Wants To Chase Cars
Is this the time for the Gentle Leader? Not sure what to do. She is going to rip my hand off. |
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| Prong collar or gentle leader. Prong looks like Medieval torture device but the prongs put pressure in spots around the neck, not the strangle you get with a chain. Much kinder. With prong or any collar, they MUST be worn high!!! not down low. You want them just under the ears, not lower on the neck where they can leverage their strength and call upon muscle or fat mass to lessen the impact of the collar. Being a sheepdog, herding dog, sensitivity to movement is normal but can be trained out. You might want to enroll in a good training class, not a PetsMart type. You want to be where the dogs are moving around in a larger space. Not only should you be doing basic obedience but working more on obeying owners commands like you see in agility training. You want the dog focused on you, not the passing cars.....or shadows from birds flying overhead.......or reflections from passing cars, etc. |
| OMG....we experience this too, on every walk. We have two OES, who then want to battle over who gets the car on top of it! It is bizarre and we just can't seem to break it. When we walk we have one on a gentle leader and one on a prong. We have tried to direct their focus to treats as the car approaches, but that almost exasterbates it! Yet when there is no traffic, peace is restored and they walk perfectly fine. This is a relatively new behaviour, which developed after we moved to a rural area where there is limited traffic. We use to walk them along a major thoroughfare in the city and they payed no attention to the traffic then. The neighbours that witness this behaviour must wonder...it is quite the spectacle! |
| Along with the new collars I'd try some work to gain their attention away from cars and removed from any car related situation. You need to be able to reliably get and maintain their attention. There are many ways to do it, but any way you choose you must be consistent. Then slowly introduce a distraction. Occasionally you need to completely change direction to be certain they are paying attention to the person on the other end of the lead. It sounds like that attention may be a missing link. I think I would be walking one dog individually before attempting two together. You need control over each because when they are together, issues can grow exponentially. You have to decide what you will allow. Don't tolerate anything less and make sure they absolutely know that line. Be consistent and practice. Good luck Shellie |
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