My stupid dog is currently standing across the street looking at me and wont come home. She knows she’s in trouble for getting off her chain and leaving the yard and is too cowardly to face the music.
Who's stupid? Your dog isn't likely to want to come home if she faces punishment, or even sharp words.
I had a beagle who kept running off in search of some delightful scent, usually tunneling under my fence to get out. At first she was hard to catch when she did this, but she started wanting to come to me and wanting to stick around because when I saw her I acted joyful and delighted. Dogs are dogs and beagles are beagles, and nothing will stop a hunting hound from chasing scent, but life got a lot simpler when she knew that coming to my call meant pleasure and petting, not scolding.
The reason he isnt back is because of “the music”. You cant expect any sentient living being to prefer captivity to freedom. If they see a way, they will go. When someone leaves a door open and my pit-boxer gets out, I get in the car and drive away with the door open.
That dog will come from hundreds of yards away and hop in. I drop the clutch, the door closes, I rub his belly and drive him home.
The reason he isnt back is because of “the music”. You cant expect any sentient living being to prefer captivity to freedom. If they see a way, they will go. When someone leaves a door open and my pit-boxer gets out, I get in the car and drive away with the door open.
That dog will come from hundreds of yards away and hop in. I drop the clutch, the door closes, I rub his belly and drive him home.