Thursday, June 11, 2009

Here Is What You Can Do To Stop Dog Chasing

By Andyl Hannerl

As a dog owner, you may have to address many problems with your dog. Common problems include jumping on other people, digging, and also barking.

There is no best way to solve these issues except to prevent them before they even happen. In order to accomplish that, start training your dog when he is still a puppy. You want them to be obedient and exhibit the proper behavior with consistent reinforcement.

One very big training issue that can come up is dog chasing. Dog chasing can be quite dangerous to both the dog as well the people being chased. Fortunately, there are a couple of methods that can be used to stop dog chasing. Though, it is important to take note that if you want to successfully stop this problem, you need to be consistent regardless of what method you choose to use.

Prevention

One way to stop dogs from chasing cars is to never allow the dog to be outside without supervision and a leash. Dogs should never be allowed to run freely outside since they endanger themselves and others when they come near the road.

Perhaps you are living in a rural area and you think it will be alright to leave your dog outside since there won't be so many cars around. Well, the answer is, even if you are living in a rural area, you should still train your dog to stay inside his territory. You will not want your dog to jump onto the road and meet with an accident. Another reason why you want to train your dog to stay inside the territory is because you don't want your dog to start chasing other people who happen to come near its territory.

By allowing the dog to chase other people or creatures, it can result in harm for both the dogs and the ones being chased. In fact, this will also cultivate aggressive behavior in a dog, which is what you as a dog owner wants to avoid.

Every time your dog is chasing you or trying to play with you, you do not want to give any positive reinforcement to your dog. Although chasing each other might be very fun but you are actually cultivating aggressive behavior in your dog as well as chasing behavior. No dog owners will want that to happen.

In order to stop chasing behavior in your dog, don't ever run away from your dog when it is chasing you. What you should do instead is to back face your dog and refuse to give him any attention when it is trying to chase you. Only when the dog calm down do you start giving him attention and praising him.

Another way to help to reinforce good behavior and stop dog chasing is to tell the dog to sit when it is starting the chase behavior. When the dog sits, the owner should give it attention so that the positive behavior is reinforced and the negative behavior is avoided.

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