Traffic awareness?
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Very scary....  I live more rural, so a single car passing is an event..  I teach mine "car" and they are to move over to the edge by me and if I step down into the ditch (weather permitting) they are to do the same also. Our road is gravel, and you literally can hear them coming nearly a mile away, so plenty of time for training and reinforcing. One thing we did while walking in town is to always stop and sit (the dogs  ) at each corner or streetcrossing. That way, they never get in the habit of just stepping right off the curb and onto the street. With repetition and consistancy, that might help prevent an accident in the future. And we also usually had numerous neices/grandkids, and they did the same - they could go ahead of us adults, but had to stop at the crossings and wait for us. We train everyone!   |
Quote: One thing we did while walking in town is to always stop and sit (the dogs ) at each corner or streetcrossing. That way, they never get in the habit of just stepping right off the curb and onto the street. With repetition and consistancy, that might help prevent an accident in the future. One local trainer really stresses this for all dogs. When I'm going about town and see a dog and owner and the dog naturally sits as it comes to the edge of the sidewalk and wait for a command, I think, "Ah, another XXX graduate." When my guys could walk the road, I too would use "car" and guide them away from the road, and depending on the dog, make them stop and sit. Sam would go insane when the dead animal hauler passed by......he smelled the dead animals and soon learned the special engine sound so knew a quarter mile away when the truck was coming. No, there is no natural street sense/traffic awareness. Survivors maybe. Here the local road has dogs milling about. I'll actually see some stop and look and figure they survived an incident and have learned. Most don't and pay the price. |
| We are rural too but do live on a busy county hwy so when Butchy and I walk down for the mail I always make him sit and we both look each way. Once we cross if a car does come I push him toward the ditch. A couple times when we let him out to run he did go down the driveway but did not cross the ditch thank goodness and did come back when I called him. I'd love to let him run more because we have over an acre but the fear is too great. With our first oes, Carl who was on crutches at the time, took Pache and our grandson for a walk. Pache got away and stood behind the houses in a brand new subdivision where people had grass planted and waited for the cars to come. When they started getting past him he'd run out and run along side the drivers side window, thought that was great. One woman even stopped the car and asked Carl if that was her dog. It was a long afternoon for Carl but finally got everything under control. |
| I did the same as Dawn with all three of mine...we lived in a subdivision for a while. Now we're in the country and rarely have traffic. I've never had their "car" training tested yet...but I did notice the other day when we were out walking that they still remembered command "right/left". |
Our family boxer knows the command "car". Chloe just learned it by example. She just naturally moved into a yard at the warning. The boxers need coaxing even now. Charm is going to be taught the same. She tried to follow a car yesterday that drove by  |
got sheep wrote: One thing we did while walking in town is to always stop and sit (the dogs ) at each corner or streetcrossing. That way, they never get in the habit of just stepping right off the curb and onto the street. Our Max became so accustomed to doing this, by the time he was 2 he would stop and sit at every crossing without our asking. Crossing streets and approaching cars meant "oh, boy, all I have to do is sit and I get a 'good boy' and a pat on the head? I'm all over that!"  Good luck! |
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