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Linda & Fred	Mar 14 2009, 09:39 AM
Chatterbox Posts: 703 Group: Full Members Member #571 Joined: November 28, 2007	My dad's dog Megan is like this around bird scarers and clapping! She tries to run back to the car if we are out and about, and has run off on numerous occasions - my parents searched for her for two hours once, only to find her waiting at the car! With the clapping it has got better simply because usually it's unexpected and she's on a lead and she's simply got used to it, although she will still try to hide she's much better. With the bird scarers I was out with her one time and she happened to be off lead when a bang when off. I always have treats and I managed to get her to come back to me although she wouldn't eat the treat, and I tried to 'condition' her that the bang meant 'go to aunty good things happen' and she was much better, still scared but she didn't run off. I wonder if you could get someone else to walk her? I am sure this only worked because she had no prior associations with 'scary bang + being outside + being with aunty' while she had loads of being with her owners. Just that one thing different can often make a big difference. Either ask your friend to hold her lead and you ignore her, or get someone else to take her to that area without you to see if there is any difference?


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