hellosunshine

My TPOO is extremely fast and can jump extremely high. I'm talking, no one believes how fast and high until they see it. When she takes off her legs are just a blur. I'm about 5' and she can get to my chest from standing right under me. I've tried to gates to keep her in the kitchen and she jumps right over them.

A few months ago she started a little game of sprinting away when outside and it's time to go in. She knows this is not ok. The thing is, she doesn't just sprint and go anywhere. She sprints and will then politely sit or stand and look at us. I can go inside and close the door and she will sit and sit and sit, just looking. She's sit in a parking space, in the road, on the stairs up...and just won't come until she decides too. The past few days it's been cold and she's shivering, but she will not move. This is the last training issue I can't seem to conquer.

I haven't been chasing her (and it would be no use either) I just close the door and leave it open and wait. Or just grab her up when she does slowly get close and hold her facing away from me in a non-cuddling fashion while saying no.

Anyone have any ideas about what I can do? She has always been great off a leash and now she has just lost her mind!

Theo'sMom

I think its common for dogs to do this when they figure out they're faster than you and when they are old enough to not be stuck to you and develop a will of their own and have a trickster sense of humor. I've tried
1) offering a high value treat when I tell my dog to come.
2) practicing "come" drills daily both in and out of the house
3) running away from the dog. The dog will almost always follow you, especially if you flail your arms and make a spectacle of yourself. They can't seem to resist that.

JE-UK

Recall is the single most important thing any dog should know. There are lots of techniques to improve recall, but the critical thing is to never allow the dog to link recall = end of fun in her head. I'd carry super treats and recall 100 times on a walk, treat, and let her go on with playing.

Once her recall is improved, I'd work on putting the leash on a dozen times while walking, always with yummy treats involved. Recall, treat, clip on the leash, treat, unclip and release her.

Poodles seem particularly fond of keep-away as a game; it can be really frustrating!

Good luck!

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dcyk

Can i say i believe you when you say your TPOO is very fast, my 11 week old boy frustates himself on toys then goes on top speed running around the house a whole circle and comes back to attack his toy.

catsaqqara

Bambi did this same thing
Great advice so far.
Coming to you should be a very positive thing.

Do whats called a Jackpot treat and give something that is really awesome a couple times. I don't give mine canned soft food but I used the little Cesar dog food packages, something like this is good because they cant smell it on you.

I would leash her to come inside until you have a good recall. After we worked on come outside and in, I gave her the jackpot the first time she came to the house when I call her, she came hesitantly but after that she came running every time, I did the Jackpot a couple more times randomly for coming to the house.

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