chasing cars
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| Our 16 mth old sheepie does the same thing! He's enrolled in obedience class which he starts the first of May- I was hoping that would help, though I really don't know...We've only had him a short time, but we've been trying this: When we take a walk, we make him walk on the inside (he hates it!) then when we see a car coming we walk right in step with his front paws (he's gotten smarter and has tried slowing down so that we get ahead of him). He can't jump at the car if we're in the way (that doesn't mean he doesn't try!) Anyone have any other experience/advice?
Brent, Cindy & the Monsters |
| Yup - You're certainly not alone!
Woofs 6 months old. We've also just finished an obedience course and are continuing to teach him to walk to heel, which he's getting better at (very slowly). However, if a car goes by, Woof goes nuts trying to chase after it! We are VERY lucky where I live - the road we walk on probably has only one car passing every few minutes, but still... This is what I'm trying (with some success): When I see a car approaching, I guide Woof to the edge of the road and encourage him to sit. I then hunker down on one side of him, holding both his lead and the back of his collar gently, whilst telling him to stay and i don't let him up (no matter how he struggles) until the car is way out of reach behind us Mikey & Woof |
| Give it up guys! I think what I came to call 'herding' cars is in their blood. My Merlin did it for the entire 11 1/2 years of his wonderful life. And if the car was just sitting still with the engine running - he would run circles around it and bite the tires - trying to make it move, I think. He never really 'chased' cars.....but would more or less race them - if he got out -(which he ran thru many a screen door) - he would race along on the sidewalk and lawns pacing whatever car it was (one of my neighbors actually clocked him at 21 mph!!!!) We were very lucky - he NEVER ran in front of a car in that entire time. We live on a dead end street - so traffic was minimal - after one or two times - I never took him walking on the main road - I was too terrified he would get away from me and get hit. |
| At first, we used to make Jake sit whenever we heard or saw a car approaching on our street during our walks. Tehn we worked on just a stay command, requiring him to stand motionless until "OK" release was given.
This worked best in conjunction with the prong collar. For the most part, after a few months, he no longer lept at the cars. Frequently he would turn and watch the cars, but I was ALWAYS convinced that he was looking to see if it was my wife's car, or when she was walking him, if it was my truck. The neighbors commented for a while... it was a little strange, they all commented the same way: "I see you are trying to train your dog". As he got older, he was unable to go after the cars, and we were more able to give a little slack on the lead. I don't know if any of this means anything, but there you have it. our experience with Jake. |
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