So one of my Facebook friends stated that her dog had got outside of her fence AGAIN and ran over to the neighbors and barked, and wouldn't come when called, and basically caused a big commotion for over 30 minutes until my friend could catch her. My friend put the dog in her crate for a timeout ~ which she does not normally do, as she doesn't believe in using the crate as punishment. Anyway, one of her other friends said to lock the dog in a closet for 10 minutes as discipline! I said that is borderline abuse! I would NEVER lock Coop in a closet! The girl said Caesar Milan said to do it as it separates the dog from you and is punishment. I guess if you believe that, you could put the dog in the bedroom or something, but to me, locking a dog in a closet is HORRIBLE, and I would never do that! Am I crazy or is she???? The very thought of a dog being locked in a closet to me turns my stomach....
I say put her friend and Caesar in the closet, and lock the door, what nonsense, and it is abuse, not even borderline,,,Arggggh, I get so angry when I hear things like this, it makes my blood boil !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't think of her name right now, but the British dog trainer said to run in the opposite direction of the dog and make
it know you are running away from it as if it is a game. It will turn around and try to catch you. Mitzi got out of our
fenced-in yard once and started running down the street, I called to her and ran in the opposite direction and she came
chasing after me. Had I not seen the "Its me or the Dog" show, I probably would never have tried that trick and she might
still be running away! Needless to say I was very worried as we have a lot of traffic and that is a situation I hope never
happens again. Lock in a closet?? No Way!
Yes, I do too. She has a calming effect on dogs. And I have used the running in opposite direction trick - well my dad did actually! Peri got out on Sunday at my parents' house and dad started running after her. They have a looong driveway, Peri got 1/2way down, dad turned around and ran up to the house...Peri came following immediately.