Exactly the same training goes for your first small ride in the car. It would be a great advantage if you could be free to attend to your puppy while someone else drives the vehicle for you. The dominant puppy who barks only needs firm handling. Don’t give up. If he jumps out of his place a thousand times, put him back and make him understand that he is not allowed to dive about the vehicle or bark. Here, it is your patience that is needed more than anything else. Give in once to your puppy and you might as well throw in the towel as far as dog training is concerned. You must always win. The puppy who is afraid will take more time and gentler handling to bring round. Something to chew in the car will probably take his mind off his fear. Extreme fear should be dealt with immediately by constantly putting puppy in the car and feeding him a titbit before and after a short journey. (more…)
Jun 24
Jun 24
The worst thing you can possibly do is introduce your puppy to the car on his first journey to the vet for his inoculations. A sensitive puppy will remember this traumatic experience and link the car journey with the vet. Stop problems before they begin and you’ll never have any. Don’t be tempted to rush any part of your puppy’s training. It would be so easy to put puppy in the car and go, and you could be lucky and have a dog who enjoyed car riding. But if the puppy you have has any qualms whatsoever about the car, you may be instilling a fear of the vehicle in him that will take years to cure. (more…)
