When A Dog`s Scared Of Traffic

[george06]

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Need a few tips and advice here,Gaz told me Missy was frightened of traffic when up close,and today had a scare.We were walking down our village when a noisy bus zoomed past,she got scared and slipped her collar,luckily she ran into a quiet car park and got her back quickly.I talk and reassure her when see a noisy one approaching,and hold the lead as short as i can but dont want a repeat of this happening again.Are whippet collars designed to prevent this as i`ll get one asap as the one we have is too dangourous now.She`s ok in the quiet back streets it`s just i have to cross a very busy main road to get to the park that she loves dearly now!

Cheers Guys :sweating:

 

[Rae]

Sorry to hear about your scare George - pleased it ended without an accident.

I wouldnt fuss her for being scared as you could inadvertently reinforce that she needs to be scared. I'd try to distract her instead, ie do some clicker training with treats for sitting near the traffic, getting closer to it as she relaxes, and just igoring her when she acts scared. Be sure you look confident as you cross the road.

Might be worth crossing the road with a mate with another dog that's not scared of traffic too.

You can get hound collars that tighten to prevent them slipping out of them, called martingale collars. I think Krislin on here sells them in roo leather. You might want something a bit quicker than ordering something from Oz tho? Mine have't been able to get out of their normal hound collars and you should be able to get one in any pet shop.

Glad to hear she's settling in OK and you have your much longed for whippy at last

 

[fallenangel]

A hound coller fotted properly behine there hears no hound can get out of but you must fasten it at the tip right behind there ears at the smalet part of her neck dont shorted the leads more than you allready had it and dont reasuer her you must show her confidnce put yourslfe between her and the road an after omthing scraes been past and shs been good give her a little treet ir praze then to show her shes been good.

try on semi bussy reas and increase as you go along. iv ha a few like her and with paciance they settel I can take mine down blackpool prom now with tranms an car load music blasting and they doh even look any more.

If you have anyone with a og that fine with trafic that can walk with you it may help boost her confidenc aswell.

good luck with her she will be fine just takes some paciance

wendy

 

[george06]

Cheers guys,few good pointers there,got her a harness now to make sure,so she can`t slip her collar again,and worked out a few quiter routes to get to places till alls well.

So heres Missy complete with Harness!

 

[mazza]

Gives you such a scare if you think they are going to slip the collar.

I've just bought a day collar from Kirislin in Oz. Only took 5 days to arrive which I thought was brilliant seeings it's the other side of the world. Her day collar is a leather (Kangaroo hide) collar which tightens up if the dog pulls, similar to a choke chain but won't tighten after a certain point on the collar because of the the design of it which is good. Still tightens enough to give full control and no chance of slipping the collar in tricky situations like the one you had. :thumbsup:

 

[oakmoorehill]

I know quite a few people on here use harnesses for walking their whippets but would just like to add a warning

My mum walks her whippet bitch Millie on a harness but while on holiday recently something startled Millie and although her harness was quite tight she managed to slip out of it fortunately she didn't bolt she just went a few feet away then stopped

So please be carefull you may be safer with a whipet collar or a martingale collar on as well with a second lead on it until she is more confident just to be on the safe side

glad you got her back ok :luck: with her

 

[Tesa]

hold the lead as short as i can but dont want a repeat of this happening again.

Can understand your concern and not wanting a repeat incident, but think that this would only serve to increase her anxiety in traffic . I think it is also important to remember that this is not an irrational fear to her, so she needs you to remain relaxed, calm, friendly and confident for her. See if you can distract her attention by getting her focus on to you. Maybe try just sitting and watching the traffic go by, giving her treats for being calm (and an ice-cream for yourself ). :luck: :luck:

Rae has given you some great advice :thumbsup: