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Stop Dog Chasing Cars The Easy Way

by

Andrew Goligher

One has to start training your dog not to chase cars when he is still a puppy. You might think it’s cute when your puppy chases (or tries to chase) a cat or a car. By doing this, you are unfortunately reinforcing negative behavior and one day when he is grown up, this might well cost him his life. Let’s discuss ways to stop dog chasing cars.

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.

Start training your young dog while he is on a leash inside the house. This is the time to teach him basic commands such as ‘sit’ and ‘stop. Once he is familiar with this type of command, take him outside for a walk – while still on the leash. Then teach him to always remain on the payment. Once he is very disciplined in this regard, you can start taking him for a walk without a leash. The ‘stop’ command should prevent him from chasing after cars or cats.

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 are one of the many people who don’t fancy an ugly fence around your yard, you have one other solution. An underground electric fence can work just as well to keep the dog inside when it’s used in combination with a shock collar. How it works is that as soon as he crosses the invisible fence, he will receive a relatively mild electric show from the shock collar. You don’t have to be concerned that this will kill or seriously hurt him. All that is going to happen is that he will associate moving off the premises with the electric shock.

Some people recommend that you get a friend to drive his car around the block a few times. If your dog should chase his car, he should throw a water balloon at the dog. It won’t hurt him and he will soon start to form a negative association with chasing cars.

Another way to stop dog chasing cars is to teach him to fetch things that you throw, for example a stick or a ball. When he brings it back to you, reward him with some tidbits of his favorite food. He should soon pick up that it’s only worthwhile to chase things when you are there and specifically when you throw them.

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