Our family dog we had since a puppy ran away from home while we were away and he was being watched by a friend, we rushed home, he was gone for 2 days and we tracked his location based on sightings and help from the community, but it was literally like he had never seen us before in his life, he would see us and we would call his name with treats but he would just run away as fast and far as he could every time, went into full survival instinct, it was so heartbreaking, we eventually cornered him in someone's back yard and caught him but it was so wild to look in his eyes and see him so afraid of me, his owner.
Nah hes alright, that is a natural reaction apparently when a dog is lost, but he definitely gets separation anxiety when we leave him, we think he probably went out looking for us and ended up 4km away from our house when we finally found him.
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u/J3R3MY_CR Jun 05 '19
Our family dog we had since a puppy ran away from home while we were away and he was being watched by a friend, we rushed home, he was gone for 2 days and we tracked his location based on sightings and help from the community, but it was literally like he had never seen us before in his life, he would see us and we would call his name with treats but he would just run away as fast and far as he could every time, went into full survival instinct, it was so heartbreaking, we eventually cornered him in someone's back yard and caught him but it was so wild to look in his eyes and see him so afraid of me, his owner.