Post by Willow on Jun 27, 2004 9:10:17 GMT -5
My Aussie hates noisey vehicles, such as ATV's, motorcycles, cars, trains etc., and will chase them. I can, however, stop her with a "NO".
Last evening we went for our walk. She is off leash, of course, because we seldom meet anyone.
Last night however, a kid on an ATV came screamin' by us, heading in the other direction. Kerra paid absolutely no attention to him. I was amazed she didn't at least try to take after him.
In a few minutes he came back, up behind us this time, and stopped to talk. Again, Kerra paid absolutely no attention, but went over in the shade to lie down.
We discussed everything from Bears in the area, to dogs, and because I was somewhat "uneasy" with a stranger, eventhough he seemed like he was nice enough, (aren't all serial killer's, and that's how they "disarm" their victims) I told the kid, when he commented that she was a pretty dog and called her over for a pet, that Kerra was pretty good, but she hates noisy vehicles, such as his, and also that I didn't know how she would react if anyone ever tried to harm me.
When I finally said it was time for us to go home, we said "farewell", and the kid started his ATV. When he did, Kerra jumped up, growling/barking and made a leap towards it. I know she wasn't going for him, but the machine, but he didn't know it and it's great to be young! He was off that machine on the other side before I could blink! I yelled, "NO", at Kerra and she stopped and backed off, but of course, the kid was frightened! He said, "Wow! That was scarey!" I apologized and told him she wasn't going for him, but his tires, because as I told him she does not like noisey vehicles. He said he would wait until we got a ways away before taking off, which he did, and Kerra looked, but made no move to chase him.
My question is: How would you train her not to do this, using a clicker, even if you have split second reactions? From previous posts, I assume you would say, "no" or "leave it" and when she stopped, mark the correct action with a click/treat, but In this case, she would not even hear the clicker over the roar of the machine.
Last evening we went for our walk. She is off leash, of course, because we seldom meet anyone.
Last night however, a kid on an ATV came screamin' by us, heading in the other direction. Kerra paid absolutely no attention to him. I was amazed she didn't at least try to take after him.
In a few minutes he came back, up behind us this time, and stopped to talk. Again, Kerra paid absolutely no attention, but went over in the shade to lie down.
We discussed everything from Bears in the area, to dogs, and because I was somewhat "uneasy" with a stranger, eventhough he seemed like he was nice enough, (aren't all serial killer's, and that's how they "disarm" their victims) I told the kid, when he commented that she was a pretty dog and called her over for a pet, that Kerra was pretty good, but she hates noisy vehicles, such as his, and also that I didn't know how she would react if anyone ever tried to harm me.
When I finally said it was time for us to go home, we said "farewell", and the kid started his ATV. When he did, Kerra jumped up, growling/barking and made a leap towards it. I know she wasn't going for him, but the machine, but he didn't know it and it's great to be young! He was off that machine on the other side before I could blink! I yelled, "NO", at Kerra and she stopped and backed off, but of course, the kid was frightened! He said, "Wow! That was scarey!" I apologized and told him she wasn't going for him, but his tires, because as I told him she does not like noisey vehicles. He said he would wait until we got a ways away before taking off, which he did, and Kerra looked, but made no move to chase him.
My question is: How would you train her not to do this, using a clicker, even if you have split second reactions? From previous posts, I assume you would say, "no" or "leave it" and when she stopped, mark the correct action with a click/treat, but In this case, she would not even hear the clicker over the roar of the machine.