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Do your dog stay within a certain distance of you, even while off-leash and out exploring?
Wally will and it's interesting. It's like he can tell just how far away he is, and if he's "too far" he'll stop and look. If I taught this, I have no idea how I did it. If he taught himself this - I still have no idea how he did it!
It just kinda happened. Maybe it's a breed thing - some sort of internal instinct to say within a certain distance? Even if he's walking out ahead of me, he'll turn and like double-back to line up with me again, then walk out front to that distance, like he's counting the steps he can take
I notice it's also a smaller distance at night. Now I know I didn't teach him that. Wouldn't even know how to begin (well, I have an idea, but not on how to associate it with the day-night cycle). Also it varies based on his state of mind - i.e the "radius" is wider if he's feeling confident while very tiny if he's anxious (which makes sense)
Wally will and it's interesting. It's like he can tell just how far away he is, and if he's "too far" he'll stop and look. If I taught this, I have no idea how I did it. If he taught himself this - I still have no idea how he did it!
It just kinda happened. Maybe it's a breed thing - some sort of internal instinct to say within a certain distance? Even if he's walking out ahead of me, he'll turn and like double-back to line up with me again, then walk out front to that distance, like he's counting the steps he can take
I notice it's also a smaller distance at night. Now I know I didn't teach him that. Wouldn't even know how to begin (well, I have an idea, but not on how to associate it with the day-night cycle). Also it varies based on his state of mind - i.e the "radius" is wider if he's feeling confident while very tiny if he's anxious (which makes sense)