Hi everyone,
Okay so my girlfriend and I have a ten month old West Highland who is a pretty good little dog but lately we have had a big problem. From everything we read a Westie is never the kind of dog you can let run free without a fence because they just have to bolt if they see something tastey..
Now, I don't know if I believe that 100% because they seem like pretty bright pups, I would hope anything is possible.
Anyways, three times now in a week he has snuck by us when accepting a package or something near the door and he shoots outside and literally goes nuts. If he continues to do this, there is a 100% chance he will not live his full life and he will get smashed by a car.
Where do we start on solving this? Meaning what type of training do we focus on to remedie this problem? Is it a matter of training to keep away from the door? Or is it better training to keep him by our sides?
I would love to think we could just do a better job of keeping him from going free but its almost like no matter how hard you try, you know someday he is going to get free again and that could be the day he runs right in front of a car!
Thanks
Okay so my girlfriend and I have a ten month old West Highland who is a pretty good little dog but lately we have had a big problem. From everything we read a Westie is never the kind of dog you can let run free without a fence because they just have to bolt if they see something tastey..
Now, I don't know if I believe that 100% because they seem like pretty bright pups, I would hope anything is possible.
Anyways, three times now in a week he has snuck by us when accepting a package or something near the door and he shoots outside and literally goes nuts. If he continues to do this, there is a 100% chance he will not live his full life and he will get smashed by a car.
Where do we start on solving this? Meaning what type of training do we focus on to remedie this problem? Is it a matter of training to keep away from the door? Or is it better training to keep him by our sides?
I would love to think we could just do a better job of keeping him from going free but its almost like no matter how hard you try, you know someday he is going to get free again and that could be the day he runs right in front of a car!
Thanks