Chasing Cars

[lisahumphreys882]

Thanks! I have actually been doing this but only just recently and he does sit if i make him but he still tries to chase them if i don't make him sit. But i've only been doing this for a little while anyway. He got away from me one time and now i'm paranoid even when someone opens a door or if someone else holds him. I still have horrible visions of that day luckily i was able to catch him. He didn't actually chase the cars though when he was off but he was running through the traffic. Anyways thanks for the suggestion i'll be sure to work on it. If she were to get off now would she run away or would she stay by your side?

[VTJess03]

I've been taking her and working with a trainer on obedience/agility and she is now obedient off leash. She will run and play a bit, but she does listen (especially now that I've learned to communicate better with her and she thinks it's more fun to play with me than to do her own thing). I finally have a good recall on her (which I never had before working with the trainer...she was able to point out the things that I was doing wrong and ways to make Belle listen more closely to me).

She will walk up the road with me, but we've yet to see a car with her off leash...I am pretty nervous to try off-leash and on-road together. But she does sit off the road behind me without a command if she hears a car coming and she's on-leash. In the backyard she's just as much fun as can be...we play frisbee and work on obedience off leash now. I think a lot also has to do with the fact that she's now 2-1/2 years old and has gotten over some of her puppy/adolescent stubbornness. Be patient and good luck!