I need your guys help, SUPER important! :)

[RedneckCowgirl]

I need to teach Maddie NOT to run off. I'm moving soon and I hate the fact that two of the dogs will get to basically be free but she will need to staying tied up. Any tips on training her to stay in one area? The fencing there is 3 board horse fencing.

[xellil]

Well, you need to do boundary training - I have to admit it's great when you can keep your dog inside an area without a fence..

i did it with a really long leash (50 feet) and a verbal cue along with a tug on the leash and alot of treats for coming back. After awhile, just the verbal command got him to turn around.

I just use "back" but I'm sure there are better ways to do it - alot of stuff I've done has been my own made-up stuff and I find out later there is my way and then there is the real way.

[RedneckCowgirl]

Thanks :) Its the only thing about moving that I'm not excited about. Maddie was returned to the shelter 3 times before I got her, and therefore she is untrusting of living somewhere else until she realizes that its safe (usually about a month) in which time if she is left alone she has moderate separation anxiety (she pees everywhere and screams) so she will need to be tied outside if she can't be watched 100 percent

[xellil]

yes, we are getting ready to move where there is no yard fence also.

I'm more concerned about other dogs coming into my yard, frankly.

You could also get one of those kennel runs or a zip line so she doesn't have to just be tied.

[doggiedad]

how long will your dog stay in an area without a fence without
you being there? will your dog stay in an unfenced area if a deer, dog, rabbit,
squirrel, person wanders pass? what happens when the mail carrier comes?

Well, you need to do boundary training - I have to admit it's great when you can keep your dog inside an area without a fence..

i did it with a really long leash (50 feet) and a verbal cue along with a tug on the leash and alot of treats for coming back. After awhile, just the verbal command got him to turn around.

I just use "back" but I'm sure there are better ways to do it - alot of stuff I've done has been my own made-up stuff and I find out later there is my way and then there is the real way.

[doggiedad]

i think you should build your dog a kennel.

[xellil]

how long will your dog stay in an area without a fence without
you being there? will your dog stay in an unfenced area if a deer, dog, rabbit,
squirrel, person wanders pass? what happens when the mail carrier comes?

Well, it's not me that's worried but I'll answer you since you quoted me. My dog doesn't leave the yard, period. Not for cats or squirrels or mailmen, or anything.

I would not leave him alone in a fenced yard, much less an unfenced one. I'm more worried about what's coming in than him going out.

But we are often on opposite sides of the house or the yard. He patrols his boundaries like any normal dog but that's as far as he goes.

He's much less reactive with no boundary, as a matter of fact. He ignores other animals when he's outside the fence and goes nuts barking at them when he's behind the fence.

[Scarlett_O']

I think you have a great plan...Im sure once you work with her Im sure that she will get there!!!

i think you should build your dog a kennel.

She is moving onto her boss' property(she is starting a live in job at a horse farm)...so I dont know what all she can do!

[doggiedad]

i thought you were leaving your dog outside in an unfenced area
and you were depending on your boundary training to contain him.

[xellil]

personally, i think I would do a zip line rather than tie her up, if she can find two trees that would work. Those are pretty cheap and easy.

I would certainly not try boundary training a dog in a new place for a short period of time and expect her to not run away.