After years of trying to stop her fur baby - Telsa the clever canine escape artist from running away, this pawrent finally finds a curious way to bring and end to his attempts to make a run for it, says: ‘This is the first time I've won’

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    ו" go back inside and about ten minutes later | hear whimpering at the door."
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    My dog is very intelligent. I named him Tesla because he had a white streak on his forehead that looked a little like a
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    lightening bolt, but he ended up growing into his name. He's curious, quick to learn, and picks up subtle cues; he learned how to roll over in one
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    training session. Unfortunately, he's not play motivated and is only slightly food motivated, so this means he's only going to obey when he feels like.
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    I have no idea what kind of breed he is, I picked up the little ber from a pop- up shelter. I can only guess that he's part terrier, part drain
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    clog, part muppet. I was told that he was found with his littermates running through the fields of Missouri.
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    Apparently, he was the hardest one to catch. That hasn't changed. He also loves to escape. It's Tesla's favorite thing. I've
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    let him run free in an enclosed dog park before and he will mostly just sit by my feet and look bored. But when he escapes, you can see
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    the joy and glory in his eyes. He doesn't look like it, but he's surprisingly fast: he streamlines his body and breaks into a full on gallop. If he doesn't want you to
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    catch him then you're not going to. He's pretty much impossible to catch unless you corner him somehow or he finds another dog.
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    He's also a jerk about it. There have been times where I've chased him for a full hour, lost sight of him, and dejected went home only to find him waiting
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    impatiently at the back door. Tesla isn't the kind of dog that tries to rush out the door all the time. Oh no, he
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    bides his time. He waits until you've let your guard down and aren't paying attention. If he's fenced in, he'll walk along the fence
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    looking for a weak spot and if there is one, he will find it. I've tried everything to get him to come to me: in-depth training, never
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    getting angry when he gets out, running in the opposite direction (this only works half the time), etc. He'll only come if he wants to come.
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    Today I wasn't paying attention. While I was hold the door open and coaxing my other blind dog inside, Tesla slipped out. He
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    stood for a moment, looked at me, and seemed surprised that it had worked. And then he bolted, galloping victoriously through
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    the yard. This time, I didn't chase him. Where I live it's currently 95 degrees outside and at 100% humidity. Call it a hunch, call it laziness, but I just
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    didn't have it in me. today. He kept looking back to see if I was chasing him, but instead I just watched him for a minute before going back inside.
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    The thing about Tesla is that he is very hairy. He has long coarse black hair with a thick, black undercoat. He sheds like a beast year round despite
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    being brushed out 2x/week. What ever breeds are knocking around in him I suspect weren't meant to be in the hot, muggy south.
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    I go back inside and about ten minutes later I hear whimpering at the door. There is Tesla, looking absolutely defeated. He walks inside and makes it
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    about ten feet before throwing his body onto the cool ceramic floor. I patted his head, gave him some fresh water, and a little
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    food. This is the first time I've won, but I figured I'd be a gracious winner.

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