When you think you have them trained how to act around distractions and then -

[EricA]

When you think you have them trained how to act around distractions and then -

A curve ball comes along!


Our shop is in a really weird zoning location. RR owns the dirt behind us -

Then our tiny strip of commercial property and just across the street it is single family residential.

I got the girls pretty well trained on their boundaries here AND desensitized to pretty much anything and everything that would 'normally' entice them. Pedestrians, Squirrels, Cats, Dogs (most lol), Mailmen, etc.



The second utility pole (by the white truck) is their boundary line in that direction and about the same distance of boundary behind where this picture was taken.

They are (normally ) not about to cross their lines or step out in that street for any darn squirrel or cat regardless of what it happens to be doing to tease them.

And then we pull up one morning, get out of the truck for the 'just got to work pee break' and the girls spot this across the street -

That crap is not fair!

My neighbors need to be worried about ME more than the dogs if they are going to keep teasing me like this!

No collar, no leash, no tags, running around loose - Pretty sure that the 'finders - keepers' rule applies here?

 

[JanS]

I wonder if it got out of a fence somewhere near and the owners are looking for it?

 

[EricA]

I wonder if it got out of a fence somewhere near and the owners are looking for it?

Was a crazy hippy lady across the street that owned it. She did eventually bring it back home but from what I understand (from talking to other neighbors) she had been letting it get out and roam a LOT and someone complained to the city. City came out and told her she could not be keeping livestock inside the city limits so she had to get rid of it.

Knowing this city and what sort of stuff normally gets let to slide - Am guessing that a LOT of people called and complained about it running around loose so that they pretty much had to come out and do something. If she had kept it in her yard and on her property they would have never bothered her about it.

Not a joke. I know more than a handful of people inside the city limits with small zoos in their back yards and so long as you keep things clean and on your property - Nobody from the city is doing or saying squat. My grandmother was a good example - She had more Peacocks than the local zoo for years in her backyard and never heard a peep from the city.

 

[Kaiser2016]

She had more Peacocks than the local zoo for years in her backyard and never heard a peep from the city.

Wow, peacocks as pets? Much better to look at versus a pig too

 

[EricA]

Wow, peacocks as pets? Much better to look at versus a pig too

Yeah. Those were her backyard birds. Lots of them. Made for an interesting experience trying to walk around back there (nasty).

Inside she kept a few African Greys (which even if kept in a cage can and WILL fling stuff a pretty good distance making the inside of your home nasty as heck).

That stuff made her happy though and she could afford it so power to her.

 

[MyBuddy]

And then we pull up one morning, get out of the truck for the 'just got to work pee break' and the girls spot this across the street

We need an ending to the story! Not what happened to the pig. What happened with your dogs. Did they stay put? Chase the pig??

 

[EricA]

We need an ending to the story! Not what happened to the pig. What happened with your dogs. Did they stay put? Chase the pig??

No pig chasing. Sorry.

LOL!

Granted that street between us is not a very busy one but streets (and cars) still scare the mess out of me. Girls pretty much know that if a paw touches that pavement they got a big problem. Took a long to get them there (leashes are awesome!) but they did eventually learn the rules about all that.

Squirrels, cats, dogs - over there on the other side may get a 'strongly vocalized bark' here and there but that is about it.