Dogs – Car Chasing
Car chasing dogs is a serious problem. More serious than a lot of owners realise.
Not only does dog car chasing put the dog at risk, but it also puts the car driver and many other road users at risk.
Car chasing dogs do not usually live to an old age.
Many owners think that their dogs car chasing habit is amusing, and joke about it, but they will think otherwise when their dog is injured, or worse if a child or adult is hurt because of their dogs car chasing habit. A car chasing dog will also chase motorbikes, and push bikes. It really is no joke to be chased by a dog when on a bike, and far more dangerous to the biker.
Car chasing is a totally natural behaviour, for a dog, as a dogs natural instinct is to chase anything that moves, be it a cat, rabbit, a jogger or a bike. But the fact that, car chasing is natural does not mean that it should be allowed to happen and become a habit. Car chasing can be because of its predatory instincts or out of playfulness, also possibly out of territorial instincts, chasing away an intruder. Car chasing becomes a problem with regular callers, like the milkman, the paperboy or the...