How do you overcome the emotional strain of owning a runner?
We adopted our girl about a month ago from a shelter (as a stray) and knew some of the challenges with owning a Pyr but fell in love with her sweet and gentle nature right away. [Her Wisdom Panel results just came back this morning too, as a 50/50 GSD Pyr]. Since bringing her home she has ran away twice. The first time she slipped the collar and took off, coming back after two hours to our front yard, muddy and panting. After deciding to strictly relegate her to our fenced in back yard only (no more leashed yard walks) I also purchased a gps tracking collar in the event she got loose again. Yesterday it came in the mail and just this morning I set it up and put it on her. As dumb luck would have it, within 20 minutes of downloading the app, she had scaled our 5 foot fence in the back yard, which she had not yet attempted to do. Luckily we were able to track her to a neighboring yard and she allowed us to approach and retrieve her (gone for 15 minutes or so).
We are ACTIVELY trying to install a more wide ranging and taller perimeter fence as a failsafe and discussing adding electric to the smaller fence closer to the house. But at this very moment I’m scared to even have her inside a fenced in area on a leash
How can I overcome the fear and uncertainty around loving such a hard to contain breed? She is an absolute treasure and my daughters are head over heels for her and these two episodes have really torn me up inside, for me and for them. Does it get easier?