I’m glad you found your dog. One of our guide dog puppies, Dublin moved to AZ years ago. When he and his partner visited we had them start at the front of our track to see if he remembered where our house was in the neighborhood. He took his partner straight to our house. Dogs have great memories and tracking abilities. Thanks for sharing your story.

I have a yellow lab. I have walks him since he was a pup as I live in the city.
I trained him with the simple word “stop” as I walked him on his leash I would stop suddenly and say stop , over and over. Just the gentle pull back of the leash he started stopping immediately.
Now she I’m out with him. I have no leash any more and he behaves as I he was on one. Squirrels is his passion. But if he goes to chasing on and comes to the edge of his boundary I just say stop! In a firm voice and he stops.
That’s how I how I trained my lab whom is now 7yrs old and we still have to use stop and it still works.

How about trying that thing called a leash? Do they not have leash laws where you live??? That would save all those innocent people from risking THEIR lives trying to avoid hitting your dog. Sheesh.

Well said Laurie! It’s more important to keep your dog safe from injury. Our guide dog pups ride on the passenger side floor boards and my dogs wear a harness and seat belt when we go for car rides and are never allowed to hang their heads out the window.

Hi Pat,
First of all I cannot urge this enough, Please for your fur baby’s sake don’t let him go into the streets if he’s not trained correctly. I would like to suggest you watch Cesar Millan, “Dog Whisperer.” He has some excellent training techniques. He also has Training DVD’s. I’m not any way affiliated with him or his training materials. I watch his shows, “Dog Whisperer & Leader of the Pack.” Excellent shows! I have incorporated a lot of his techniques into my life & the life of my precious fur babies & I do have to tell you they do work. Your fur baby is still young & can learn pretty quick. Cesar Millan is on National Geographic Channel, NatGeoWild. He truly is the “Dog Whisperer.” He connects with owners & animals like no one I’ve seen. I think it is a gift from God. He is truly blessed & loves to pass on his connection with God creatures. Cesar uses Calm assertive techniques. Our fur babies unfortunately feed off our energy. They kind of act like us. It’s hard for me to explain it, Cesar does an excellent job at training owners & rehabiltating dogs. You’ll be amazed at what one can accomplish with the correct training techniques. Cesar has his own website: http://www.cesarsway.com/
Hope this helps…
Laurie

How scary! I’m glad your pup came away okay. I don’t let my pups stick their heads out the window. I’m just to afraid that something might come flying up into their face.

Thanks for sharing your story!
Colby

@Fred that would be a good site to promote Doggles. We always worry about dogs holding their heads out the window because we’ve heard many horror stories about the dogs getting hit by debris or losing eyes.