How to stop a dog chasing joggers?
Kali Wisoky
2025-07-13 09:23:35
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To stop a dog chasing joggers, this behaviour is likely to get us into lots of trouble. At this stage it’s all about avoiding that sort of outcome by greatly increasing your control and bringing in some new training elements to help eradicate this behaviour. To a large degree this is a lack of recall problem, as I am sure that you are calling him and he continues towards the jogger regardless. Place a long training line on him as you practice frequent recalls over the next month and reward him with his favourite treat each time. Be sure to make your treats very high value, but keep them healthy, so food such as chicken or small pieces of cooked liver. Another element to work in alongside your recall practice will be the controlled exposure to aspects that he finds difficult to express self-control over. If, for example, you are able to find a park with a path that is frequently used by joggers, sit with your dog sufficiently far enough away so that he can remain calm and take food as they pass you at this distance. The simple key is to gradually reduce your distance from the joggers in keeping with his ability to sit and stay as per your commands. Aim to reward all calm behaviour with his high value food.
Madelyn Rau
2025-07-05 09:45:52
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Much better is to keep the dog away from ANYTHING that triggers him for a long time, at least a few weeks if not months and in the meantime train some commands that get the dog looking at you instead, focussing on you, so you have a powerful interruptor that can be used later. This is the key to solving it - a powerful interruptor that is stronger than the initial impulse and the feelgood fix. If you work hard away from the triggers to achieve a strong interruptor, then you can start slowly re-introducing the stimulus, from afar at first, slowly working towards what you want and need. I found other ways of getting his attention and we have just gone back out there into the big wide world and things are a LOT better, not perfect yet but I do have a great interruptor. I also read up LOTS on dog body language so I could accurately spot the very moment my dog was going into stress mode or chase mode, and pre-empt it. Keeping him away from them was a good thing, it weakened his addiction.
Mikayla Streich
2025-06-28 03:28:15
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Chasing is a natural behaviour for your dog. In the wrong situation, chasing or predatory behaviour can be dangerous. However, dogs that do not have an outlet for this behaviour can become frustrated, and often find other potentially harmful ways of expressing it, so the key is to try and provide your dog with alternative ways to chase, but in an appropriate and safe way. We also want to make sure we manage situations where your dog’s chase behaviours might kick in, such as keeping them on a lead around wildlife. Remember, it is our responsibility as dog owners to make sure that our dog does not cause a threat to wildlife or chase other people or dogs too. Start working on building up your dog’s focus and recall, but in less distracting environments first. Keep your dog on a harness and long-line lead while working on their recall and teaching them to focus on you around possible chase distractions. This will stop them running off but allows for some freedom too.
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