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Saltibarščiai, le bortsch froid balte

J’adore faire ça en été, c’est simple, sain et agréable quand il fait chaud

u/Inner-Muffin2592 — 1 day ago
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Recommandations Auvergne

Bonjour à tous !
Je prévois de partir 4 à 6 jours en Auvergne, idéalement dans le Cezallier au début des vacances (semaine du 6 juillet) avec mon chien. L’objectif est vraiment de passer tout le séjour dehors : randonnée, bivouac quand c’est possible, ou camping municipal pour une douche et refaire le plein d’eau.

Connaissez-vous des campings municipaux particulièrement bien placés pour rayonner à pied ?
Avez-vous des itinéraires de randonnée à recommander (15 à 25 km environ), avec de beaux paysages et peu de fréquentation ?
Connaissez-vous des burons, auberges ou refuges où il est possible de déjeuner à un tarif raisonnable, idéalement avec un chien ?
Plus généralement, si vous connaissez des coins, des vallées, des plateaux ou des sommets qui valent le détour et qui sortent un peu des itinéraires les plus touristiques, je suis preneur.

Je privilégie les grands espaces, les paysages ouverts, les forêts, les lacs, les tourbières et les endroits où l’on peut marcher plusieurs heures sans croiser grand monde.

Merci d’avance pour vos conseils !

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u/Inner-Muffin2592 — 7 days ago
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Looking for advice

Hello everyone

I could use some advice about off-leash training with my dog.

She’s a Border Collie / Great Pyrénées mix. We’ve been working on long-line training for about one and a half years, and recently started practicing off-leash hiking in the forest.

Her recall itself is actually good. If I call her, she comes back reliably. The issue is not really the distance — I’m fine with her working 20-50 meters away from me in the woods. What bothers me is that during today’s walk, about one hour in, she stopped coming back spontaneously to check in like she normally does. She didn’t come back when I called her neither.

The bigger issue appeared at the end of the walk: when I needed to leash her before crossing a road, she clearly started avoiding being attached. She would come close enough to interact, but became evasive and playful when I reached toward her collar.

My goal is to teach her that coming back to me, being clipped on leash, then released again is completely normal and not automatically “the end of freedom.” I want leash-on / leash-off transitions to become routine and emotionally neutral.

So far I’ve tried:
- changing direction unexpectedly during walks,
- rewarding spontaneous check-ins,
- avoiding repeated recalls,
- staying calm and not chasing her,
- playing with her
- pretending the walk is continuing instead of making “recall = end of freedom” too obvious,
- clipping the leash on briefly and releasing her again during the walk.

I suspect she has started associating being caught with the end of the hike.

Does this sound like a normal phase when transitioning from long-line work to reliable off-leash hiking? And how would you strengthen voluntary check-ins and calm leash attachment without poisoning the recall?

Thanks everyone !

u/Inner-Muffin2592 — 2 months ago