Tikki
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Yesterday evening at way gone 8pm it was, for once, pleasantly warm. In other words not boiling hot. The door is open from when Tikva and I surface in the morning until she goes to bed, usually a bit earlier than me, giving me time to collect her toys from outside and inside and everywhere they can be found, but I realised that I had not seen her or heard her bark for a while. Total silence outside as the little shop across the road closes at 8pm and there is virtually no traffic after that, but where on earth was IT.
Called out for her and she shot in within seconds, with about 10cm of her leash clipped onto her harness. OK so it was not a strong leash but a fancy one which came with a fancy harness [which was far too blingy], the rest of the leash, and her tether still being outside. Rummaged through the cupboard for new stuff and she now has a rather [I hope] strong leash at the end of her tether. So that was that sorted.
I have no idea where she had been but I do not think she had gone out of the front yard because as soon as I called her she shot back in as fast as lighting, and even with virtually no traffic my yard is only metres from the road even at full length of her tether.
She has a leash tied onto the end of her rope tether and has ripped her mesh harness where the trigger clip is fixed on once before when rushing out to see off something or someone, in that case she stopped just short of the pavement and came straight back as soon as I called her. Another time the D-ring which the trigger clip clips on - well, it was not closed properly so that was the end of hat harness. Needless to say I will not use a mesh harness on her again.
And one time she came in having walked out of a vest type harness, leaving it outside still clipped onto her tether and then came in and zonked off on the couch. I almost gave up on trying to find a decent fitting harness that did not cost a fortune, but have since found some perfect harnesses which have four-way adjustments so I can adjust them to fit perfectly and can be worn loose enough not to rub and yet are Tikva-escape-proof. I hope.
This time? The leash had torn [well it was a pretty one not a strong one] but as soon as I called her - ZOOM - she was in.
OK so she is not such a well trained puppy but she will not go run run, and with a recall such as she has, who cares.
Oh how I love that little girl.
Called out for her and she shot in within seconds, with about 10cm of her leash clipped onto her harness. OK so it was not a strong leash but a fancy one which came with a fancy harness [which was far too blingy], the rest of the leash, and her tether still being outside. Rummaged through the cupboard for new stuff and she now has a rather [I hope] strong leash at the end of her tether. So that was that sorted.
I have no idea where she had been but I do not think she had gone out of the front yard because as soon as I called her she shot back in as fast as lighting, and even with virtually no traffic my yard is only metres from the road even at full length of her tether.
She has a leash tied onto the end of her rope tether and has ripped her mesh harness where the trigger clip is fixed on once before when rushing out to see off something or someone, in that case she stopped just short of the pavement and came straight back as soon as I called her. Another time the D-ring which the trigger clip clips on - well, it was not closed properly so that was the end of hat harness. Needless to say I will not use a mesh harness on her again.
And one time she came in having walked out of a vest type harness, leaving it outside still clipped onto her tether and then came in and zonked off on the couch. I almost gave up on trying to find a decent fitting harness that did not cost a fortune, but have since found some perfect harnesses which have four-way adjustments so I can adjust them to fit perfectly and can be worn loose enough not to rub and yet are Tikva-escape-proof. I hope.
This time? The leash had torn [well it was a pretty one not a strong one] but as soon as I called her - ZOOM - she was in.
OK so she is not such a well trained puppy but she will not go run run, and with a recall such as she has, who cares.
Oh how I love that little girl.