How do you get dogs to stop chasing cars? Please no city slickers.?

Question

I live in the country. All the dogs around here run free. I believe it is mean to tie up a dog or pin him in a cage. So the answer... tie him up... won't satisfy me. But, my dog was hit by a car and lost his leg. He stopped chasing for a while but started chasing them again. He was then hit again. This time he had a gash in the side of his face but was ok. And after all of this my sweet not so smart dog continues to chase cars. We don't have many cars that travel past our home. They are mostly tractors and he leaves them alone. It's the speedy cars that he gets excited about. Please help me with a solution. Thanks!

Answer 1

I feel the same way about my dogs, they all roam around free. My blue heeler doesn't chase car's down the road, but boy howdy if they pull in the driveway she will grab ahold of the tire and hang on for dear life. She has punctured a few with her sharp teeth...As far as gettin your dog to stop chasin cars, honey if he's lost a leg and nearly half his face from chasin em'. I bet you'll not break him from it..You know the sayin "Ya can't teach an old dog new tricks"....Good luck!!

Answer 2

I am sure people will think it is inhumane, but shock collars really do work. Dogs are smart and will only get shocked a couple of times before they learn where the boundary is. Some of the collars also have a feature that beeps at the dog before it reaches the perimeter. They know when the collar starts beeping that the shock will come if they don't turn around. Might be the only way to keep from losing your dog.

The perimeter is made by burying a small wire in the ground around your yard. Maybe you can place it at the front of the yard next to the street, as most dogs I know that chased cars like that waited in the yard for the cars to come and then attacked from there.

Answer 3

I sternly say a good shock collar. Get him during the act and shout NO or HEEL while shocking. Good collars like a Tri-tronics only have a tickle on one and two setting. Three to Five setting give a good shock and may be needed in strong headed dogs a couple times. It actually lets the dog know you can reach out and touch them from a distance. Some breeds such as heelers and border collies are hard to break if not impossible. A shock collar is my best freind when used correctly it is very humane. NEVER hit a dog on the nose. Their is a nerve that runs across the bridge of the nose a sharp hit their will kill a dog dead as a door nail. I used to dispatch fox and other animals in traps this way. I have seen it kill dogs as big as shepards with a small tap.

Answer 4

I agree that you may not be able to break this habit without restraint. And I am certainly no city-slicker. The way we trained my dogs to stay off of the road when I was small was to not just dump them in the yard and expect them to stay. As soon as we brought them home, we would sit in the yard with the dog. When they get too far away, call them back. Let them explore, and call them back every simgle time they get too far away. Tie them up for the night if they have to stay outside, just for now. The next day, let him loose. Do it again. Every time he is loose, call him back from his boundaries. Tie him at night. Eventually, he will learn his boundaries and refuse to cross them. Then, you won't need to restrain him. This works for puppies, but I have doubts that it will work for a dog that already has the behavior.

Best of luck to you, though. Have you tried the invisible fences yet? I hear that they work, though I haven't tried them myself. I have a good wood and wire fence these days.

Answer 5

I once saw a neighbor tie a grain bag to the tire of his car .He then drove by his house at a slow speed the dog grabbed th bag and it flipped him. The man did this for a week off and on need less to say i never saw the dog chase cars again and it never hurt it either. Myself i fenced in my whole yard so that i wouldn't have to watch my pet get hurt because I thought it was cruel to keep it tied up. That wouldn't hurt to try either.It also a lot cheaper that getting sued if he was to hurt someone or cause a accident.

Answer 6

You might need to limit the area that your dog does run in to keep him away from the road. Have you checked into the "fence-less" dog boundaries? They consist of a buried wire and a collar. The dog receives an audio warning signal as he approaches and a mild shock if he ignores the warning and gets too close to the wire. I know you might think a mild shock cruel, but isn't it more cruel to let him get out and be hit by a car?

Answer 7

All dogs will do this if you don't have a fence.You must either get a fence, or ensure that they are never let out without a leash. You should also take them for long walks and when you are out with them, only unleash them in a safe fenced area.

Answer 8

Here is the deal and I did not have to do it but once for my dog. Hit them on the nose, it has worked for all 3 of my dog. Every time they chased a car. I called them to me and hit them not too hard on the nose. Then said bad dog.
Be careful not to hit to hard because can injure them.

Answer 9

my husky was doing the same. he was also leaving and not coming back for three or four days. i got a miniature daschund for an inside dog. Buddy has not left the yard in three weeks!

Answer 10

Keep the dog inside unless you take it out on leash