Hi everyone so me and Nala are new to this forum so this question might have already been answered at some point. Nala will be 2 this month. So one of the biggest issues i have been having with Nala is that i'll let her outside and she won't come back in for anything. We have a huge back yard all fenced in so when she's outside she is impossible to catch if she decides not to listen and be stubborn. She will run right up to the sliding door and stare in as if she wants to come in and when I go to open the door she sprints away. I know she wants to just play because she runs and grabs one of her toys and brings it up to the door but sometimes i just don't have time to play (before work or if I have to leave). If i use my serious voice she will just drop to the ground and stare at me but when i get close she runs away again. There have been instances where she gives up and lets me get her but 9 times out of 10 she won't let me and she's sat outside for 10 hours before just being stubborn. She's also started barking at noises that she can't see through the wooden fence which she didn't do the entire 1st year we had her. She rarely barked until just this winter so that's another little issue.
Does anyone have any clue on how I can fix these issues? She loves treats (like every dog) and loves her toys and those most of the time can't even get her to come in. I've contemplated a shock collar but didn't want to have to resort to that because I just don't like the fact of shocking any animal to control their behavior.
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Does anyone have any clue on how I can fix these issues? She loves treats (like every dog) and loves her toys and those most of the time can't even get her to come in. I've contemplated a shock collar but didn't want to have to resort to that because I just don't like the fact of shocking any animal to control their behavior.
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