Nervous Dog

[mr t 1]

I have a 16 month old pup collie X greyhound. He is a very good dog but he has one downside he can't walk near park cars and he is nervous. Is this a phase and will he grow out of it. Can anyone help me

[bird 9,938]

I have a 16 month old pup collie X greyhound. He is a very good dog but he has one downside he can't walk near park cars and he is nervous. Is this a phase and will he grow out of it. Can anyone help me

 

 

I have a 16 month old pup collie X greyhound. He is a very good dog but he has one downside he can't walk near park cars and he is nervous. Is this a phase and will he grow out of it. Can anyone help me

 

he must have been like it since a young pup then,? its temp does change as they mature up to 2-3 years old, but nervous temp is normaly is there from a young pup.My self have probs with nervous+sensitve temps, i dont like it and it puts me off the dog, some people can handle it , but i struggle with it.! If you happy with the dog and what it does in the field ok, but as your not hunting all the year, and you got spend alot of time with them, you really got to get on with it .?

[JAE B 550]

 

I have a 16 month old pup collie X greyhound. He is a very good dog but he has one downside he can't walk near park cars and he is nervous. Is this a phase and will he grow out of it. Can anyone help me

 

 

I have a 16 month old pup collie X greyhound. He is a very good dog but he has one downside he can't walk near park cars and he is nervous. Is this a phase and will he grow out of it. Can anyone help me

 

he must have been like it since a young pup then,? its temp does change as they mature up to 2-3 years old, but nervous temp is normaly is there from a young pup.My self have probs with nervous+sensitve temps, i dont like it and it puts me off the dog, some people can handle it , but i struggle with it.! If you happy with the dog and what it does in the field ok, but as your not hunting all the year, and you got spend alot of time with them, you really got to get on with it .?

 

im the same mate nervous dogs drive me mental cant handle them

[mr t 1]

It's his problem with the parked cars that drive me mad. He's grand with our one car but any other cars he can't go near. Is there any thing I could do to maybe help him

[foresterj 1,096]

I pity the fool!

[skycat 6,173]

Was he socialised as a pup before the age of 14-16 weeks? As in, did you take him lots of different places, meet other people, dogs etc.

 

If you didn't, chances are he's fine with things he saw and learned before that age, but once that window of socialisation has passed, most dogs will view anything new with fear and suspicion.

 

If you did socialise him properly, then he probably just has a nervy temperament: what are his parents like?

[mr t 1]

I got him at 6 months old so I don't know if he was. Is there anything I could do to help him be less nervous

[lurcher2020 285]

Just keep taking him past cars ect and he will learn that they are not a threat (hopefully ) atb bud hope he comes good as said it can be a right pain in the arse

[skycat 6,173]

I got him at 6 months old so I don't know if he was. Is there anything I could do to help him be less nervous

Take some really tasty treats with you: crunchy bits of bacon or chopped up ham. Hand feed him a treat as near to a car as he will accept it. This will take a long time: weeks and weeks possibly. Take him to where he is not really terrified, but just a little tense. Start from there: feeding him treats every few seconds. Gradually you should be able to feed him nearer and nearer the cars, but don't be in a hurry: if you try and progress too fast you will have lost any progress made. The dog should be completely comfortable and focussed on treats at each stage before you move closer.

 

Casso, when he's on here, which sadly isn't too often these days, explains it very well. A dog can't feel fear and eat at the same time, so with a lot of patience and really tasty titbits, you will be able to get him over his fear. Take him out hungry, not just fed, and see how it goes. But I'll say it again, you're looking at a programme that could take a long time. He obviously has had a bad experience of strange cars: maybe got hit by one, maybe chucked out of one: who knows?

[My dogs 6]

Take the dog in our car as much as u can get it jumping in and out mate it will Come a round

[My dogs 6]

Take the dog in our car as much as u can get it jumping in and out mate it will Come a round

[beast 1,884]

skycats advice is good. there is another method you can try, old horse trainers used this theory and it does work with dogs if you do it right.

dog on lead, walk towards a car and when you feel the dog tense up or start to pull away just stand still. sooner or later, maybe 30 seconds maybe 30 minutes, the dog will begin to relax a little and then you walk forward again. and repeat. and repeat. the trick is that you say or do absolutely nothing, ignore the dog altogether, just respond to the dogs behaviour by either stopping, or walking. dont drag the dog. the idea is that the dog makes a choice, either stand or walk, and you allow it total freedom of choice. it can't stand still all day so sooner or later it will have to walk, which is the right choice. any kind of response from you can reinforce the worry in the dogs mind, so just ignore, act as if nothing at all is happening out of the ordinary, because dogs feed their emotions from ours enormously. repeat daily. good luck, let us know how you get on.

[2Painless2btrue 11]

I agree with Sky cat about distracting him with tasty food treats, I had a pup who got a belt off a mains electric fence and refused to go anywhere near it for 3 weeks! We made a point of walking the pack past where the shock occurred then giving em treats in full view of the "victim". Then more treats (baked liver!) when we turned back towards home. Soon, all of them were focussed on the treats and the fence was forgotten. You have to rebuild confidence if it's been shaken, it's not the dogs fault and individuals gain strength from the pack. Personally I prefer a sensitive dog, I find they want to work for you when you've gained their trust, not work for themselves. Each to his own eh?

Edited July 29, 2013 by 2Painless2btrue

[JDHUNTING 1,817]

Ive got a nervous lurcher that dint leave his run for his first two years an can get nervy with stuf mainly loud an noisy stuff but also other stuff too like cameras. Try walking him past cars when your gonna be doin somethin he really enjoys after i.e hunting or playin ball or whatever gets him goin so he,ll be focused on doin that rather than just walking past cars an takin him home with it still in his head.an when he is scared dont pay him no attention either fussin an comforting him or gettin frustrated an angry. Its feckin frustrating at times took me ages to get him to do basic stuff like jumping as 1 bad jump an he wouldnt try again for months but as he was keen as mustard to hunt i found ways of gettin him to do stuff an now hes a long way of a world beater but he holds his own an keeps me happy. Good luck wi him pal all the more satisfaction when it all comes together