lacey9875
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I have spent the better part of the day mad at this dog. We obviously need to go back to basics, because her recall sucks, and I don't even know where to start.
This morning there was a groundhog in the backyard, and I didn't see him until it was to late. He started running, and off she went. They are not particularly fast animals, so Maggie was right on top of him the whole time. The only thing he had on her was the ability to turn quickly. They ran back and forth, and then he would stop and bare his big ugly teeth at her, and she'd do a fake lunge at him or try to smack him, and off they'd go again. Most of my yard is flat, except directly behind the house, which is a very steep hill. They were up there, and the groundhog ran straight down. Maggie turned to follow him, and tripped, and started rolling butt over elbow. She must've hit hit the groundhog somehow, because he started rolling too. At one point, she rolled OVER him, and I was totally panicking because I was sure he was going to get a bite in before she crushed him.
Then I realized they were coming towards me. So I'm standing in the middle of my yard, holding a shovel that I was trying to break them up with, a leash and a bag of chicken I was trying to tempt her into the house with. Thank GOD I had the shovel, because I put it in front of me and he ran the other way, into the neighbors yard. Maggie went through the fence, and he came back into the yard,and under the fence. I had to climb over the fence, through a bunch of ivy I'm sure was full of God knows what, to get her because she couldn't figure out how to get back.
I checked her all over to make sure he didn't bite her, and I didn't see anything on her. The whole time I was telling her if I had to take her to the ER because she got bit I was never buying her treats again or ice cream from McDonalds. I yelled for so long while she was running back and forth and said so many foul words I feel like I have to write all of my neighbors notes of apology, and I hope no small children were outside.
I don't even know where to start with her on recall again, and all I could think of was Ronnie's dogs and how great their recall is and that if this was a snake Maggie would've been dead because I would've passed out.
As an added bonus, when I finally got back in the house, the cats had pulled down the curtains in the living room. Yay for pets.
This morning there was a groundhog in the backyard, and I didn't see him until it was to late. He started running, and off she went. They are not particularly fast animals, so Maggie was right on top of him the whole time. The only thing he had on her was the ability to turn quickly. They ran back and forth, and then he would stop and bare his big ugly teeth at her, and she'd do a fake lunge at him or try to smack him, and off they'd go again. Most of my yard is flat, except directly behind the house, which is a very steep hill. They were up there, and the groundhog ran straight down. Maggie turned to follow him, and tripped, and started rolling butt over elbow. She must've hit hit the groundhog somehow, because he started rolling too. At one point, she rolled OVER him, and I was totally panicking because I was sure he was going to get a bite in before she crushed him.
Then I realized they were coming towards me. So I'm standing in the middle of my yard, holding a shovel that I was trying to break them up with, a leash and a bag of chicken I was trying to tempt her into the house with. Thank GOD I had the shovel, because I put it in front of me and he ran the other way, into the neighbors yard. Maggie went through the fence, and he came back into the yard,and under the fence. I had to climb over the fence, through a bunch of ivy I'm sure was full of God knows what, to get her because she couldn't figure out how to get back.
I checked her all over to make sure he didn't bite her, and I didn't see anything on her. The whole time I was telling her if I had to take her to the ER because she got bit I was never buying her treats again or ice cream from McDonalds. I yelled for so long while she was running back and forth and said so many foul words I feel like I have to write all of my neighbors notes of apology, and I hope no small children were outside.
I don't even know where to start with her on recall again, and all I could think of was Ronnie's dogs and how great their recall is and that if this was a snake Maggie would've been dead because I would've passed out.
As an added bonus, when I finally got back in the house, the cats had pulled down the curtains in the living room. Yay for pets.
With the recall start from scratch.
