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#254806 - 10/15/09 02:46 PM
Puppy runs away
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Cam Ens
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We have a 12 week old Australian Labradoodle. She is doing quite well, but we are having a problem with her when she grabs something shes not supposed to have (paper, clothes). When I say no or drop it, she will not listen. When I move towards her she runs from me. If I kneel down and hold out my hand, she barks and playfully lunges, but moving towards her causes her to run again. The only way to retrieve what she has is with food, and sometimes if I try and exchange it with a toy.
We have not disciplined her with force and try hard not to raise our voice to her to cause fear. The only experience I think she's had that would cause her stress happened at the park. She got away from us and started running. I was scared she would run onto the road, so I briefly chased her and caught her. I did not yell or hit her, I just put the leash on and took her home. I think the whole episode stressed us both.
Can anyone suggest what we should do with this behaviour?
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#254808 - 10/15/09 02:59 PM
Re: Puppy runs away
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We have a 12 week old Australian Labradoodle. She is doing quite well, but we are having a problem with her when she grabs something shes not supposed to have (paper, clothes). When I say no or drop it, she will not listen. When I move towards her she runs from me. If I kneel down and hold out my hand, she barks and playfully lunges, but moving towards her causes her to run again. The only way to retrieve what she has is with food, and sometimes if I try and exchange it with a toy.
We have not disciplined her with force and try hard not to raise our voice to her to cause fear. The only experience I think she's had that would cause her stress happened at the park. She got away from us and started running. I was scared she would run onto the road, so I briefly chased her and caught her. I did not yell or hit her, I just put the leash on and took her home. I think the whole episode stressed us both.
Can anyone suggest what we should do with this behaviour?
What behavior? 
This is a puppy being a puppy.
I'd start managing the dog's environment MUCH more carefully. That is, the dog is never off-lead in an uncontained area because she has no recall yet. The dog does not have loose papers and clothing down where she sees/has access.
Tell us how much you know about short sessions of fun marker training. We can definitely help, but right off the bat I would say that setting her up for success by managing her environment is top priority.  JMO.
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#254822 - 10/15/09 04:35 PM
Re: Puppy runs away
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Melissa Thom
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12 weeks is such a great age for puppies. They're into everything, explore everything, and are just really starting to learn tricks like walking on a leash, sit, and down. The really smart ones even begin to understand that a name applies to them.
12 weeks is a really rough age for people. Their puppy has had a month of being the new cute little puppy and has finally become work. There are a couple things to understand about your dog.
It doesn't understand english, french, or any other human spoke language. It's a dog so it's much better at understanding body language.
Your dog left to it's own devices will behave like a dog. This means as others have pointed out when you don't have control and your dog has had no training it will behave like a dog. This means it will rip stuff up, chew, poop, and be a little bastion of destruction. Don't take it personally, we all own dogs too.
For whoever asked an Australian labradoodle is basically the same thing as a normal labradoodle. It was originally part of the same australian experiment in guide dogs in breeding a smaller more uniform, more allergy friendly guide dog. This was scrapped but the remnants remained in a breeding pool which was used to produce generations down the line. The only thing I've noticed in the differences between F1 line labradoodles and aussie labradoodles are a more consistent size and coat type than F1 line doodles.
Remember to enjoy your puppy. You'll only have this time once.
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#254833 - 10/15/09 11:00 PM
Re: Puppy runs away
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Cam Ens
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Wow....thanks so much for all the information. I have to take some time to read these and do some planning. We ordered the 8 weeks to 8 months DVD, so I'm looking forward to getting that as well. I'll post back once we've digested and tried these suggestions.
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#254834 - 10/16/09 01:09 AM
Re: Puppy runs away
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Cam,
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