My husky won't go home?

Question

I've just gotten this 1 year old female husky. She is very sweet and friendly. But after walk/ jogs, once we get near the alley that leads to my house, she stops and sits and turns her head. SHES SO SMART. She knows thats the way home. Then I'm forced to go around another way and she notices again and stops. I have to do it like 4 or 5 times, till finally she goes home. It's so frustrating. What if i'm late for places and this happens, how annoying.

Has this happened to anyone else? What should I do? How do I get her to go home?

Thank you.

Answer 1

The ***** knows she is going home. I have a Husky too, they want to prolong their walk...

Answer 2

You're the boss. You're bigger than her, and you have leverage. Siberians are excellent at playing you, if you let them.



Don't.



If it were me, I'd just keep walking home, and the dog would have no choice. But this is a new dog, a new relationship you're forming, so here are your options:



1. From in front of her, pop the leash toward you, tell her "Let's Go!" in a happy voice. Do that all the way into the house, if you have to. Praise her for moving forward. Give her a biscuit when you get inside. She'll soon learn that going into the house gets her a cookie.



Siberians are suckers for cookies.



2. If #1 doesn't work quickly enough, and/or you don't enjoy dragging her butt up the alley, get a prong collar, well-fitted by someone who knows what they're doing. Put it on her before your walk, and when it comes time to go home, repeat #1.



She will quickly learn that resisting isn't fun, but moving forward is.



3. Remember what I said. You have two legs. You're bigger than her. You're the boss. Respect is a huge thing to a Siberian. If they can dominate your relationship (i.e. by getting their way and making you bend to their will), they will.



ADD: I doubt you'll hurt her neck. But if this really concerns you, get a prong collar. You won't have to pull hard to get your point across.



And it sounds like you need a better, "high-value" treat. Use something that she only gets in this situation, like a piece of hot dog or cheddar cheese.

Answer 3

WOW THIS ONE IS A GOOD ONE..LOL. I HAVE A FEW IDEAS FOR YOU TO TRY. ONE IS TO CARRY TREATS IN YOUR POCKET AND GIVE HER ONE EVERY NOW AND THEN, AND RIGHT BEFORE YOU THINK SHE IS GOING TO DO THIS FIT THING, STOP AND GIVE HER ONE, THIS WILL GET HER ATTENTION ON YOU AND NOT THE FACT THAT SHE IS GOING HOME, THEN KEEP THEM VISIBLE IN YOUR HAND AND WALK TO HOME AND ALWAYS GIVE THEM TO HER WHEN YOU REACH THE DOOR. THIS MIGHT TAKE A FEW TIMES BUT SHE WILL CATCH ON THAT GOODIES ARE WAITING FOR HER. IF THIS FAILS, DO YOU HAVE A FRIEND THAT HAS A WELL BEHAVED DOG THAT YOU COULD WALK WITH A FEW TIMES? IF SO TRY WALKING TOGETHER AND SHE JUST MIGHT FORGET ALL ABOUT WHAT SHE IS DOING AND WALK RIGHT HOME AND BE SURE TO GIVE HER GOODIES AT THE DOOR AS BEFORE IF SHE DOES. IF ITS THE ALLEY THAT SCARES HER AND NOT THE GOING HOME PART YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY PLAYING WITH HER IN THE ALLEY FOR A WHILE SO SHE MELLOWS OUT ABOUT IT, IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE A SMELL OR A FLAG HANGING UP OR SOMETHING TOTALLY SILLY. AND LAST IDEA IS SOMETHING I HAVE HAD TO DO WITH A FEW PUPS IVE HAD IS SHE MIGHT JUST BE DOING THIS TO BE A PAIN IN THE YOU KNOW WHAT AND IN THAT CASE THIS WORKS WITHOUT HURTING THEM....TAKE THE LEASH AND CLIP IT TO THE COLLAR RUN IT DOWN THE BACK AROUND THE BELLY AND BACK UP THROUGH SO THAT YOU HAVE FORMED A LOOP AROUND THE TUMMY THAT WAY WHEN SHE GOS TO STOP OR SIT OR BACK UP IT WILL TUG HER TUMMY AND SHE GOS FORWARD...THEN JUST WALK STRAIGHT FOR HOME AFTER YOUR WALK AND MAKE NO FUSS ABOUT IT AND HOPEFULLY WITH A LITTLE TUG YOU WILL BE GIVING HER A TREAT AT THE DOOR WITH NO PROBLEM. I HOPE THIS HAS HELPED AT LEAST A LITTLE :-)

