Oh boy.... 9 month old Joy just discovered that she CAN run from me and that she actually does NOT have to give me any object I ask her to give me. Yuck.
Took me 20 minutes of waiting at the dog park yesterday for her to stop playing "Keep Away" and come to me. Tonight she picked up my son's toy, looked RIGHT at me, stuck her tail in the air, and RAN! I calmly gated the kitchen and took it from her - no snarling or tenseness, I just think she thinks it's fun.
What other techniques do you recommend? Next time we go to the park, she'll be on a drag line, that's for sure! It was REALLY hard to stay calm and just ignore her until she came around - especially since it was 9 degrees, and my sons were FROZEN! I sent them to wait in the car while I waited for our Joy.... Like I said, after 20 minutes, she just walked over and sat down beside me, dropped the ball, and we went home....
What other techniques do you recommend? Next time we go to the park, she'll be on a drag line, that's for sure! It was REALLY hard to stay calm and just ignore her until she came around - especially since it was 9 degrees, and my sons were FROZEN! I sent them to wait in the car while I waited for our Joy.... Like I said, after 20 minutes, she just walked over and sat down beside me, dropped the ball, and we went home....