Car lunger
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kryslaurelle
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Enzo would do this when he was younger, too. I think it's the desire to chase things that move. I live near a busy street, so I basically desensitized him to moving cars.
I would take him out with some tasty treats and when I saw a car coming, I would have him sit. Then as the car went by I would feed him treats. Now we can walk down the same busy street and he doesn't even look at the cars going by.
Big, noisy vehicles are still a work in progress, though. If we're actively walking down the street, he'll lunge at busses, trucks with trailers, FedEx/UPS trucks, etc. If I see them coming, I have him sit and he'll stay still and take treats from me.
Personally, I would take your pup out alone when you decide to work on this so you can focus on him (or her). I couldn't imagine handling two dogs at the same time, but you know your limits
Good luck, you can do it!
And let us know how it goes!
I would take him out with some tasty treats and when I saw a car coming, I would have him sit. Then as the car went by I would feed him treats. Now we can walk down the same busy street and he doesn't even look at the cars going by.
Big, noisy vehicles are still a work in progress, though. If we're actively walking down the street, he'll lunge at busses, trucks with trailers, FedEx/UPS trucks, etc. If I see them coming, I have him sit and he'll stay still and take treats from me.
Personally, I would take your pup out alone when you decide to work on this so you can focus on him (or her). I couldn't imagine handling two dogs at the same time, but you know your limits
Good luck, you can do it!
And let us know how it goes!worked on Kaleigh
Kaleigh liked to lunge at UPS trucks, I think it is their noise, you can hear them coming before you can see them, ha. But I had success with the sit/give treats as long as the sit was maintained. Kaleigh will do ANYTHING for food
. Now that Savannah is released on the world-I am walking two dogs at once. It is a balancing act, but each day we make progress. I have asked other multi dog walkers for their input, and that has helped. Savannah plays bumper cars...meaning she will ram Kaleigh from behind just for fun. Kaleigh doesn't like it
, but life with 2 puppies is all about referreeing! and in walking mode, only seems to give ops for more creative antics, sigh.
Enzo would do this when he was younger, too. I think it's the desire to chase things that move. I live near a busy street, so I basically desensitized him to moving cars.
I would take him out with some tasty treats and when I saw a car coming, I would have him sit. Then as the car went by I would feed him treats. Now we can walk down the same busy street and he doesn't even look at the cars going by.
Big, noisy vehicles are still a work in progress, though. If we're actively walking down the street, he'll lunge at busses, trucks with trailers, FedEx/UPS trucks, etc. If I see them coming, I have him sit and he'll stay still and take treats from me.
Personally, I would take your pup out alone when you decide to work on this so you can focus on him (or her). I couldn't imagine handling two dogs at the same time, but you know your limits
Good luck, you can do it!
Kaleigh liked to lunge at UPS trucks, I think it is their noise, you can hear them coming before you can see them, ha. But I had success with the sit/give treats as long as the sit was maintained. Kaleigh will do ANYTHING for food
. Now that Savannah is released on the world-I am walking two dogs at once. It is a balancing act, but each day we make progress. I have asked other multi dog walkers for their input, and that has helped. Savannah plays bumper cars...meaning she will ram Kaleigh from behind just for fun. Kaleigh doesn't like it, but life with 2 puppies is all about referreeing! and in walking mode, only seems to give ops for more creative antics, sigh.
now that's a challenge 
Caro
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This sort of behaviour often starts at a particular age.
As mentioned, you should walk your pups separately. Training is next to impossible with two young dogs at once without a lot of experience, esp if they are close in age as they'll be focussing on each other and not on you.
Here's some threads that may help you.
http://www.sheltieforums.com/showthread.php?t=18828&highlight=cars
http://www.sheltieforums.com/showthread.php?t=18983&highlight=cars
http://www.sheltieforums.com/showthread.php?t=16791
http://www.sheltieforums.com/showthread.php?t=17335&highlight=cars&page=3
As mentioned, you should walk your pups separately. Training is next to impossible with two young dogs at once without a lot of experience, esp if they are close in age as they'll be focussing on each other and not on you.
Here's some threads that may help you.
http://www.sheltieforums.com/showthread.php?t=18828&highlight=cars
http://www.sheltieforums.com/showthread.php?t=18983&highlight=cars
http://www.sheltieforums.com/showthread.php?t=16791
http://www.sheltieforums.com/showthread.php?t=17335&highlight=cars&page=3
trini
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I totally agree with the fact that training two pups at the same time is much harder than working with one at a time until they are no longer over reactive to stimuli.
One other thing that might help is if you can find a safe place to sit where cars and trucks are constantly passing by and just hang out there (many times), have a pocket full of treats and the second you see the dog's body language tell you he/she is about to react to an oncoming vehicle...immediately refocus the attention on you and the treats. The critical thing is to get to them before they go into reaction mode...it is much harder to stem the behavior once they start the barking and lunging. This "sit and watch" way, for the initial reshaping of their behavior, already has them in a sit or down position beside you, rather than moving which translates much faster into lunge/bark mode.
Trini
One other thing that might help is if you can find a safe place to sit where cars and trucks are constantly passing by and just hang out there (many times), have a pocket full of treats and the second you see the dog's body language tell you he/she is about to react to an oncoming vehicle...immediately refocus the attention on you and the treats. The critical thing is to get to them before they go into reaction mode...it is much harder to stem the behavior once they start the barking and lunging. This "sit and watch" way, for the initial reshaping of their behavior, already has them in a sit or down position beside you, rather than moving which translates much faster into lunge/bark mode.
Trini