siadwell Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 We have a dog, Smithy, and bieng a Siberian Husky his recall is not what you call 100% so we have been trying various techniques for recall. Have tried food treats...No Have tried high pitched excitable name calling...No Have tried making yourself large approach...No, and various others, until yesterday took him out on 100ft long lead and called "Where's Barney?", he came straight back and sat by my feet ah, I hear you say Barney must be a member of the family, nope Barney is actually the name of next doors CAT!! Why he comes back for this we have no clue, but it's nice as we now have 100% recall, even in the back garden. If anyone can explain please let us know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murtle Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 Classic uhm he's confused and thinks his name is barney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissa Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 hmmm... he is thinking if anyone is getting any fuss its me, not that damn cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACKYSIAN Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 Cos he's clever and thinks it's dead funny that's he's confused you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel n Hardy Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 Cos he's clever and thinks it's dead funny that's he's confused you!! hahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murtle Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 may I ask why you thought to call out "where's Barney?" when you'd taken your dog out for a walk maybe he has reason to think his name is Barney.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irons Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 Classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkingmad Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 Gabby will come running if I shout our cats names as it nomally means that they are going to get fed. Do you feed the cat next door? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranirottie Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 perhaps he thinks you are going to join him in chasing the cat! or perhaps he does think his name is Barney! x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancy Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 If he was a rescue maybe his name was Barney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyMalc Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 :laugh: We had something similar with Sparky when we were out some time ago. He'd gone into the woods, and just wasn't coming back. For some reason, for the last few months, he's taken it upon himself to charge at poor old Mal to investigate what he's doing whenever I call him, so fianlly I shout at the top of my lungs: MAAAAAALCOOOOOLMMM!!!!! And sure enough, there was Sparks, pelting it out of the woods, towards us, whilst looking for Mal. Thing was, we hadn't even taken Malcolm, he was curled up on the sofa at home! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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