[roxy25]

It sounds like she is the pack leader. You need to reverse this quickly. How much exercise does she get ?

She needs to be walked or run for a good 30-45 mins. Having a big back yard or yard does not cut it. Dogs need mental Stimulation. Walking helps this. You should also start training her in your back yard for at least 5- 10 mins daily on stay and come what most people do is tell dog to stay and then call for the come. IMO this will not teach your dog to stay properly ( some dogs yes but its not as effective) When you say stay walk a few feet away then come back to dog then reward. Just keep Practicing this until she gets it. ( your children should help you train her too)

I would get her a correction collar and take her outside with leash ( 20ft) in the front yard. start walking her around and go to the curb. tell her stay, come back to her and give her treat keep doing this daily and make each time a longer stay. another training exercise to do is walk her curb if she steps in street say "No" make her stay on curb repeat this . she will get that stepping in street is not a wanted behavior.

 

[roxy25]

I hope we are on teh right track at least, we just spent 30 mins outside playing and fetching, on a really long lead, I was calling her "come" and she would trot away and I would pull the lead to me forcing her to come, after about 15 mins she realized that evem if she chooses to not come the leash will "reel" her in. She does great at sitting on command and I think she does know stay she just chooses to ignore it. So we spent a few mins having some fun, a few min son really learning, and a few mins again on fun. In the process she discovered the kiddie pool all set up and reallu enjoyed fetching her toy from the water.

As to your questions, I typically walk with her 2ce daily, first thing in teh morning we do a quick walk to the store to grab my coffee, by teh time we get home its about 15-20 mins later depending on if my kidlet dawdles. In teh evening we walk again for another 30 mins, than we go to the playground (fenced in) and have some off lead time where we work on what she knows and sometimes I add in something new. She loves to fetch, chase things, and just run. By the time we get home in teh evening we have been out sometimes and hr, sometimes 90 mins and smetimes just 45 mins. Depending on when she poops out. She thenm comes home and crashes until I wake her up to pee at 10pm than we go to bed. She is noy high strung really, but she does have her moments, she willoccasionlly get the zoomies and run and run in teh house, up and down, back and forth etc etc. I am really gonna have to work with her, as I said I don't want her killed, stolen or in the wrong hands, so I need to keep her safe.

When you walk her does she pull or stay in front ? is she the first thing out the door ?

 

[roxy25]

At the beginning of a walk, yes she is in front, at the end she is tired and stays behind me. Sometimes she will be first out the door, but am working on not letting her out the door unless she invited to try and stop the bolting and to try and teach her that first she must be invited on the walk. Quincy knows this quite well and again it's not something I have taught him really, I just re-inforce it but he seems to know, always has. Diffferent personalties I suppose, Quincy is very seriious and very old man like, where Ruby is a bit more hyper than him and more likley to take over. Out of the 2 I don't think anyone has hieracrhy, it seems to change depending on moods.

How would I get my daughter involved? Jilly has dwarfism and is about the size of a 2 year old and about 24lbs, I am hesitant to get her involved for fear she will be hurt. Ruby is about 7 lbs but she is actually a pretty strong little pup lol I'm surprised actually.

As I thought Rudy is being dominate, do not allow her to walk in front of you ever on a leash. Never let her out the door before you either. Never put leash or collar on her if she is in an excited state, wait until she is calm and submissive.

Do you let her on beds or couches? if so will she get off if you told her to?
The kids can get involved by helping make sure Rudy knows that she is low on the list in your pack. You kids should be able to tell her commands . such as off couch or bed they can practice this with her. They can also help with feeding such as making her wait and become calm to be fed. You kids can hold the bowl until she is less excited and calm. They don’t have to hold the leash they should help you with telling her to stay.
If she jumps on your kids you would need to correct this also.