Show suggestions FOR CURING FIDO OF PURSUING CARS how can my dog be trained not to chase automobiles is one of the most frequently asked questions of the gaines dog research I 1 center new york city these days what with the extraordinarily tra great volume of traffic on our highways and streets and more and more dogs being killed a great percentage of them because of their dangerous habit of pursuing passing motor vehicles most drivers will do everything short of wrecking their cars to avoid hitting a dog og states the center but in heavy fast moving traffic a driver usually cant swerve out of the way of a dog that leaps suddenly from the roadside the habit is too dangerous to be tolerated and if necessary sa ry stern measures should be used for breaking it the center suggests two proven methods for I 1 persuading fido to abandon this suicidal pastime one system is as follows for this method the trainer needs an assistant a car and a long carriage or buggy whip while one person drives the second sits by an open window of the car with the whip when the dog charges i toward the car the whip must be I 1 us used edwith with full force on him and he must be shouted at in an angry voice to go home if the whip method does not prove successful the same general procedure should be followed but instead of a whip the trainer uses a powerful squirt gun loaded with a mild solution of ammonia and water dogs hate the odor of ammonia and if the squirt u i r t gun is well aimed the tes lesson son is usually learned after one or two sessions if one method work the other usually will the idea of course is s to cause the dog to associate an unpleasant experience with the act of running after a car to which is added his utter astonishment at having an automobile attack him the center states |