You manage to get out of the shed before Luke's instincts really kicked in.
The next thing to do was to get help, if not the old man that changed you into a female dog then somebody else. Anybody,, even someone at the neighboring farm.
There was a family there, a son and daughter,, and another dog, Jasper you remember his name to be.
There was also the idea of going into town to find help, though there are plenty of male dogs in town and along the way.