MACINTOSH MONDAY

This week we experienced manic Mac in his true form. It was somewhat a relief to see it, as he's been very subdued, but it was also slightly terrifying! I'll set the scene by explaining that our house is on a little complex which is gated at night and on the weekends. This means that during certain times we can work on Mac's off lead training skills knowing that should he run off he can't actually get anywhere. Also our next door neighbour's dog, Winston, is great off lead and often hangs outside with his owner without any problem.

The other day Andrew was standing outside our garden with our next door neighbour and the two dogs. Macintosh was off lead as the gate was closed and he was doing alright, until.....down the road at the other end of the complex he spotted the owners of his pug friend, Murray. Now Murray wasn't with them but Macintosh didn't care. He wanted to see the owners as he gets lots of fuss from them. So without warning he shoots off at the fastest pace ever down the other end of the complex!!!

Andrew of course starts to run after him, only to have Macintosh see this and decide to sprint at super speed past him and towards the gate. Ordinarily this wouldn't be a problem as he would come up against a closed gate and be stuck. However on this occasion the gate was beginning to close as a car had gone through. So there was Mac hurtling towards an opening and about to escape!

Thankfully two young boys, who happened to be playing near the gate, realised what was about to happen and rushed to stand in his way. They began to make noises to distract him or scare which I'm glad to say worked, but only sent Mr Mac rushing back from the gate in a now frenzied excitement at his little game of 'Catch me if you can!' 


After a little bit more mad running Andrew had the good sense to throw a treat into the dog park area in an attempt to corner him. As predicted Macintosh's nose won out and he went to investigate the treat, providing Andrew with the time to re-attach him to the lead and bring him back to the house. 

All in all it was a bit of a disaster as I'm not sure he learnt anything about behaving off lead and it almost lead to his disappearance, but I guess the silver lining is knowing our crazy dog is back to his usual tricks! Fantastic....
H



"Who me? I'm not a pickle! I'm the best behaved dog ever. And anyway if I'm not who can resist my beautiful face!!" 

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