Comments on: What to do if my beagle gets loose outside? http://bestamericandog.com/blog/what-to-do-if-my-beagle-gets-loose-outside The #1 Dog Lovers Website! Tue, 02 Feb 2016 05:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: friends with everyone http://bestamericandog.com/blog/what-to-do-if-my-beagle-gets-loose-outside/comment-page-1#comment-4226 friends with everyone Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:01:39 +0000 http://bestamericandog.com/blog/?p=921#comment-4226 Make sure that he doesn't have a chance to run away. Get a good fence if you don't have one, or fix the one you have so he has no way of getting loose. You won't need to worry about him getting loose if he has no way of getting loose. Make sure that he doesn’t have a chance to run away. Get a good fence if you don’t have one, or fix the one you have so he has no way of getting loose.
You won’t need to worry about him getting loose if he has no way of getting loose.

]]> By: Fred G http://bestamericandog.com/blog/what-to-do-if-my-beagle-gets-loose-outside/comment-page-1#comment-4225 Fred G Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:16:06 +0000 http://bestamericandog.com/blog/?p=921#comment-4225 Take him to a large enclosed space and teach him to come. Then you can burn off some of his energy chasing a ball. Exercise him lots on the lead as well, this is good for general discipline. Make him walk in good order, not in front of you, and with a slack lead. If he's a puppy, or very full of energy, he may find this difficult until he has burned off a bit of energy. He shouldn't leave the house in front of you, or without permission, even when on the lead. Teach him to sit, lie down and stay. You can do this just across a room. It's easy to get most dogs to follow a bit of food in your hand with their nose. Say the command, hold the food enclosed in your hand and don't give it before he obeys. The quicker he gets it after he obeys the better. Once he will stay you can move on to stay while you leave the room (with the door open). Then you can move on to the front door, and the garden gate. By this time your control over him should be good enough that if you drop the lead he will just stop. If you put plenty of adventure and challenge into his life he will be less inclined to find them for himself. Take him to a large enclosed space and teach him to come. Then you can burn off some of his energy chasing a ball.

Exercise him lots on the lead as well, this is good for general discipline. Make him walk in good order, not in front of you, and with a slack lead. If he’s a puppy, or very full of energy, he may find this difficult until he has burned off a bit of energy.

He shouldn’t leave the house in front of you, or without permission, even when on the lead.

Teach him to sit, lie down and stay. You can do this just across a room. It’s easy to get most dogs to follow a bit of food in your hand with their nose. Say the command, hold the food enclosed in your hand and don’t give it before he obeys. The quicker he gets it after he obeys the better.

Once he will stay you can move on to stay while you leave the room (with the door open). Then you can move on to the front door, and the garden gate.

By this time your control over him should be good enough that if you drop the lead he will just stop. If you put plenty of adventure and challenge into his life he will be less inclined to find them for himself.

]]> By: Joe L http://bestamericandog.com/blog/what-to-do-if-my-beagle-gets-loose-outside/comment-page-1#comment-4224 Joe L Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:24:11 +0000 http://bestamericandog.com/blog/?p=921#comment-4224 Teach an emergency command like "Touch". To do this, say the command and hold food where your dog can see it, When she comes for the food, put your hand on her collar and give her the food. Then do it again. And again. And again. Do it 10 times a day for a couple of weeks. Practice it periodically after that. Do it when you are on a walk and she is on a leash. Pretty soon, she will always come running when she hears that word. The key to this is to ALWAYS reward the dog for following the command with food. If you practice this enough you should not have to worry. I was taught this technique by a dog trainer, and I used it to save my Cattle Dog when she was about to run into traffic after a squirrel. This dog is very intense when she focuses on something (like a squirrel), but she broke back for the command. You can teach a dog to do anything you want very reliably. It just takes time and patience. P.S., when training a dog you would not normally give them food every time once they learn a command. This emergency command is an exception... ALWAYS reward it. If you need to use it and you do not have a treat with you, get one ASAP and say the command again and then reward. Teach an emergency command like “Touch”. To do this, say the command and hold food where your dog can see it, When she comes for the food, put your hand on her collar and give her the food. Then do it again. And again. And again. Do it 10 times a day for a couple of weeks. Practice it periodically after that. Do it when you are on a walk and she is on a leash. Pretty soon, she will always come running when she hears that word. The key to this is to ALWAYS reward the dog for following the command with food. If you practice this enough you should not have to worry. I was taught this technique by a dog trainer, and I used it to save my Cattle Dog when she was about to run into traffic after a squirrel. This dog is very intense when she focuses on something (like a squirrel), but she broke back for the command.

