the country. I have an older female mix breed who will stay around the house when we leave. A few months ago we got a 1 year old aussie/border collie mix. He is a sweet dog, and they both love to go with us in the truck when we go places. But we can't always take them.
If we try to leave without them the 1 year old will run like crazy behind us until we lose him. And the old female will follow him. Once he followed us 10 minutes to the main road, and we had to load him up and take him back. We found the old female about 1.5 miles from the house trying to catch up with him. It isn't safe for her to be that far from home because of the neighbor dogs who might attack her. There is no traffic out here until you get to the main road, and he can outrun any other dogs around here...but I don't want either one of them to follow us when we leave. How can I get him to stay? (I'm sure she will stay if he does.) It's a big place and fencing it in is not possible now. I could build a kennel, but if it weren't for the first 10 minutes after leaving it would be unnecessary. Once we're gone they stay here, it's just the act of leaving that causes trouble.
Thanks,
Stefan