What Happens When You Don't Obey (vet, barking, black, outside)

[oregonwoodsmoke]

Wyatt McRiot has recently failed his unleashed test and is back on his beeping collar. I told my son that. He knew it.

But he was just moving cars around the driveway and Wyatt loves riding in the car, even if it is just for 50 feet. My son figured that all Wyatt would think about was getting into that open car door.

Wrong decision. Wyatt took off, with my son chasing after him. My son heard barking, crashing in the brush and then "Yipe yipe yipe".

A large deer came dashing out of the brush, followed by a slowly limping Wyatt on 3 legs.

It would be nice if Wyatt thought that running away isn't smart because when you do, the huge deer kicks the tar out of you and it hurts. Unfortunately, he is a dog so the thought process is probably that next time he will get back at that deer.

We all got off lucky. Wyatt could have been maimed or killed, and he was just bruised. I could have gotten stuck with a multi-thousand dollar vet bill, and I didn't. Wyatt was bruised and sore for the evening, so my son really got off lucky, because if Wyatt had been seriously injured, my son would have been in a world of hurt for letting Wyatt outside without his beeping collar.

Obnoxious wild dog. He got a severe scolding and no sympathy. I couldn't let him know that I was sick with worry because the last thing that hooligan needs is any sort of sympathy or cuddling that he gets for disobeying.

He's perfectly fine. He woke up the next morning racing through the house, flying through the air, and trying to black my eye, just like usual. He did spend about 15 minutes sitting next to me and tapping his chin on my leg, which, I suspect, is as close as I will ever get to an apology from him.

[jaekn]

Cool Story...(bro)

I've always wondered how well dogs associate their actions with scolding. I believe they are more attentive to our anger because of their actions, than we give them credit for.