My in-laws, with whom my husband and I are currently living with have two dogs. Both are rescues, one is a Labrador/Border Collie, she is spayed. The other is a terrier mix that we have had less than a week now, she is not spayed but is going to the vet for that on Thursday.
ANYWAYS,
This morning I had a doctors appointment, so I opened the front door (I had NO idea that the dogs were not trained to NOT bolt out the open doorway!!) And out run the dogs.
I am 34 weeks pregnant and I was unable to chase them down, so my father-in-law had to.
The first dog he grabbed was the terrier mix (who seems to think she’s MY dog, and rightly so, I feed/train/walk/play with/let out to go to the bathroom) he grabbed her by the SCRUFF, and lifted her up (she is NO pup), she yelped, and he tossed (yes tossed) her into the yard. How he got the lab mix I don’t know, I had to leave. He is VERY gentle with them otherwise, but his punishment methods are HORRID!
We are living with them until at least March.
How can I train these dogs to NOT bolt out the door and face his "punishments" they will not follow through on a training method I set up despite my experience in dog training.
The lab mix will not listen to anyone other than her master (father-in-law), the terrier mix listens to ME.
Any help would be appriceated.
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Although from time to time he has been around them and he is nothing but friendly with them.
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It all started out good.
He played well, was a little nervous. But nothing grand.
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