Answer 4

She does sound like a smart girl! You need to persist that she moves with you, no matter where you are going. You run the show, not her. It will be a lot easier on both of you if she's got more motivation to actually go home.



Does she have a Kong toy? How about each day before your walk, stuff her Kong toy with a nice piece of meat and leave it in a baggie just inside the door (so no critters can get inside of it). Then as soon as you get her in the door, present her with the Kong. Your smart girl will start to associate going home and ending the walk with an immediate reward.



Good luck!

Answer 5

Husky's need loads of exercise, two good long walks a day as well as just pee breaks, the fact that she doesn't want to go home obviously means she wants to walk for longer, this would be time consuming and annoying for you so you could find other ways of tiring her out before you get home in stead of just walking, try riding your bike with her or taking her on runs rather than walks. Remember huskies are used as sled dogs and have incredible natural stamina and strength, to keep her happ and fulfilled you need to try and use up some of her energy. You could always find someone else to take her on another walk during the day. You could also just take her to a park, if you live near one, and hopefully they'll be other dogs there, let her run around and play with them to tire herself out, also this will be good for socialising her (and no I don't mean to make her more popular). She needs to come into contact with loads of other animals and experiences so that when she sees another one she won't feel the urge to attack it or runaway to have fun with it. We had a labrador and had similar problems, we found he was quite wiulling to come home after we let him loose somewhere where he couldn't escape. Also I suggest early on you train her to come to you off the lead. If you don't everytime you let her off she'll think Great, I'm free and probably run off like our lab did.



To get her home you could also use a bit of pet phsycology, when you come home after a walk, give her a treat; That way she'll come to realise home time is a good thing. Don't do this too much otherwise he'll get snappy and expect it.

Answer 6

My new-ish :-) rescue tries to do stuff like this when it's time for a bath or really anything that he doesn't want to do. I leash him and go...he'll either slide across the floor behind me or stand up and walk (which he does and then he's fine). It's an argument that I refuse to let him win. Work on it now...while she's young...then you won't have this problem in the future. Eventually she'll get it that you're the boss and you call the shots...not her.

Answer 7

I have a husky and American Eskimo mix puppy, IN FACT THEY ARE SMART! my puppy doesn't like to go home easily either sometimes she just sits on the Grass in front of our house and doesn't want to come closer so we have trick her so that she comes in, Huskies also tend to run away , I have heard that from lots of people who have huskies, so keep an eye on her and make sure you have a gate in your backyard so that she can't run away. beside this they may just want ot be naughty and play around and thats why she doesn't want to come home ( also possible) so try to make her tired and play and run with her as much as you can so that she gets tired at the end and is willing to go home and get some rest. Huskies need alot of exercise.



Good Luck

Answer 8

Try luring her with a treat that she actually gets when she goes home. Give her an enticement for going home. She just doesn't want to go home. Spend time with her after you get there so that going home is not associated with being left alone. Make going home a happy thing.

Answer 9

My dogs do this, but I seems they want to go for a longer walk, usually a couple more minutes gets them inside or if they've had enough they're the ones dragging my back.

Answer 10

Make getting home fun, with a treat or something that is just as fun or near as fun as the walk.....

Answer 11

Firmly pull her lead & guide her back to the house. I love my dogs very much, but I don't debate with my them. YOU are the one in charge, not her.

Answer 12

call the royal mounted police

Answer 13

i would just tell her to heel and force her home.

Answer 14

How about not bringing her with you?? duh!