Hope to get some ideas as to any suggestions to get a 10mo GSD used to heeling around traffic. He has good nerves around everything else. Gunfire, thunderstorms, loud sudden noises etc. I have been heeling him in the Bike land of Highway for two days and he tends to shy around trucks etc.
Should I just keep doing it until he gets used to it, or is their some tricks some of you have used effectively.
Keep doing what your doing, but not just healing. Let him enjoy it around traffic. Play, praise feed. What ever he likes. Let him know when he hears that noise. He will be getting something he likes.
Ron
Vinnie,
What is the Bike land of Highway? Is it a high traffic area with large trucks going down the road at high rates of speed? I would try introducing the dog to a single vehicle in a parking lot or field and build from there. Be creative and use your friends to help you by adding one vehicle at a time. Reinforce the dog as Ron suggested, with praise, etc. If your dog has good play drive, teach him to associate fun play around a single parked truck for a few minutes. Then have the driver start the truck and rev the engine some and play with the dog and reward him with play. Then play and have the driver slowly drive around a bit. In other words, if the dog is stressed by traffic, back things up until the dog is comfortable and then gradually increase the traffic.
All my dogs are walked on leash in Truck Stops as pups. Start them around 4 months old. Your dog doesn't need the additional pressure of heeling in this traffic area. Make it fun, Platz are good ways to ease the stress. Have fun and reward with lots of praise.
Shopping Centers would also be a great place to work your dog. It takes tiem and you have to help your k-9 through these times of uncertain surrounding.
Let us know how you and your dog progress.
Before you know it you will be tracking along side of the highways, we do it all the time to challange our dogs.
I thank everyone for the input, I like the idea of truck stops as they will be a more relaxed area where a kong or tug can be used. Glad to no that through training this can be overcome.
Hi: I agree that your dog needs to be around traffic regularly to get him used to the smells, noises, etc. We found that taking our pup to an outdoor cafe beginning at 4 mos. old and having lunch, dinner, etc. was a great way for him to get used to traffic of every kind: car, bike, truck. He graduated to walking around vehicles in two mos. and has never had a problem with loud cars or trucks. He does, however, want to stop at all outdoor cafes for a snack. We even took him to a cafe one block away from the fire dept. and let him get used to calls and sirens. Start small and he'll do fine.
Sometimes, throwing the dog into the fire can increase their shyness. Always sound happy no matter what and follow the traffic exercises with something he likes such as a run in the park, a walk on a favorite hiking trail or throwing ball. In that way he will always associate traffic with "good things." Just be careful he learns the downside of traffic as well.
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