Need help with chasing cars!

i still play fetch with my dog. i only did that in the beginning so he would understand that when i say "off" it mean i don't want him to chase it. i don't think by training him with tennis balls means you can't ever play fetch again. i also live on a main road that leads to a hwy where you can hear cars going by all the time and he also gets exicited the sound of cars even when he can't see them (i have large shrubs blocking the view). even when i took him outside to the washroom he would go crazy. it was so bad that he would trick me into going outside thinking he need to go but it was just to chase cars. my dog car chasing started a few weeks after i started walking him. now since using the technique he doesn't bark or lunges for the cars when he in yard.

i understand that sheltie have a strong herding instinct but i don't want him to chase cars and get hit. my dog once got loose from his leash and ran into rush hour traffic trying to chase cars. he was lucky he didn't get hit. this technique work for me and i just wanted to share. good luck.
 
rubbish said:
i still play fetch with my dog. i only did that in the beginning so he would understand that when i say "off" it mean i don't want him to chase it. i don't think by training him with tennis balls means you can't ever play fetch again. i also live on a main road that leads to a hwy where you can hear cars going by all the time and he also gets exicited the sound of cars even when he can't see them (i have large shrubs blocking the view). even when i took him outside to the washroom he would go crazy. it was so bad that he would trick me into going outside thinking he need to go but it was just to chase cars. my dog car chasing started a few weeks after i started walking him. now since using the technique he doesn't bark or lunges for the cars when he in yard.

i understand that sheltie have a strong herding instinct but i don't want him to chase cars and get hit. my dog once got loose from his leash and ran into rush hour traffic trying to chase cars. he was lucky he didn't get hit. this technique work for me and i just wanted to share. good luck.
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I'm glad that it worked for you :smile2:

Thank you for sharing your experience and those web sites on the forum. I didn't mean for it to sound like it wasn't good advice, it was just a thought that I had. And it's not as if I've thought of anything better myself. Or even heard of any other methods, for that matter. :smile2:
 
I don't know how food motivated your dog is, however, my Koji is EXTREMELY food motivated, so this has been working for us.

I've been using the Control Unleashed, Look At That. Koji will literally rip my arm out of its socket when he sees a car go by. He runs so hard, that he will literally get air when he gets to the end of the leash (as in, it whips him around so hard, so fast, he's legs are in the air, it makes me so sick to see that).

Check the thread that talks about Control Unleashed. After two walks (30 mins each), Koji is already starting to look at me when a car comes (to get treats), instead of going after the car. I stopped training for a week, back to normal. Started up again, and he learns fast.

I will say, my typical 30 min walk, does turn into 40-45 because I'm always stopping, but I'd rather get him to pay attention to me, versus getting ran over. Because yes, he will chase the cars through the streets, just like he wants to chase anything moving (maybe instead of agility, i should sign him up for the sport where they chase the rabbits or whatevers).

Good luck. I know CU has been working for me, and with an extremely food motivated dog, he learns fast. I just need to upkeep the training, that was my fault for the fallback.
 
My dogs recently invented a new response to cars going past when we are on walks - Deska spins (yes that sheltie spin) while Tully goes into a frenzied bark.:rolleyes2:

They are okay on their own but together the little ratbags just egg each other on. Damn embarrassing and difficult to deal with together because I can only really focus on one dog at a time (Deska is food orientated and Tully ball). I did buy a gentle leader head collar last week.
 
I just bought one two days ago to try with Maia. I hope it works, otherwise I might have to go to the pinch collar :( .
 
oh, the gentle leader will work- it operates on the same principle as a horse's halter so wherever the head goes, the body follows. my mixed boy can pull on a regular harness or collar and no problems at all with the gentle leader. it's said that you can train them with it and you will then be able to walk them on a regular or martingale collar but he'll never leave the house without it. it makes a world of difference- no choking or panting. it's the best thing ever :yes:
the only caveat is you need to wait out the dog- some alpha/dominant type dogs really fight it because of how it goes around the top of the head under the ears- kind of like where a dominant dog would mouth a lesser dog or a momma dog would correct the babies. Happy has been wearing his for over 5 years now and still tries to rub his head in an attempt to remove it.
It is also important to get the right size- it must fit correctly so it's not too tight or loose enough that they can paw it off. he was actually fit for his at the vet's office and then we purchased the correct size at the pet store.
 
Tully has had a gentle leader since being a pup - so it doesn't deter her as effectively now. But Deska has only been in one for a 1 1/2 wks now and it does make a huge difference, even to Tully's behaviour because she has no one to join in her barking. The only problem is me trying to coordinate two head collars - I keep getting tangled, esp with Deska still nose skiing. I am only using them to walk along the roadside and I still carry their other collars as most of the time they are off lead.
 
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