I'm not entirely sure if this qualifies as it only involved my dog, but hell I'll tell it anyway. When I got my pup in 2008 I decided to sidewalk train him, as my goal was to teach him to walk along side of me at all times on a surface like or resembling a sidewalk with no leash. It took a couple of months of walking him and constantly correcting him by pointing out the curb, and so on. For those of you wondering, I did all of this on a remote street that was used for people driving to and from of their apartments so the street was generally empty most of the time. One day I am walking my pooch and on the other side of the street there is a woman walking her little dash hound, she notices that my dog is walking without a leash and promptly decides to unhook her dog as well. At this very moment a cab was heading towards the gate and the dash hound ran out onto the street only to be met by the cab driving over him and then slamming on the brakes. The lady is screaming, the cab driver is in panic, my dog literally hid behind me and I'm standing there with a smile on my face because I just realized that the dog was alright. A few minor cuts and bruises a LOT of whining but to everyone's relief the dog was ok. To this day my pooch doesn't go on the street, he sticks to my leg when we walk in the park and only leaves my side when I say its ok to, even when he sees other dogs and wants to play.
Nope, he's totally fine around and inside of cars. Actually now that I think about it hes strangely calm when hes in a car. He doesn't stick his head out, or lick the windows, or whine. He chills out all the way until we arrive.
I'm not entirely sure if this qualifies as it only involved my dog, but hell I'll tell it anyway. When I got my pup in 2008 I decided to sidewalk train him, as my goal was to teach him to walk along side of me at all times on a surface like or resembling a sidewalk with no leash. It took a couple of months of walking him and constantly correcting him by pointing out the curb, and so on. For those of you wondering, I did all of this on a remote street that was used for people driving to and from of their apartments so the street was generally empty most of the time. One day I am walking my pooch and on the other side of the street there is a woman walking her little dash hound, she notices that my dog is walking without a leash and promptly decides to unhook her dog as well. At this very moment a cab was heading towards the gate and the dash hound ran out onto the street only to be met by the cab driving over him and then slamming on the brakes. The lady is screaming, the cab driver is in panic, my dog literally hid behind me and I'm standing there with a smile on my face because I just realized that the dog was alright. A few minor cuts and bruises a LOT of whining but to everyone's relief the dog was ok. To this day my pooch doesn't go on the street, he sticks to my leg when we walk in the park and only leaves my side when I say its ok to, even when he sees other dogs and wants to play.
Did your dog have a problem with cars after that?
Nope, he's totally fine around and inside of cars. Actually now that I think about it hes strangely calm when hes in a car. He doesn't stick his head out, or lick the windows, or whine. He chills out all the way until we arrive.