I am so proud, yet so frustrated.
Anyone that knows anything about Huskies, knows the breed has a strong pray drive and are not known for great recall. Well, when I was letting them out on their leads this evening, before I had the chance to hook up Goliath, a big, I mean big, rabbit decided to hop by, and it was off to the races.
I knew there was nothing I could do about him, so I just checked to make sure the rest were secure, while calmly calling for Goliath. I knew better than to add to the excitement. I was surprised that he didn't go into the woods after the rabbit. He just paced at the edge of the woods chomping at the bit to run off. But I could see he was torn between coming back and going forward. I kept quietly calling him to come back, and telling him what a good boy he was, and he finally turned around and came back.
I am so proud of him for coming back, but frustrated that it took darn near a full 10 minutes of cooing and coaxing. I also feel lucky that it was Goliath. Him and Bellah are the best of the group about recall. Tamar is far more difficult, and Maxx just goes completely deaf off lead.
I am hoping for continued improvement, but I know they will never have perfect recall until they are too old to catch anything.
Anyone that knows anything about Huskies, knows the breed has a strong pray drive and are not known for great recall. Well, when I was letting them out on their leads this evening, before I had the chance to hook up Goliath, a big, I mean big, rabbit decided to hop by, and it was off to the races.
I knew there was nothing I could do about him, so I just checked to make sure the rest were secure, while calmly calling for Goliath. I knew better than to add to the excitement. I was surprised that he didn't go into the woods after the rabbit. He just paced at the edge of the woods chomping at the bit to run off. But I could see he was torn between coming back and going forward. I kept quietly calling him to come back, and telling him what a good boy he was, and he finally turned around and came back.
I am so proud of him for coming back, but frustrated that it took darn near a full 10 minutes of cooing and coaxing. I also feel lucky that it was Goliath. Him and Bellah are the best of the group about recall. Tamar is far more difficult, and Maxx just goes completely deaf off lead.
I am hoping for continued improvement, but I know they will never have perfect recall until they are too old to catch anything.
For every one person that read this post. About 7.99 billion have not.
Yet I still post.
