dangerous game

[sumbirdy]

my dog, jaws, has recently started playing a different version of car chasing! He runs IN FRONT of the car! Does anyone know how i can get him to stop this dangerous game?

[areias]

Don't mean to be blunt but...keep him on a leash?

[Catlady711]

Don't mean to be blunt but...keep him on a leash?

I second that!!

[critter crazy]

Your dog needs to be on a leash or in a fenced in yard! Your dog will end up dead, if you do not do anything!

[CathyBogart]

DItto, keep him on a leash and don't give him the opportunity to get into that situation.

[luvofallhorses]

Your dog needs to be on a leash or in a fenced in yard! Your dog will end up dead, if you do not do anything!

ditto.

[Almita]

Whenever you go outside with him, just keep him on a leash. If he needs to do his duty just find a place he goes and don't make it near a street where cars are near or he can get dangerously hurt. Just like what everyone else has said. Just keep that guy on a leash.

[buttercup132]

If you dont like him on a leash or something go to the dog park?

[sumbirdy]

He's an outside dog and breaks every chain we have. There are no dog parks where i live

[critter crazy]

Can you fence him in??? I had to fence mine in becuse he would break off his chain as well, and i hated him on a chain anyways(even if it was for only 10 mins at a time!) A fenced in yard, would be a safe option f or your dog.

[lisahumphreys882]

My dog chases cars as well so I either have to keep him leashed or in a fenced yard

[finn's mom]

Even if you have to make a leash out of something used for horses, or use chains that are heavy duty...that would be better than your dog getting run over. There are chains out there that are used to haul thousands of pounds, I'm sure you could find something at a home depot or lowe's that your dog couldn't break. Or a lead rope for a horse could work.

[sumbirdy]

Thank you all for your suggestions. I'll try to find a heavy duty chain for when he is on one (I hate to put him on one. He despises them.) Meanwhile we are building a better fence for them (we have several other dogs) The little con artists seem to find a way out of every fence we get.

[Lady's Human]

Instead of a chain, use a wire rope tie out. They are readily available, and hold many times more force than a dog can put out.

http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS...p?pn=100349311


just a sample of a wire rope run.

[Karen]

The wire ropes also don't tangle as easily, and don't rattle like chains do. I bet he'd get used to it very quickly. And even a frustrated dog is better than a dead one.

Every dog I have known who liked to chase cars was eventually hit by them, with the obvious results. Yet the one Old English Sheepdog mix, who lived up the street from us, safely chased the school bus every day - from the safety of his tie out. He's "chase" the bus from one end of his yard to the other, and be so triumphant when it "ran away"!