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yorkietalkjilly · 03-12-2013, 04:47 PM

P. S. This long trip is going to stress your dog so don't count missteps and problems on this trip too much as you are just starting to work with him. But it would be good if along the way, you could stop and let him run and play fetch, tugowar and other fun games and then travel a while would break up the long endless hours for this anxious dog. Afterward when you are back home, short destination trips that really tire him out and then working with him to focus and not whine can help to teach him to listen to you and control himself and in time, he should learn to just lie down and rest from his destination tiring. After a while of this program of working with him, he should begin to accept his car trips as something to sleep through or just ride and watch out the window and that at the end, even when we're home, there will be a fun game of ball or getting to go outside and run off the nerves from traveling. Probably won't take much before it's naptime.

Teaching your dog obedience can also help to calm him on car rides. It will get him used to listening to and obeying your words and learn that doing so is very satisfying so if you tell him "Quiet", a skill you can teach a dog by teaching it to bark, rewarding it with a treat each time it barks a lot and then, after a couple of weeks of barking, barking, barking and treating, stand up and say "Quiet" and make a slitting motion across your throat as a director saying "cut" in motion pictures. When he stops barking and just stares at you quietly, trying to understand the change, say "Good quiet" and give him a treat. Repeat three times - have him bark, bark, bark, treat for each and then stand up, say "Quiet" with the cut motion across the throat and when he stops and looks, say "God quiet". Repeat 3 times and then a good, rough play session and outside to potty. Keep working with that lesson and he will learn to bark - and to quiet - on command. Ignore mistakes and just keep teaching and before long you can say "Quiet" in the car when he starts whining.

03-12-2013, 04:47 PM	#9
yorkietalkjilly ♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas Posts: 22,140	P. S. This long trip is going to stress your dog so don't count missteps and problems on this trip too much as you are just starting to work with him. But it would be good if along the way, you could stop and let him run and play fetch, tugowar and other fun games and then travel a while would break up the long endless hours for this anxious dog. Afterward when you are back home, short destination trips that really tire him out and then working with him to focus and not whine can help to teach him to listen to you and control himself and in time, he should learn to just lie down and rest from his destination tiring. After a while of this program of working with him, he should begin to accept his car trips as something to sleep through or just ride and watch out the window and that at the end, even when we're home, there will be a fun game of ball or getting to go outside and run off the nerves from traveling. Probably won't take much before it's naptime. Teaching your dog obedience can also help to calm him on car rides. It will get him used to listening to and obeying your words and learn that doing so is very satisfying so if you tell him "Quiet", a skill you can teach a dog by teaching it to bark, rewarding it with a treat each time it barks a lot and then, after a couple of weeks of barking, barking, barking and treating, stand up and say "Quiet" and make a slitting motion across your throat as a director saying "cut" in motion pictures. When he stops barking and just stares at you quietly, trying to understand the change, say "Good quiet" and give him a treat. Repeat three times - have him bark, bark, bark, treat for each and then stand up, say "Quiet" with the cut motion across the throat and when he stops and looks, say "God quiet". Repeat 3 times and then a good, rough play session and outside to potty. Keep working with that lesson and he will learn to bark - and to quiet - on command. Ignore mistakes and just keep teaching and before long you can say "Quiet" in the car when he starts whining. __________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis Last edited by yorkietalkjilly; 03-12-2013 at 04:49 PM.