You can teach a dog to do anything you want very reliably. It just takes time and patience.

P.S., when training a dog you would not normally give them food every time once they learn a command. This emergency command is an exception… ALWAYS reward it. If you need to use it and you do not have a treat with you, get one ASAP and say the command again and then reward.

]]> By: jakebrink23 http://bestamericandog.com/blog/what-to-do-if-my-beagle-gets-loose-outside/comment-page-1#comment-4223 jakebrink23 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:11:50 +0000 http://bestamericandog.com/blog/?p=921#comment-4223 yeah its like that, my shiba(read on shibas there FAST) she gets out all the time, u have to go run for her yeah its like that, my shiba(read on shibas there FAST) she gets out all the time, u have to go run for her

]]> By: signman_03743 http://bestamericandog.com/blog/what-to-do-if-my-beagle-gets-loose-outside/comment-page-1#comment-4222 signman_03743 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:07:19 +0000 http://bestamericandog.com/blog/?p=921#comment-4222 Your beagle is going to follow SCENTS no matter what you do-it is in their nature! Beagles know only one direction- AWAY. Unless you have taken him through some real intensive training, he is going to follow his nose. We've had that problem with our 6 year old beagle....and the only thing we are lucky about is our older son had taught him to know what 'Scooby Snacks' meant. (he was a Scooby Doo addict as a kid and found Scooby Snacks for dogs in the store). It didn't take long for 'Woody' to realize that if someone said 'scooby snack' it meant a treat for him! So if we yell out 'scooby snack' and hold up anything between 2 fingers and he sees it, he makes a beeline back to us to get his snack! And sometimes he's a dumbdog...I've tricked him with a keychain, bottle cap, anything he thinks is a treat. So get a box of some sort of low calorie treat, and RESTRICT him to only getting a couple a day-get him to do SOMETHING to earn it-sit, roll over, lay down...don't just give them out for nothing. Then it will make it more of a treat to him. Then get one of the 'windup' lead ropes and let him all the way out-get him exploring smells and stuff...and try just holding one up and calling 'scooby snack' and see if it works. Eventually he'll know that phrase means he gets a snack for doing something good-and you have a chance of getting him to come to you when he escapes! My dad had a beautiful beagle bitch for years-and I remember many times going rabbit hunting with him and she'd take off in a straight line AWAY and never come back. We'd wait around for a long time-go home, and come back the next morning...she'd be sitting by the edge of the woods waiting for us! Your beagle is going to follow SCENTS no matter what you do-it is in their nature! Beagles know only one direction- AWAY.
Unless you have taken him through some real intensive training, he is going to follow his nose.
We’ve had that problem with our 6 year old beagle….and the only thing we are lucky about is our older son had taught him to know what ‘Scooby Snacks’ meant. (he was a Scooby Doo addict as a kid and found Scooby Snacks for dogs in the store). It didn’t take long for ‘Woody’ to realize that if someone said ‘scooby snack’ it meant a treat for him!
So if we yell out ‘scooby snack’ and hold up anything between 2 fingers and he sees it, he makes a beeline back to us to get his snack! And sometimes he’s a dumbdog…I’ve tricked him with a keychain, bottle cap, anything he thinks is a treat. So get a box of some sort of low calorie treat, and RESTRICT him to only getting a couple a day-get him to do SOMETHING to earn it-sit, roll over, lay down…don’t just give them out for nothing. Then it will make it more of a treat to him. Then get one of the ‘windup’ lead ropes and let him all the way out-get him exploring smells and stuff…and try just holding one up and calling ‘scooby snack’ and see if it works. Eventually he’ll know that phrase means he gets a snack for doing something good-and you have a chance of getting him to come to you when he escapes!
My dad had a beautiful beagle bitch for years-and I remember many times going rabbit hunting with him and she’d take off in a straight line AWAY and never come back. We’d wait around for a long time-go home, and come back the next morning…she’d be sitting by the edge of the woods waiting for us!

