BS: Dog Chasing Cars..Help

Subject: RE: BS: Dog Chasing Cars..Help
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 17 Jan 02 - 04:26 AM

I bet "Old Shep" or "Blue" would never have chased cars !

Subject: RE: BS: Dog Chasing Cars..Help
From: GUEST,Martin Ryan
Date: 17 Jan 02 - 05:11 AM

Many years ago, I had a cat that chased people on bicycles (the people, not the cat..), snapping at their ankles. The look on their faces was priceless.Can't remember how we cured it...

Regards

Subject: RE: BS: Dog Chasing Cars..Help
From: catspaw49
Date: 17 Jan 02 - 07:42 AM

Here's my vote for the dog I would most like to see flattened by a Ford......CLICK--Squash

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Dog Chasing Cars..Help
From: Trevor
Date: 17 Jan 02 - 07:54 AM

My car was chased by a pheasant the other day. As is usual with these daft animals I had to slow down to let him and his harem cross the road (when all of my instincts were shouting 'free dinner'!). When I drew level with him he started running alongside, with the occasional hop and flap, pecking at the wheels. He was eventually running at about 25mph and I'm sure he had a really hard expression on his face (remember how that Emu used to curl his beak?) Probably a good job I didn't run him down, he would have wrecked the car and then eaten ME!

Subject: RE: BS: Dog Chasing Cars..Help
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 17 Jan 02 - 02:07 PM

Thanks Spaw... now I can't eat lunch. It's the new Mr. Winkle diet. Look at the picture just before each meal. Jerry

Subject: RE: BS: Dog Chasing Cars..Help
From: GUEST,JTT
Date: 17 Jan 02 - 04:41 PM

Can't help with your car-chasing problems. The girls in the local pet shop say that the best way to cure a dog is to put it on a rope attached to the bumper and drive around a field until the dog's exhausted - but it sounds cruel to me, and I wouldn't do it. They claim that the dog will then associate cars with horrible experiences.

They said another thing which sounds more sensible - if you're going to live in the country, you should first introduce your dog to a ram - it'll *never* chase sheep if the first one it meets is a ram!

But speaking as someone who hasn't yet succeeded in teaching my dog to walk properly to heel - she insists that she's the leader - I can't give any advice.

Except on one thing. Don't use electric collars. They may cure the dog (or they may not), but they'll make him frightened of things that touch his neck, and they'll bring out a nasty side in yourself.

I'd build a fence. Can't be that dear. And if you have a fence your dog isn't going to be the one blamed when a dog bites a child.

Subject: RE: BS: Dog Chasing Cars..Help
From: Terry K
Date: 18 Jan 02 - 04:53 AM

There's an injection you can get which works every time - they put a little bit of lead in the dog's ear.

Subject: RE: BS: Dog Chasing Cars..Help
From: Hrothgar
Date: 18 Jan 02 - 05:01 AM

If the cars turn on your dog and start chasing him, you're going to have a real problem.

Subject: RE: BS: Dog Chasing Cars..Help
From: GUEST,arthog52
Date: 19 Jan 02 - 12:37 AM

I once heard if you remove a hubcap and loosen a lug to fasten a piece of coathanger wire and attatch a rag, the dog will catch the rag which will wrap around his beak thus teaching the doggie not to chase cars any more. (If the dog lives through the lesson)

Subject: RE: BS: Dog Chasing Cars..Help
From: katlaughing
Date: 19 Jan 02 - 09:46 AM

LL, just be careful he doesnt' chew through the rope. I had to use a cable wrapped in plastic with one dog because he chewed the rope every time.

Some of you have posted some pretty mean shit. Glad my dog isn't around any of you!:->

Subject: RE: BS: Dog Chasing Cars..Help
From: Gypsy
Date: 19 Jan 02 - 04:57 PM

Two thoughts. Invisible fencing first. Yes, to a certain extent, it will work. But it is NOT foolproof, there is training involved, and remember, the batteries need to be replenished regularly. And, if something scares your dog, he will bolt, and then be unable to get BACK onto your property. They really are not a secure way to go. Have tried them, and know considerable people who have them. Also, they are not cheap. Second thought. You cannot "sheep proof" a dog introducing him to a ram. Believe me. When your friendly dog gets together with other dogs, they WILL run sheep. I'm out of sheep ranching because of local dogs. So, if you are in any kind of livestock territory, get the fence, and check it for holes regularly. Deer/rabbit wire is the best, so they don't go through the mesh.

Subject: RE: BS: Dog Chasing Cars..Help
From: John Hardly
Date: 19 Jan 02 - 05:23 PM

Gypsy is right about the invisible fence. It works -- and it doesn't. If a dog for any reason bolts, it not only passes through to the outside of the fence (beyond it's effectiveness) and makes it impossible (except by bolting into the yard--unlikely) that it will return to the safety of your yard.

This, in its own way "trains" the dog that just a split second of discomfort will result in freedom--a choice he's going to be more and more willing to take.

Another problem with invisible fences---other animals, wild and otherwise, have free access to your yard and pets, jeopardizing their safety.

I have seen many happy users of the IF though.

Subject: RE: BS: Dog Chasing Cars..Help
From: Deckman
Date: 19 Jan 02 - 05:43 PM

You folks are making this WAY TOO complicated. The answer is simple ... SHOOT THE CARS!

Subject: RE: BS: Dog Chasing Cars..Help
From: Lyrical Lady
Date: 19 Jan 02 - 06:32 PM

HA HA ... if were only that simple! Maybe ban cars from our street .. yes, I'll start a petition! Seriously... Bailey is getting used to being tied up..I still don't like it, but it will do 'til I can build a fence.. He's not a chewer, Kat, so no worries there. I found a great park today that went for miles along a little creek and opened up into a large field where dogs can run free. I now have a very tired dog who's snoozing quite happily by the fire. Thanks again one and all...

LL

PS... I actually saw a dog get hit and killed the other night... brought all this "stuff" home real quick!

Subject: RE: BS: Dog Chasing Cars..Help
From: GUEST,JTT
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 10:58 AM

By the way, there's an excellent book called The Dog Listener, by Jan Fennell, who used to do programmes about problem dogs on Channel 4 or UTV, forget which. Well worth a read. And she has a new book coming out.

If you're rich and in England, she does sessions - I was going to say dog training, but they're more owner-training - for £250. Dear, and impossible with the price of the euro, but you might find it worth it.

Subject: RE: BS: Dog Chasing Cars..Help
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 01:51 PM

Lots of good advice on here, some laughs, some black humor.. sounds like a Mudcat thread. Just to remind myself that this isn't just a fun-filled discussion, when I was a little kid, I had a puppy named Tipper. Took that pup for rides in my little wagon, and we were inseparable. The morning that I was starting Kindergarten, I was sitting at the kitchen table having breakfast with my Mom and Dad and sisters when we heard a squeal of tires and then a car racing off. We went to see what had happened, and discovered that Tipper had squeezed out through the screen door, and was lying dead in the street. I had about two miuntes to cry, and then I headed off for my first day of school.
I LOVE dogs...
Jerry

Subject: RE: BS: Dog Chasing Cars..Help
From: Gypsy
Date: 25 Jan 02 - 11:01 PM

Now back in town....so sorry Jerry. What an awful memorie. And one to avoid happening! Our neighbours and their company drive very fast down the dirt driveway, so absolutely love the fence protecting our two wee ones. You've gotta love a dog who naps in mando cases. Or fiddle, banjo, guit, whatever is open. Other thoughts on fencing....no more worries about strange dogs coming in to fight. We had a cat killed in our dooryard due to a dog coming in (pre fence era)