kudos to rudy...I would have bitten that Yorkie...and...
Today the weather is absolutely miserable. Humid, sticky, drizzly, and a constant fog bouncing off your face. In short, the perfect time to walk one good sheepie and one in aggression rehab - no one else would be dumb enough to walk their dogs for an hour in THAT. We had a lovely walk, all decked out in our backpacks...Hudson carrying a small amount of weight, Rudy packing three or four tonnes... Beautiful, really... We round the corner and walk them past the crazy barking Yorkie house. It's good for Rudy to practice being crazy dog adjacent. He's been doing well with his rehab, but of course, it's nothing like the three minute fixes you see on Dog Whisperer. It's been hard, constant work. We've been pretty good at it, and he is making progress. So I'm optimistic. We've really been paying careful attention to his tail. We realized that the crazy wagging isn't happy - it's anxiety, and have instituted a NO PETTING HIM WHEN HIS TAIL IS MOVING rule. He's really settling down a lot in the house, and elsewhere since we made this startling connection. (Sorry Rudy, if you'd picked a smarter family to live with they might have figured it out much sooner.) It's been awesome to see him settling. Anyway, out of the blue comes crazy barking Yorkie. He's gotten out of his yard. He flies across a semi major intersection (my heart nearly stopped), and jumps right onto both our jumbo breed dogs. (Clearly, wisdom is not a quality this creature/slipper possesses.) Hudson wants to pounce and play, and Rudy rears up, but no barking or growling or snarling or snapping. Good Boy Rudy! I'm hysterical so Hudson and I walk away, trying to lead this dog away from Rudy, but it keeps going back. Gordon got Rudy to sit and ignore it, and he did what he was told. Until, of course, genius crazyYorkiedog jumps full on Rudy's back. He did react, but not badly, and who can blame him? He whipped his head around, jumped up, threw the dog off, and stared it down. I finally managed to get it to follow Hudson and we went into the backyard. The gate was open. I couldn't get the little sucker to stay in, so I knocked on the door. Granted, this is before eight o'clock on a Saturday morning. They send their son (maybe eight years old) to the door. I ask him if the Yorkie is his (it's climbing on Hudson's head at this point). He says it is. I inform him that I brought it back from a few streets over, and that the gate was open. He says, "Oh." (Ok, he's a kid. I get it.) I hear the dad calling from the other room. The child says someone brought their dog back. The dad says, "Oh. Close the door." I try to explain to the child (through the door) as Hudson and I are leaving that the gate will not close properly, and that someone needs to come out and deal with this, or take the dog in, or he'll just be out again and hit by a car. The kid repeats this to dad who says, "I said close the door." No one came out to check the fence, and I tried to jam the latch (it wouldn't close) the best I could. Apparently I'm much more concerned about their dog being safe than they are. I get that the gate opening and him getting out was an accident, but to not even say thank you and then refuse to go out and check the gate to make sure it's closed so it doesn't happen again...jerk. So, kudos to Rudy for listening to his daddy, not reacting like a crazy red zone dog, and for by and large doing a thousand times better than he would have even a week ago. I, on the other hand, intend to return to that house later, and bite that dad. |
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| You should go back and talk to the owners. Why would they put their dog into a non-secure yard? Why would the father EVER let a 8 year old kid answer the door? Go back and give them an earful. |
grrrrrrrrrr.......indeed! Go back and bite!!!  |
Quote: , on the other hand, intend to return to that house later, and bite that dad. |
| Good dog, Rudy. You should be proud. Next time yorkie is out of yard and several blocks down the street, pick it up and take it to yorkie rescue. Loony owners will never notice. |
| thats are boy good job rudy |
SheepieBoss wrote: Quote: , on the other hand, intend to return to that house later, and bite that dad. Oh, I love this...I would totally bite the dad too! Good job Rudy and Tracie on the training! You are doing fabulous! |
Good boy Rudy, and what lousy owners the Yorkie has...OK, lousy parent too!  |
| Good boy, Rudy! And Tracie, you are MUCH more tolerant than I would have been in that situation.  I would have insisted on speaking directly to the father right then and there, and given him a few thousand choice words.Some people don't deserve to be animal owners, let alone parents!!   |
| Go give that owner a bite from us too! Congratulations to Rudy for staying calm! |
| congrats to Rudy. But I am just fuming reading this. arg people! Oh and if your dog did actually bite that little runt. They would be out yelling at you know doubt. ARG! |
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