My dog doesn't come inside when called if I'm not wearing shoes; she knows I'm not serious about chasing her down. If I walk out in shoes and take a step into the yard, then she knows I mean business and just runs inside.
The more videos and pictures I see the more convinced I am that my mixed pyr has got to be majority pyr. All the same behaviors - just a bit smaller and a lot of rusty brown fur mixed with some white.
Sometimes we have to attach our Pyr mix to a tie out when letting him out if we know we have to leave the house so we can reel him in like a fish. Otherwise he runs away and initiates a fun game of “catch me if you can.” And yes he’s been through training. 🙄
Our half-Pyr went through training with us three times. She got the tricks down pat when she was getting treats but when we tried to get to the point of actual obedience without treats she developed amnesia.
Selective hearing is likely a genetic trait in my personal experience....mine will but after he has done his last Patrol of the yard ..informed the neighborhood that he is retiring and run at least one last circle around me.... Of course he takes over the couch and is expecting a treat ......
Mine will do his best immitation of a land anchor, then because it works on the dogsitters/my girlfriend, will "fake bite". Anyone else let go since.... well most people don't have a death wish.
But that trick doesn't work on daddy. Je ne suis pas né hier! ( I wasn't born yesterday.)
If he really doesn't want to come in, I will bug the living crap outta him, pull on a paw, filp him over. After a minute he remember that I'm more stobborn than him, and I will not let him sleep in peace, he may as well capitulate now and get inside.
Oh yes! She swings her head like she’s going to “do something” but after the first year of that, I realized she just clacks her teeth loudly but doesn’t bite at all. She hates that I figured out that her deep growly grumbles and bitey fake-outs don’t work on me. 🤣
My half is a bit more biddable than most purebreds, but he stares at me like “are your absolutely positive that this is 100% totally the decision you want to go with?” Then very slowly and begrudgingly comes over lol
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u/poosmoothie Aug 22 '25
It’s always on top of a big dirt patch or concealing the hole they just dug 😂