Right, this is a bit of a strange one but everyone I've asked seems to not have a clue and it's driving me crackers.
I have a lurcher, turns 2 in May. I finally found a collar that doesn't make me panic every time he jumps that he's gonna escape and get me threatened and everything was fine and dandy.
Around two weeks ago, he started to refuse to come back in after a very long walk, so I walked him round the block and more time and it did the trick.
However about 3 days later he began refusing to even go close to the house, either front or back. I'm currently struggling to get him home, he gets an hour walk. He bounces away and does like backwards running to try stay out longer.
The only way I've managed is to scoop him up when I get relatively close after 3/4 attempts. He absolutely hates being picked up though and it looks so, so abusive because of the way he backs away.
Has anybody ever dealt with something similar? Does anybody have any advice? It's driving me absolutely crazy!
Thank you in advance
I have a lurcher, turns 2 in May. I finally found a collar that doesn't make me panic every time he jumps that he's gonna escape and get me threatened and everything was fine and dandy.
Around two weeks ago, he started to refuse to come back in after a very long walk, so I walked him round the block and more time and it did the trick.
However about 3 days later he began refusing to even go close to the house, either front or back. I'm currently struggling to get him home, he gets an hour walk. He bounces away and does like backwards running to try stay out longer.
The only way I've managed is to scoop him up when I get relatively close after 3/4 attempts. He absolutely hates being picked up though and it looks so, so abusive because of the way he backs away.
Has anybody ever dealt with something similar? Does anybody have any advice? It's driving me absolutely crazy!
Thank you in advance