How Can I Stop My Dog From Wandering

Responsible dog owners should not permit their dog to escape their yard or home and wander around the neighborhood. A wandering dog can create a hazardous circumstance for neighborhood occupants and for your dog. Notwithstanding, there may be times when, through no fault of yours your dog escapes your yard or premises and wanders about. Certain dogs have a penchant for escaping to chase everything from rabbits, cars and even passerby’s.

Truth is dogs love to chase, it excites them both physically and mentally. It’s not always about what they are chasing but the excitement, the rush and the ability to utilize their natural abilities for speed and fun.

In the event that you are having this issue it is important to prevent your dogs from jumping the wall or burrowing under the wall, regardless of where you live, there is the likelihood your dog may get hit by an automobile, lost, or stolen. For some neighborhoods, coyotes dwell in the field so it is significantly all the more an issue.

One primary thing you can do is to avoid any circumstance that may incite your pet to attempt wandering. Your first step is to keep the dog engaged and not bored. Provide toys, play fetch and create time for your dog such that they use up sufficient amounts of energy. Then again, when your dog has a lot of toys, sufficient water and fitting procurements, they won't try to consider getting away. Engaging your dog is important as they may not always run away or jump the fence.At times, they tend to chase after a smaller dog or rabbit even whilst you’re walking them. Correcting this would involve restricting their ability to chase and distracting them with another activity whenever you notice the urge to run or chase after anything.

Below are list of suggestions on how you can further prevent your dog from wandering:

1. Physical Barriers - you can raise your fence for a dog that jumps. Also embed a wire mesh beneath the surface level at the foot of the fence as this will stop your dog from burrowing. If all this fails an electric wire and underground radio fence will certainly do the trick. You don’t even need to leave the electric fence on all the time because after they get shocked once they don’t go near again.

2. Have a positive ‘to do’ action to replace the negative (i.e. wandering action) - It is critical that you prepare your dog 'to do' an option that is other than pursuing, instead of preparing him to "quit" pursuing. It is all the more capable and effective, the mind reacts faster and stronger to a "doing" message (positive) than a 'quit doing' message (negative)

3. Use a leash - Keep your dog from having the capacity to chase however much as could be expected. On the off chance that there are regions on your strolls where you routinely run over little rabbits, recover your dog before you reach this territory and put him back on a lead. In the event that you do see any rabbits, you can then utilize the chance to practice your preparation under controlled circumstances.

4. Re-enforce and reward - your dog may not always get why you keep bursting his adrenaline bubble but you should keep re-enforcing the lesson you’re teaching,(This conduct is so effective you need to constantly keep getting your dog to do the opposite conduct you might want to happen i.e. re-enforce the activity you want your dog to engage in instead of running off) and reward him every time he succeeds in completing this new activity

5. Practice - Set up circumstances and make diversions that you can use to practice your preparation.

A dog, they say ‘is a man’s best friend’ and trust me no one wants their best friend wandering about the neighborhood without restraint. So make it your objective to do whatever must be carried out to keep your dog from wandering everywhere throughout the area on the grounds that they got away. Keep in mind that your dog can be a threat to others, as well as to themselves. And you must make the right moves to keep your dog as well as your neighbors safe.