I have a border collie puppy and i want her to walk off lead but scared of her running off an getting run over?

Question

I take my two dogs for a walk and i know i cant let my dog off the lead unless its far away from anything like other dogs etc: but have now got a border collie shes 19weeks but have been letting her off lead bit by bit but the other day she ran on the road and i dont know how to stop her from doing this and she runs out as soon as the front door opens even when not going for a walk and runs down the road

Answer 1

Fine to let an adult dog off lead that has been trained to have a reliable recall regardless of whatever environmental distractions are thrown in its path, in an area where it is permissible, but not a puppy because if may choose to follow its instinct not obey a command, but is still in training.



Keep your puppy on a long lead to give her some freedom, continue taking her to obedience lessons & let her off lead with you KNOW she will immediately obey a recall command.

Answer 2

the bigger the dogs the longer you're meant to depart them earlier the get spayed as they do no longer come into adulthood until eventually they are around 8 months outdated. Smaller canines come into adulthood while they are around 5-6 months of age. If she is with male canines who have not been castrated then she would perhaps come into season early, you possibly safer to have her neutered as quickly as. permitting your dogs to have a season will enhance the threat of mammary and uterine cancers later in existence. Spaying them earlier a season curiously will enhance the probabilities of urinary incontinent yet this has yet to be shown one hundred%. What you do no longer decide to wind up with is a 6 month outdated pregnant *****, no longer basically is it unfair on the dogs positioned very costly and annoying on your section. despite the fact that if she became a dogs that would not run from you while aggravating and rancid the lead you ought to no longer enable her to be blending freely with canines that have not been castrated.

Answer 3

Don't do it. Even a well-trained dog can get into an accident off the leash. Unless you're in a fenced in area or in a field away from cars/people/other dogs, keep her on the leash. Any distraction can grab her attention and cause her to go off. You need to put the safety of your dog first.



Most places have leash laws that require your dog to be leashed. Almost all accidents involving a car hitting a dog happen because the dog is unleashed.

Answer 4

You should never let any dog off leash where there is a possibility of any traffic, loose dogs, prey animals ... etc.



It is one thing to have a border collie on a farm on acres and acres where they can run and not worry about traffic. It is an entirely different thing to have a high energy dog such as this loose where it can be hit by a car. Puppies are very curious and easily distracted, having her off leash in an unfenced area is a recipe for disaster and heartbreak. It only takes a second for her to run out into the road and be killed by a car. It just isn't worth it.



You need to teach your dog to "wait" at all open doorways until you tell her that it is "okay" to go through them. She is at a good age for enrolling in an obedience class. This will teach her to listen to you when around strange dogs and in unfamiliar places.



Most communities have leash laws - this is for the protection of both dogs and people. A well trained dog is a pleasure to walk on a leash.

Answer 5

Until she is totally trained in a confined space (yard) to be 100% reliable off leash, you do NOT let a puppy off leash when walking!



Also if she is not obeying the basic commands, you have a lot more to worry about then walking off leash. She is not even listening to stay, come, etc. if she is bolting out the door and down the street.

Answer 6

When you are home with the dogs put them on there chains, but don't have the chain on anything. When there are not doing as they are told you can put your foot on the chain to stop them from running to far. Don't go to them to have them come back keep say come or get over here. With the chain on them they will think that they can only go so far and for the most part they will not run. My upstairs neighbor is working with my dog to do the same think and it works. Also in my opinion a harness works better then a collier. (I really don't spell all that great sorry if anything is spelled wrong.)

Answer 7

Many places have a leash law, requiring your dog to be on a leash anytime you are off your own property.



Off-lead dogs are asking for trouble. Whether your dog decides to run, or another stray/off lead dogs comes over, the situation can get out of hand very quickly.

Answer 8

Just like my Boxer you have to show them who's the boss if she tries to run off quickly grab her tap her behind and say no but you have to mean it hope it helped