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How To Stop Your Dog Chasing Cars

2016/5/4 10:30:15

When you have a puppy, you sometimes find things cute in his behavior that you won't find cute in a grown up dog. This, for example, include chasing cats and cars. A puppy won't really be able to catch the cat or reach the car. An adult dog will, and then this quickly stops being funny. You therefore have to start training to stop your dog chasing cars while he is still very young.

To understand why dogs chase cars, you have to consider their nature. They are natural hunters and herders. Some dogs therefore want to catch the car because he sees it as an intruder. Other types of dogs, such as a sheep dog, wants to 'herd' the car, to bring it back to your house. Unfortunately in both cases it can and probably will eventually cause the dog's death.

You should start training your puppy while on a leash. Teach him to respond to orders such as 'stop' or 'sit'. Start doing this inside the house. Once he has been trained to respond to these basic orders, start taking him outside (still on the leash) and teach him to always stay on the pavement. This way, when he is no longer on a leash one day and he starts chasing a car, he will respond accordingly when you order him to stop.

Unfortunately you will not always be there when the dog starts chasing a car. If there's nobody to order him to stop, he might still chase cars when you're absent. The best solution in this regard is a fence around your yard.

If you don't like the idea of such a fence, you could use an underground electric fence. This, together with a shock collar should keep the dog inside the perimeter. The way it works is that as soon as the dog strays and wanders off the property, the shock collar will give him a mild electric shock. Don't worry - it won't kill him and he will start to associate straying with the very unpleasant experience of being shocked.

Another solution is to let someone drive around the block a couple of times with his car. Every time the dogs starts chasing the car, someone should throw a water balloon at the dog from the car. Once again he will quickly learn that chasing a car results in a rather unpleasant experience.

A final way to stop a dog chasing cars is to teach him to only chase things that you throw, such as a ball or a stick, and bring them back to you. When he brings something back, reward him with a chunk of food. This way he should learn that when you are not present, it makes no sense to chase things.

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