RuralKanuck
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- Location
- Ontario, Canada
Three years ago my daughter found my Shadow, if you can call a wandering rather very active four legged friend by that name and after three years of rather interesting challenges he is now finally truly a shadow...... most of the time.
With 30 acres of woodland to wander in and much more beyond this has not always been the case. I have spent a number of hours at the back door yelling 'Shadow, Shadow COME' to no avail only to have him come wandering back in his own glory own time, but he does always come back, at least once with the snap collar from the leash still attached!
We have now reached the point where I feel comfortable just letting him out the back door off leash during daylight hours, which much to his delight and mine are now increasing as each day passes, and he always come when called …..... eventually. Its a long run from the back eh.
Recently he found an old deer bone jaw and has been busy giving it a good bone crushing and it keeping close when not in use. Dad is not permitted to look at it however although I am normally permitted to take other less tasty stuff he finds back there from him without too much difficulty. The last couple of days he has brought the dwindling remains into the back porch / mud room however when I open the door to let him in the house and I just say 'No' he puts in down and comes on in.
That to me is the sign a true friendship.
I have written extensive tails of his early days on another forum that I may re-share some of here later along with other ramblings, feel free to get your feet wet in my pond
.
With 30 acres of woodland to wander in and much more beyond this has not always been the case. I have spent a number of hours at the back door yelling 'Shadow, Shadow COME' to no avail only to have him come wandering back in his own glory own time, but he does always come back, at least once with the snap collar from the leash still attached!
We have now reached the point where I feel comfortable just letting him out the back door off leash during daylight hours, which much to his delight and mine are now increasing as each day passes, and he always come when called …..... eventually. Its a long run from the back eh.
Recently he found an old deer bone jaw and has been busy giving it a good bone crushing and it keeping close when not in use. Dad is not permitted to look at it however although I am normally permitted to take other less tasty stuff he finds back there from him without too much difficulty. The last couple of days he has brought the dwindling remains into the back porch / mud room however when I open the door to let him in the house and I just say 'No' he puts in down and comes on in.
That to me is the sign a true friendship.
I have written extensive tails of his early days on another forum that I may re-share some of here later along with other ramblings, feel free to get your feet wet in my pond
.