This is Andy waiting for "someone" to return home. We've had him a year and half.
Shelter though he was 2-2 1/2 when we got him. He'd been adopted as a pup then returned a year or so later, then adopted again, then returned soon thereafter.
We were told he was returned because he had separation anxiety and destroyed their homes. It was evident he did, because we had an appointment a few days after he was with us so we left him in the PU with the windows down (I though a few inches, it was cool weather) but he escaped within minutes. He came to the glass door we had went into and the attorney's secretary came in with a dog on a leash asking if he was ours. He set there with us for 20 minutes as calm as could be.
After a while it became obvious he had just been neglected while the previous caretakers went to work and probably destroyed things to get out of where he was. I also noticed he cowered when he saw a spray bottle, so they probably used that method to discipline him. He refused to go into a kennel. He seemed to prefer women, so my wife got into the kennel trying to get him in----he refused!
I began working with him to develop some trust. Soon he would walk on a leash and not pull yo to keep up with him, learned some basic commands, learned to quit chasing cat, or even giving them the evil eye! I took him everywhere. At the farm I showed him the boundarys and let him go. I couple of times he took off and was gone for 3-4 hours before returning, but he soon learned to stick around. He had to learn what a cow was and eventually leaves them alone.
Began by having him in the truck with windows down 1/3 the way and just do something outside nearby so he could see me, then made the time longer and went farther out of site. Took him to town and leave him in the truck of first a few minutes with windows cracked but he couldn't get out. I can now leave him in the truck as long as necessary, he stays calm.
A fun and rewarding project.
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