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Okay, I write this becasue I am at my wits end with this one.
Out for a walk this morning and everything is fine. Kian is about one foot ahead of me which I do not mind.
Well, he stops to sniff a tree and a young lady walks by...fine. Now she is up ahead of us. Well, would you know it, he starts to run for her. So I calm him down and he relaxes. He bolts again. I calm him down. (repeat scenario 2x ).
On the last freak out, I mean he starts to jump and whine and bark, he wiggles out of his collar and he's gone. I think every curse word I know came out of me, and I may have even come up with a few new ones.
He runs across a street, 2 cars stop (thank god) and he runs to the girl and I yell at her to stop him. She does, I run over and calm him down. We put his collar back on and tighten it a smidge.
Now as he calms down she walk away, I politely thank her and all is good. I hold Kian in my arms, shaking slightly (me, not him) and kind of freak on him slightly.
We begin to walk the other way (away from the girl) and he looses it again, whinning, jumping, barking. He wants to go in her direction.
So, what gives? He doesn't know her, she never made any eye or verbal contact when she first walked by us. I just don't get why he acted out like a little toddler not getting his way.
What can I do to prevent this in the future?
Oh and what type of collar should we be using on him? Right now he wears a inch wide nylon collar....which has now been tightened.
Thanks for reading, sorry for the long rant.
Oh and once he stopped his freak out we walked back to our neighbourhood and I took him to the park for a run and some play time.
Out for a walk this morning and everything is fine. Kian is about one foot ahead of me which I do not mind.
Well, he stops to sniff a tree and a young lady walks by...fine. Now she is up ahead of us. Well, would you know it, he starts to run for her. So I calm him down and he relaxes. He bolts again. I calm him down. (repeat scenario 2x ).
On the last freak out, I mean he starts to jump and whine and bark, he wiggles out of his collar and he's gone. I think every curse word I know came out of me, and I may have even come up with a few new ones.
He runs across a street, 2 cars stop (thank god) and he runs to the girl and I yell at her to stop him. She does, I run over and calm him down. We put his collar back on and tighten it a smidge.
Now as he calms down she walk away, I politely thank her and all is good. I hold Kian in my arms, shaking slightly (me, not him) and kind of freak on him slightly.
We begin to walk the other way (away from the girl) and he looses it again, whinning, jumping, barking. He wants to go in her direction.
So, what gives? He doesn't know her, she never made any eye or verbal contact when she first walked by us. I just don't get why he acted out like a little toddler not getting his way.
What can I do to prevent this in the future?
Oh and what type of collar should we be using on him? Right now he wears a inch wide nylon collar....which has now been tightened.
Thanks for reading, sorry for the long rant.
Oh and once he stopped his freak out we walked back to our neighbourhood and I took him to the park for a run and some play time.