Hello all
My roommates (53 M, 50 F) have a blue heeler Australian shepherd (~2 F) in our two story home that has a small, rock backyard. They never walk her, haven't done any training really, and basically just give her basic toys if they remember and expect that her running around & barking in the backyard all day is enough of an activity. I am a full time student so I don't have a lot of time but I try to talk her out for little walks when I can and have managed to train her to not jump on me & to catch treats. My roommate is always yelling at her for barking too much, jumping on her & others, and last year the dog chewed up our couch.
Over the past week and a half she's bolted out the door several times (we live next to two major streets) and did so this morning when I was leaving for work. I ended up sprinting after her around the neighborhood for almost 30 mins, sweating, while she almost was hit by a car about 4 times and a dozen people walking around, coming out of their home, in cars, and literally someone in an electric wheelchair tried to help me. I have vocalized my concerns several times before that they're not giving their dog enough training and got so overwhelmed by the ordeal that I exploded on them for being irresponsible. My roommate said "it's just her breed" to me and I continued to reprimand her saying that she never walks her and it's her responsibility to train her. Am I overreacting?
My roommates (53 M, 50 F) have a blue heeler Australian shepherd (~2 F) in our two story home that has a small, rock backyard. They never walk her, haven't done any training really, and basically just give her basic toys if they remember and expect that her running around & barking in the backyard all day is enough of an activity. I am a full time student so I don't have a lot of time but I try to talk her out for little walks when I can and have managed to train her to not jump on me & to catch treats. My roommate is always yelling at her for barking too much, jumping on her & others, and last year the dog chewed up our couch.
Over the past week and a half she's bolted out the door several times (we live next to two major streets) and did so this morning when I was leaving for work. I ended up sprinting after her around the neighborhood for almost 30 mins, sweating, while she almost was hit by a car about 4 times and a dozen people walking around, coming out of their home, in cars, and literally someone in an electric wheelchair tried to help me. I have vocalized my concerns several times before that they're not giving their dog enough training and got so overwhelmed by the ordeal that I exploded on them for being irresponsible. My roommate said "it's just her breed" to me and I continued to reprimand her saying that she never walks her and it's her responsibility to train her. Am I overreacting?