Our fox terrier is 14 months old. We love her to bits and we had another fox terrier before her. Typical for the breed, she is very stubborn and independent. Sidebar: She has actually come a long way since the early puppy days. I do recall posting here about excessive puppy biting (thankfully that phase is over with) but her poor recall drives me crazy. But let me clarify, her recall is perfectly fine when there are no distractions and there’s a treat involved. But as soon as there’s some distraction, it’s as if a switch is flipped. She will not and cannot hear me. Today she was running around the backyard with a walnut shell that she had found. She was crunching it and eating it (I think). No amount of calling or demanding or begging worked. I even had a treat in my hand. Really not sure what to do at this stage, especially since she actually knows recall!
I guess my main worry is that she could get into a dangerous situation and that her stubbornness could be fatal. 🙁
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