u/whatevenarellamas

Our 11 moth old Dal is honestly good as gold, we can't fault here, like many is incredibly smarty, learns super quick be that in training or on her own (I'd had to flip all door handles upside down by month 6).

She used to pull like crazy but we've managed to teach that out of here, she's not perfect but it's a work in progress.

Manners around the house are perfect, will wait for food patiently, will stay in her place when told, will resist eating anything we put or throw on the ground if told to 'leave it'. She's grat at waiting at doorways to be let in.. Angel.

Now.. Her recall, *generally* is really good, we can call her and she immediately turns and sprints back.. Until there's a dog, or... A horse that happens to be dog shaped, (so all of them apparently).

Most walks we get to the woods, fields or footpaths and she runs around off lead. The problem we have that we can't teach her out of is as soon as theres another Dor her ears turn off and she runs towards it, se he wants to play.. Even if the other dog doesn't she won't take no for an answer, she's been barked at, growled at nipped at nothing makes her think the other dog doesn't want to play.

The worst part is obviously that we struggle to stop her unless she's already on lead, and if she is she's not bad, she starts pulling more but can be persuaded to sit and wait until we make sure the other dog can and wants to play.

The other end of that issue, when play is done, or we say it's done.. She does not want to leave, we can start walking away as does the other dog walker and their dog, but ours follows them. We can run, call, hide nothing works, she's not interested. We literally need to go back, catch her mid play, put her on lead and take her around the corner, then it's like she's forgotten about the dog a D it's all fine.

We've tried treats (from regular high value dog treats to cheese to sausages to chicken, you name it!) we've tried toys.. Nothing is as fun, exciting or rewarding as playing with another dog.

How can we train her out of this behaviour, we've spoken to and already consulted with a couple dog trainers who said treats or toys, obvs not working.. Another said long lead which is a fair suggestion. We tried that, if we keep is short enough that it acts like her normal lead she behaves like she's on lead. If we let her out a little more (about 5m) she has enough slack to dart of and nearly pull me over. So really, same issue.

We're at out whits end here, any new suggestions would be really appreciated. We don't want to limit her to lead walking but it's not fair on other dogs or their owners.