How to stop your dog from chasing
You know
the people on your sidewalk are scared to death of your dog by the way
the pace of their walk increases. You just never could put your finger
on why until one day you look out and see your dog chasing the mailman
out of your driveway when he dropped off a package. You do not really
want your dog to create a problem for you by chasing people, but at the
same time you're not sure on how to deal with the problem.
I
know that when my dog had a chasing problem I had to take him to
obedience training. Obedience training got him to learn to listen to me
and break his chasing habit. Sometimes the training works but if he is
really in a stubborn mood then like any person he gets just as stubborn
and does not listen. Now in obedience training you will want to let the
instructor know that your dog likes to chase after people and they will
probably have a wide variety of ideas on how to break that habit.
One
of the first things that I learned in obedience training after getting
my dog to look at me and ignore stuff around him was to make him wait.
Waiting sounds like it can be a challenge, but it is not. You just have
to find a doorway in your home that you and your dog go thru quite a
bit. Then you will have your dog sit on one side of the doorway while
you go thru the door. Then you will have him continue to sit on his
side of the door for a few extra seconds or minutes. Then after that
time frame you will free him from that wait so he can go thru the
doorway.
You will gradually want to introduce this to the
exterior doorway when people are outside. You will also want to only
have your dog wait when you have his leash on him. If you have the
leash on him you will be able to correct him quickly. Now you might
notice though that your dog will behave differently when you are trying
to get him to wait at the exterior door. You will though need to stick
to your guns and make sure he waits the full time. If you need to for
the exterior door if you have a screen door you can close that with the
leash outside of it so you can still control him.
Now once you learn how to control your dogs chasing problem the neighbors will not go running by your house.
Breaking
him from chasing can be hard, but will make your life a lot better. So
you can break the chasing habit by having him wait, or by obedience
training.
Great Dog Training Program
- dogbehaviorsolved.info
Great website that will allow you the chance to have instant access to obedience training for your dog.