Hi all!
I have a bit of a problem.
For about a week now my dog has stopped obeying when I walk her and has started running away. I take her out and as soon as I unleash her (when we get at the park) she runs back towards where we came from to go home. She even crossed the street! And it's not a specific park, it's anywhere we go.
She never used to do that and I'm a bit lost. I've stopped unleashing her now and started "retraining" her on leash as I'll be walking her but she knows the commands and just won't obey.
A bit of context here: I have a small Yorkshire Terrier, she'll be four next week but I've only had her since August as I adopted her after my uncle died. I'm new to dog owning so I don't have any experience whatsoever.
When I first had her she was completely untrained for walks (my uncle was disabled and couldn't walk her so she only used to go to the garden) so I took her out on a leash and slowly started unleashing her. It was fine up until now.
(also my uncle never socialised her with other dogs so she's terrified of dogs although I've started getting her used to them slowly)
Please help! Any idea as to why she'd stop obeying and run away? How can I "fix" it?


I have a bit of a problem.
For about a week now my dog has stopped obeying when I walk her and has started running away. I take her out and as soon as I unleash her (when we get at the park) she runs back towards where we came from to go home. She even crossed the street! And it's not a specific park, it's anywhere we go.
She never used to do that and I'm a bit lost. I've stopped unleashing her now and started "retraining" her on leash as I'll be walking her but she knows the commands and just won't obey.
A bit of context here: I have a small Yorkshire Terrier, she'll be four next week but I've only had her since August as I adopted her after my uncle died. I'm new to dog owning so I don't have any experience whatsoever.
When I first had her she was completely untrained for walks (my uncle was disabled and couldn't walk her so she only used to go to the garden) so I took her out on a leash and slowly started unleashing her. It was fine up until now.
(also my uncle never socialised her with other dogs so she's terrified of dogs although I've started getting her used to them slowly)
Please help! Any idea as to why she'd stop obeying and run away? How can I "fix" it?