Off the Lead or Not Off the Lead
posted by Chris at 21:09
This evening we went for walk in Salcey Forest. The plan was to let Troy off the lead and have a bit of a run.
In a forest?? Won't he just run off into the distance??
Well, there is of course always the risk that the last thing you see is a Greyhound's bum disappearing over the horizon, and the recommendation is that you first let off a new Greyhound in a totally enclosed area. But with four of them there is a pack instinct, and Troy is quite an insecure hound at the moment. And although a forest, kind of by definition, is a big place, the reality is that you're pretty well limited to the paths for the most part; which means all a dog can do is run up and down it.
What happened?
We met other dogs that were off the lead; one small one was very friendly it was too; straight up to the Beasts. Jack of course wanted to say "Hi", Kai wanted to get on with the walk, as did Monty. And Troy? He seemed to want to say "Hi" too. It's still early days, but he seems OK.
Once away from the main area they went off the lead. As expected everyone went charging off, then came back again moments later. All through the walk, Troy went off a bit then back again to check I was still around. I think he probably did twice the distance of the others!! He needed a rest half way round.
So all was well. I suspect that the problem will come once Troy gets a bit more confidence and realises he doesn't need to check where I am all the time. That will be in about two to three weeks time I should think.
In a forest?? Won't he just run off into the distance??
Well, there is of course always the risk that the last thing you see is a Greyhound's bum disappearing over the horizon, and the recommendation is that you first let off a new Greyhound in a totally enclosed area. But with four of them there is a pack instinct, and Troy is quite an insecure hound at the moment. And although a forest, kind of by definition, is a big place, the reality is that you're pretty well limited to the paths for the most part; which means all a dog can do is run up and down it.
What happened?
We met other dogs that were off the lead; one small one was very friendly it was too; straight up to the Beasts. Jack of course wanted to say "Hi", Kai wanted to get on with the walk, as did Monty. And Troy? He seemed to want to say "Hi" too. It's still early days, but he seems OK.
Once away from the main area they went off the lead. As expected everyone went charging off, then came back again moments later. All through the walk, Troy went off a bit then back again to check I was still around. I think he probably did twice the distance of the others!! He needed a rest half way round.
So all was well. I suspect that the problem will come once Troy gets a bit more confidence and realises he doesn't need to check where I am all the time. That will be in about two to three weeks time I should think.
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