when your dog goes WILD!!!

[Paul Bright]

:yikes:"HELPP!!!" :yikes: lol

I just witnessed a dog who had gone wild :fighting0040not really as wild as you think, just exaggerating, but the point is going out of control) in a park. I can see the owner is really having hard time trying to control her dog who keeps on running and running and running around the park (which really made the kids scared)..

At first I thought it was OK but when it seemed out of control, I tried to help. Luckily he didn't harmed anyone but obviously the owner was pissed :wall:and at the same time ashamed.

Well it never happened to me but I just thought, what if it was my dog? Oh no no no no..:nono:

How about you guys? Has your dog gone wild? How do you deal with them when they go out of hand?

 

[Snark]

Well, Riley isn't let off leash unless he's in a contained area and really, if all the dog was doing was running (not jumping on people or other dogs) and wasn't in danger of running out onto a road, I'd have been encouraging him to run and get his zoomies out.

Riley gets the zoomies at least a couple of times a day, and he's downright obnoxious if he doesn't get a chance to run. I encourage him to run and to also run to me - when he does, he gets lots of praise and I send him out again. He thinks it's a great game and after ten or so minutes, he's ready to take a break and comes back to me.

If I really need him to come to me, I call him and run the other way. When he catches up, he gets lots of praise, treats or a game of tug with a toy so he doesn't think coming in is an end to the fun.

 

[Kat09Tails]

My papillons are pretty obedient. My lab, not so much. She has her moments of being a really good dog. Then the rest of the time it's like a combination of explosive joy and drunk cow.

I find I have a better time handling her off lead with an e collar so usually we go out e collar strapped on and a long line on. However there have been moments of handler error where I forgot the e collar, forgot to turn it on, or just had a off day. Not her fault, mine.

I pick my battles carefully with her. I try to set her up for success with each handling event. When she does have a moment though I try to bring her back to square one which is usually SIT!! NOW!

 

[Renee750il]

I send the Fila and the Bimmer to wrangle her happy little ass

 

[Ivy]

If the dog is running off some steam I don't intervene, unless it's jumping up. That's what a dog park is for. In my opinion, a dog park is not the best place to bring children in the first place. Not worth the risk of a kid getting hurt.

 

[corgipower]

Well, was he being "wild" or was it a case of zoomies? Because there is something of a difference.

Mine get zoomies all the time. I let them get some out of their system...they need it...and then I walk away, which gets them following. Of course it does help that I'm dealing with herding breeds, who have a tendency to be pretty handler oriented.

If the dog needs a chance to run, they should find someplace where he can do so safely, like a dog park.

 

[Zoom]

If the dog is running off some steam I don't intervene, unless it's jumping up. That's what a dog park is for. In my opinion, a dog park is not the best place to bring children in the first place. Not worth the risk of a kid getting hurt.

This.

 

[lizzybeth727]

How about you guys? Has your dog gone wild? How do you deal with them when they go out of hand?

I never let my dog off leash if I have the slightest doubt that she will not come back when I call, or do anything that might scare/bother a human or another dog.

Occasionally she won't come back when I call - always in an enclosed area - and when that happens the last thing I would do is chase after her. Instead I stay calm and upbeat, because 1.) she'll never come back if she thinks I'm annoyed with her, and 2.) I don't want to be the one making the scene, since it doesn't serve a purpose anyway. I also give her treats whenever she does decide to come back. If she doesn't come, it's my fault for letting her off leash in the first place.

 

[HayleyMarie]

well for one It just sounds like the dogs was super excited and was zooming around. That is what a dog park if for. And I really dont think a dog park is a safe place for children since there are huge dogs running around in packs and they dont care if there is a child infront of them ready to he barreled over.

I have been almost barreled over plenty of times, but I know its a dog park and I have to be cautious of where I am standing and always looking around for thoes happy, zooming dogs just being dogs.

 

[DanL]

I can't see where the op said this was in a dog park, but maybe my old eyes missed it from all the flashing and movement of the icons in the post. If this was a regular park- it shouldn't happen. Dog park, then kids shouldn't be there.

As far as out of control, mine never get to the point where they don't listen. They run and zoom around but I can always call them down if it gets out of hand.