14/07/2025
In the last few years we have seen an increasing amount of dogs running away.
There are countless posts on social media asking for help locating a missing dog.
Dogs bolting are on the rise,,,, whether it’s a front door, a gate in your yard or your vehicle door,,,, they are looking for an escape.
Why? Why is this happening more and more?
Well…..
A dog needs purpose, boundaries, leadership and structure.
Without these,,, chaos, anxiety and poor choices are created and maintained.
Your dog needs to look to you for direction and commands.
Your dog needs to be more focused on you than any other distraction out there.
Without this connection between you and your dog this will create an opening for unwanted behaviour. You become source of food and that’s the end of it. Your love and affection are conditional.
By rewarding their unwanted behaviour you will add to it.
Build a solid foundation of boundaries, structure, leadership and this will create a healthy relationship between you and your dog.
The belief that correcting unwanted behaviour will ruin the relationship between you and your dog is an illusion often based on our own uncomfortability with authority which leads us to hesitancy to assert our own. Which deprives the dog of a clear and precise path to navigate confidently.
On the contrary, this will create nothing but respect and confidence. A beautiful bond between you and your dog.
“Be the change you wish to see in your dog” Cara