]]> By: jess0811 http://bestamericandog.com/blog/what-to-do-if-my-beagle-gets-loose-outside/comment-page-1#comment-4221 jess0811 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:03:46 +0000 http://bestamericandog.com/blog/?p=921#comment-4221 I have a beagle as well and have the exact same concerns...I guess you will just never know unless you are in that situation. I would think if he does listen to you when you are inside, he would listen if you saw him run off. However, if you didn't see him leave, he will start to wander. My beagle listens, but only when he wants to, he got out the door once (I was taking the garbage out and he snuck out) but I saw him, I yelled at him to come and he stopped dead in his tracks. Do you have a microchip in him..its pretty reasonable, that way if he gets lose and looses his collar, any police or fire station, vet, animal shelter can scan his neck and have all of your information. (my brother just saved a dog that had the microchip last week, so I know it works!) I have a beagle as well and have the exact same concerns…I guess you will just never know unless you are in that situation. I would think if he does listen to you when you are inside, he would listen if you saw him run off. However, if you didn’t see him leave, he will start to wander.
My beagle listens, but only when he wants to, he got out the door once (I was taking the garbage out and he snuck out) but I saw him, I yelled at him to come and he stopped dead in his tracks.
Do you have a microchip in him..its pretty reasonable, that way if he gets lose and looses his collar, any police or fire station, vet, animal shelter can scan his neck and have all of your information. (my brother just saved a dog that had the microchip last week, so I know it works!)

]]> By: Autumn A http://bestamericandog.com/blog/what-to-do-if-my-beagle-gets-loose-outside/comment-page-1#comment-4220 Autumn A Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:09:00 +0000 http://bestamericandog.com/blog/?p=921#comment-4220 Teach him to come to an emergency sound as a bell maybe? Or get food out like ham... Teach him to come to an emergency sound as a bell maybe? Or get food out like ham…

]]> By: Tessa http://bestamericandog.com/blog/what-to-do-if-my-beagle-gets-loose-outside/comment-page-1#comment-4219 Tessa Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:37:09 +0000 http://bestamericandog.com/blog/?p=921#comment-4219 Make sure the beagle has a collar and tags to identify him in case he does get away. The only think you can do is call his name and follow him if he runs off. I had avid microchip put in my dog so even if he runs away he can still be identified. Make sure the beagle has a collar and tags to identify him in case he does get away. The only think you can do is call his name and follow him if he runs off. I had avid microchip put in my dog so even if he runs away he can still be identified.

]]> By: radha_6_4 http://bestamericandog.com/blog/what-to-do-if-my-beagle-gets-loose-outside/comment-page-1#comment-4218 radha_6_4 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:45:12 +0000 http://bestamericandog.com/blog/?p=921#comment-4218 Get him microchipped, so that animal control can get him back to you. I walk my beagle/basset mix with a no-pull harness, makes it easier on me, and I don't have to worry about him breaking through his collar. Get him microchipped, so that animal control can get him back to you.

I walk my beagle/basset mix with a no-pull harness, makes it easier on me, and I don’t have to worry about him breaking through his collar.

]]> By: njmarknj http://bestamericandog.com/blog/what-to-do-if-my-beagle-gets-loose-outside/comment-page-1#comment-4217 njmarknj Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:04:42 +0000 http://bestamericandog.com/blog/?p=921#comment-4217 Just some advice if he doesn't come back when you call him and you have to chase him down...many people make the mistake of yelling at, or hitting, the dog, because they are angry that they had to chase it down, and some feel by hitting or yelling at it, it will understand the next time. What invariably happens is the dog remembers that he was punished the last time, and may be less likely to come back the next time for fear of being punished again. Just a thought. Just some advice if he doesn’t come back when you call him and you have to chase him down…many people make the mistake of yelling at, or hitting, the dog, because they are angry that they had to chase it down, and some feel by hitting or yelling at it, it will understand the next time. What invariably happens is the dog remembers that he was punished the last time, and may be less likely to come back the next time for fear of being punished again. Just a thought.

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