Article From SubmitYOURArticle.com: Stop Dog Chasing Cars Tips

When you have a puppy, you sometimes find things
cute in his behavior that you won't find cute in
a grown up dog. This, for example, include
chasing cats and cars. A puppy won't really be
able to catch the cat or reach the car. An adult
dog will, and then this quickly stops being
funny. You therefore have to start training to
stop your dog chasing cars while he is still very
young.

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.

You should start training your puppy while on a
leash. Teach him to respond to orders such as
'stop' or 'sit'. Start doing this inside the
house. Once he has been trained to respond to
these basic orders, start taking him outside
(still on the leash) and teach him to always stay
on the pavement. This way, when he is no longer
on a leash one day and he starts chasing a car,
he will respond accordingly when you order him to
stop.

The unfortunate reality is that you will not
always be there when your dog starts to chase a
car. With nobody to stop him, he might well still
get involved in this very dangerous pastime. You
are only going to prevent this by installing a
fence around your yard.

Many people don't like the idea of a high fence
around their yard. In such a case there is
another solution: an underground electric fence.
This, combined with a shock collar around the
dog's neck, should prevent him from leaving the
premises. The way this operates is that the
moment he crosses the perimeter, he will be given
a mild shock by the shock collar. Do not worry,
it will not kill or seriously hurt him. All that
will happen is that he will eventually associate
leaving the yard with the electric shock and
decide to rather stay inside the boundaries.

Another solution is to let someone drive around
the block a couple of times with his car. Every
time the dogs starts chasing the car, someone
should throw a water balloon at the dog from the
car. Once again he will quickly learn that
chasing a car results in a rather unpleasant
experience.

A final way to stop a dog chasing cars is to
teach him to only chase things that you throw,
such as a ball or a stick, and bring them back to
you. When he brings something back, reward him
with a chunk of food. This way he should learn
that when you are not present, it makes no sense
to chase things.

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