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Originally Posted by SEVEN_PETS
I disagree, always run away from them, shrieking at the top of your voice, sounding really exciting. If my dog has something that I don't want him to have whilst he's off lead, I run away from him. He thinks I'm leaving him, so he drops the item and runs after me. Works all the time.
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Truth, but if your dog is utterly distracted by something there's little chance they'll come back. My OH's dog got distracted by something when he was a pup and started running away. My OH called his name and ran away from him shouting and generally trying to sound exciting but the dog still ran off. Ended up 2 miles away to a place he would have had to cross 3 roads to get to. Not nice.
It's why I said 'if needs be'
If it's obvious your pup is paying no attention to you, you may well need to run after it to stop it getting lost or hurt or running out into a road or something.
Peace
Akai-Chan