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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m glad your DH hasn’t been like this. It’s more difficult to keep them locked up.[/quote]

hahahaha! Yes, that's my ex.

We adopted a similar dog, OP, a real rescue mix from West Virginia who was a hunting dog whose owners left her loose after she had babies and hunting season was over. She's now about eight, and this is the first year she's stopped running away. When we first got her, we hired three trainers, and nothing worked. Every time a door was open, she would shoot through it before we could react. We had a dog walker quit after a week. When friends watched our dog while we were on vacation, she ran away the first morning and was found half a mile away before they knew she was missing. She runs in front of cars, and it's a miracle she hasn't been hit. We called Invisifence to our home, and the salesperson was honest with us and told us that our dog would run THROUGH the fence because she was so driven by her hunting instinct. Our second trainer concurred.

So, dog parks and hikes without leashes will never happen for our dog. We have everything fenced in. Even so, gardeners and friends leave the gate open, and we swear that our dog waits for these opportunities. She has spent the night outdoors. I have cried too many times, thinking she's been hit by a car. But so far, she's okay.

Obviously, I can just commiserate and hope maybe you do a better job at training than we did. I do think that [b]some dogs are just driven to run away and hunt.[/b] We love our dog, she is sweet and cuddly when inside with us. Outdoors, she just seems to have her own life - PP, you understand that, ha. 
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:roll:  :roll:  :roll: [/quote]

Agreed with the eyeroll. Advice on this board needs to be taken with a HEAVY grain of salt; there are a huge number of people here who have totally uncontrolled dogs and seem to just...roll with it, like it is uncorrectable behavior if a trainer can't help you in 1 hr a week with treat rewards. It's an obvious safety issue and it's been 8 YEARS and apparently just futilely attempt to positively train this dog and hope for the best? This is NOT a success story. Frankly, this sounds like a miserable life with a dog who has you held hostage. OP, yes you can train this out of your dog but you are going to get a ton of enablers with poorly behaved dogs here telling you otherwise. [/quote]

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