Is your doodle a runner?

[Taylor & Huff]

I know that there are certain dogs that are just born to run. What I mean by running is like running away from you or running away from home. Lets say, if you were to let go of your doodles leash by accident or on purpose, would he or she run away from you and not look back? What I am trying to ask is would your doodle run away from you or would he or she stay by you on an off leash walk? I personally know that Huff stays by us outside. When we take him to the beach, he plays and runs but he always comes back to check that we are all still there. If I take him outside off leash, he walks pretty close to me, not quite at my side but he doesn't go in the street unless there is something interesting there like a bunny, road runner, or even a cat haha:) If he sees another person or dog he will go right up to them too but he doesn't have any intentions of running away. Does your doodle run away from you?

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

Daisy NEVER leaves our side....leashed, or unleashed....she is a big chicken. That being said she would without a doubt BOLT if a loud noise frightened her, she has done it. Fortunately we worked very hard on the STOP command and she now does that. If we are anywhere outside of our own backyard she is ALWAYS leashed.

[Jennifer,Chloe & Myla]

The younger one Myla ALWAYS has to know where I am and now that we have a fenced yard we go out there for her to potty in the morning, she will come back in if you tell her-Chloe not so much, she will put a chase on anytime, If we were ever crazy enough to let her off leash she would run to check on her peeps certain houses she runs up to and checks if anyone is out.

Or...she would go to the park and see if they were playing baseball...she stands behind home plate (fence) and watches while standing on her hind legs only! This really freaks the pitcher out!

[Bonnie and Kona]

Our doodles and in fact all the dogs we have owned over the years seem to want to be in touch with us. They don't leave the yard or run off when let off leash. I don't know what we would do if we had that situation.

[Adina P]

Neither Rosco or Boca would just up and run off or 'run away'.  But that doesn't mean that they are responsible off leash or that I would feel safe walking them down a side walk off leash.  They are still very likely to want to chase a squirrel or cat or visit the dogs across the street and wouldn't make the safest decisions en route.  Rosco would probably heel with me off leash, but Boca's not there yet.

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

There used to be a rule that a loyal dog would never go  farther than the owner's voice

All the dogs I had as an adult have stayed close.  My last two ( before Spud and Starlit) were never leashed at all.  The dogs played and stayed in the yard with my boys.   But times have changed.  Traffic runs at a much faster pace, new leash laws, and neighborhood etiquette is different now  too. So I would never think of doing this now.

Spud stays with us.  If he gets out of hand a ball or a toy brings him right back.  Starlit, BOLTS!  I think she would like to stay close but gets too confused and then if falls apart. 

 

 

[Linda, Webber and Seda]

Webber will not let me out of his sight and has never run off.  Seda will take off and run, and cannot be trusted off leash.  I am pretty sure she would come back home, after she had chased the deer, met the neighbors and barked at the mailman, but I don't want her to get hit by a car.  One of her siblings was hit and had a broken leg, and one one was killed by a car.  I am convinced there is a running wild gene in her heritage.  I have to watch her very closely if I have her off leash on my property (which is an acre and not too close to the street).  She responds to "come" 9 out of 10 times but we are not at rock solid yet.

[DeeDee and Sheila]

Yep.  Sheila is a runner.  Although, she is just beginning to learn-after a year.  Last time she joyously bolted when I didn't get her from car to inside fast enough, she ran smack dab into the neighbor's brown lab that ran after her to sniff her.  Boy, did she crouch down and let me catch her!!!  I'd invisible fence, but then she couldn't zoom behind the bushes, garden in the fenced back yard.  The fence would shock her.  And zooming is her favorite thing to do.

[Camilla and Darwin]

We never allow Darwin to be off leash in an unsecured area. He is pretty good at keeping close to our side, and if he does wander he's very good at coming back when I call. But I'm not willing to take the chance that he will see a cat or another dog and run into oncoming traffic, or just run away in general. Better safe than sorry.

[Lindsey]

Molly wouldn't bolt, she would probably sit down and wonder why we weren't holding her leash or how she ended up becoming NOT attached to us, lol. However, I think if I gave her long enough she would walk around and explore farther and farther away from us. She's a chicken though, so I don't think she would ever RUN far.

[Shelley and Riley]

Riley will bolt to the neighbors to look in all their windows to see if anyone will come out to play. He then runs back to me, then back to the neighbors. Fortunately, our street is a dead end road that ends at our house so there are no cars. He is not trained well enough that I could trust him in any other situation though.

[Sue, Lola, Pongo & Hubby]

Lola never runs from us, no matter what. I could drop her leash mid-walk and she'd stay next to me (or a tad ahead of me lol). The gate to our fence in the backyard sometimes swings open, and we've found it wide open and Lola was just laying there (there have been a few times she's barked at the open door...and we wonder if it's to notify us? Is she really that brilliant?? OF COURSE!!!)

[Val MacQueen and Jasper]

When he goes to our local; leash free park Jasper will run tail up and legs flying especially if there is another dog to run with but he will always return to my DH. When he gets home any unspent energy is used by a quick 3or4 rounds of the house and an exhausted drop to the seal position.