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Your Canine's
Sense of Smell
A much larger part of a dog’s brain is devoted to processing smells than yours. Some search dogs locate people buried under the snow of avalanches, search for evidence in crime, and find people in the water. Cloudy days, mornings, and evenings are the best times for dogs to search. And depending on the conditions, dogs can pick up a scent up to a half a mile away!
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More Dogs Riding in Cars
Dogs love to ride in pick-ups. I was recently in Houston,
Texas, and every Chevy had at least one big dog in the back.
Deliriously happy, ears flapping in the wind, eyes tearing,
mouth agape. Then there’s the dog-in-the-back who can only
express his joy by barking at every living thing he passes,
or that passes him. Train this dog the same way you do the
house-bound barker, teaching him to “speak” and to “hush”.
If this dog only barks (or mainly barks) from the back of
your truck, get a friend to drive, climb in the back and do
the training there. Use the “sit” and “hush”combination to
distract him from barking, and start at a low speed in a
place where you’ll
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only see a few people. Train him to sit at the start of
the ride, and keep reminding him to sit whenever he
forgets, rewarding each sit with praise and a treat. As
soon as he barks, tell him to “hush”, and reward him
when he does. Gradually (over days of training) increase
the speed of the truck and start visiting more populated
places, keeping him with the “sit and hush” routine.
Don’t even take him with you on rides to the store
unless someone can sit in the back to continue training,
or you’ll be giving him intermittent reinforcement and
undoing your previous work. This is going to take time
and persistence, but don’t give up!
Your goal here is to get your dog into the habit of
staying seated and quiet during rides. Over time, you
will start putting the trainer in the front of the cab
with the driver for part of the ride, then
little-by-little doing away with having a second person
in the back altogether while your dog stays seated and
hushed.
Once your dog starts riding alone without barking,
remember to still reward him at the end of each ride.
Get him in the truck, tell him to sit and hush (he may
not be barking, but he knows that “hush” means “be
quiet” by now), and take your ride. At the end, tell him
what a good dog he was and give him a treat before
taking him out of the pickup. This helps solidify his
understanding that he was good in the truck.
(And maybe this is a good time to mention doggie
pick-up safety. Does your dog bounce around in the back,
stepping up on the wheel wells to get a better view? Is
he tied with a rope short enough to keep him in the
truck bed, but long enough for him to lie down?)
Article
Summary
If your dog barks from the back of the truck, get a
friend to drive while you ride in the back for training.
Apply targeted Bark Prevention techniques.
Only bring your dog along if you can provide someone to
sit in the back with him and continue training.
Over time, have the trainer move to the front seat for
longer and longer parts of the ride until one day you no
longer need someone to remind your dog to behave.
Once your dog can ride quietly alone, continue to reward
and treat him for good behavior in the truck.
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