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Angela Craft wrote 12/20/2006 11:49 AM

6.5 mos old female GSD pet - INTENSE prey drive #121575 - 12/20/2006 11:49 AM

Angela Craft
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Hello. I'm new to the board but have been reading Ed's articles, etc. for some months now in preparation for this newest addition to our family.

I have a problem that I'm not sure I'm finding the answer to elsewhere on the site.

My dog's prey drive is so INTENSE that we have huge issues just walking her for exercise.

If I use a gentle leader http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_detail.jsp?cm_ven=goo&cm_cat=adwords&cm_pla=unknown&cm_ite=sku&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374302023689&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302026165&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441777905&bmUID=1166636773041 on her she doesn't pull as much (dragging me down the sidewalk). However, anytime a car comes from either direction when I walk her in the neighborhood she stalks it.

By that I mean that she starts walking slowly, slinking along the sidewalk watching it approach. Her ears change position, her head is thrust forward and she watches the car very intently. As it comes near where we are on the sidewalk she tries to LUNGE over the curb at it. EVERY TIME a car comes...

She's a good girl, even rambunctios as she is. She really wants to please but I'm unsure how to work with this particular issue. I've never had a dog do this before!

She's also still very mouthy and from what I've read about the differences between chase drive and prey drive I would say she's very prey driven, and that the mouthiness may be part of that. If one of the kids comes walking into a room she's fine. However, if there is any bounce to their step or they 'run' into a room she is all over them.

I try to watch every second when the kids and dog are in the room together, since our last dog became aggressive with the baby when she was big enough to start trying to crawl and is no longer with us.

This dog isn't being trained as a working dog, she's a member of our family. What is the best way to address the mouthiness and car-chasing? The mouthiness is getting better. She usually responds right away to 'no chew' these days. But the car thing is dangerous and it's important to me that we address it right away.

Thanks for any help!
Angela

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