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Now that I have moved, I have been walking my dog around the neighborhood for a little over three weeks. She knows my routes, she knows where the park is, she knows where all the other dogs are. Most importantly, to her anyway, is that she has learned who does and does not have a fence.
Given this new knowledge, she doesn't think she needs to walk with me anymore.
It irritated me the first time it happened, just gone in a new direction. She's not dumb, she knows where we're (probably) going, so I just kept walking and eventually caught up with her.
Then she did it to me again, I disciplined her by making her come home early and into the kennel. But that made me sad.
After thinking about it, I decided to let her have a go at it. (Even though technically it is a dog roaming unattended in and out of backyards for a little less than half a mile and crossing a street.) I had a friend go to the park first, then called him as we left.
I didn't try to guide or control, just gave her the go command and she took off across the street into a neighbors backyard, before I took the left bend at the end of my block, my friend said she was already at the park.
Maybe letting her run free in a huge public park before moving to a new smaller neighborhood wasn't well thought out on my behalf.
And before you complain about me letting a dog run off leash, that's exactly why I didn't move into your small quiet neighborhood.
Want to see her butt?
https://i.imgur.com/yzdRPXV.mp4