I have a 7 year old girl who every once in a while decides to dig a hole under the fence and run outside.
I have a big yard so she’s outside all day and she’s inside the house during the night - this is what she’s used to, she needs her space to run around. I train and play with her, so I’m general I can’t say she’s bored.
She’s good for 4-5 consecutive months without running away but then she has these periods of time when she just wants to go to the street and when I realize that she’s out there I can’t bring her inside. When she does that (and she does it as soon as she finds out that she’s left unattended - meaning I’m home but I’m busy inside the house, so it can happen multiple times per day) I usually put her in a kennel for a while as punishment but I have to do that for at least 1-2 weeks before she “calms down” again and stop trying to break free again. Then we’re good for another 4-5 months.
Why does she do that? What should I do to stop this? I tried everything including electric fences etc. nothing worked.
PS: she’s unneutered but she’s not in heat when she does this.
I have a big yard so she’s outside all day and she’s inside the house during the night - this is what she’s used to, she needs her space to run around. I train and play with her, so I’m general I can’t say she’s bored.
She’s good for 4-5 consecutive months without running away but then she has these periods of time when she just wants to go to the street and when I realize that she’s out there I can’t bring her inside. When she does that (and she does it as soon as she finds out that she’s left unattended - meaning I’m home but I’m busy inside the house, so it can happen multiple times per day) I usually put her in a kennel for a while as punishment but I have to do that for at least 1-2 weeks before she “calms down” again and stop trying to break free again. Then we’re good for another 4-5 months.
Why does she do that? What should I do to stop this? I tried everything including electric fences etc. nothing worked.
PS: she’s unneutered but she’s not in heat when she does this.