hi from buster

[car]

Hi guys can I introduce buster, my partner and I bought him for my daughter, we brought him from ireland over to scotland in july and he is now 5 1/2 months old

[Oenoke]

Hi and welcome. Buster is a real cutie!

[Kieraaa]

Hi and welcome.He is so beautiful do u have anymore pictures ??

[car]

he is but we need help!!

i grew up having two dogs but that was a longtime ago and i must admit we are struggling with training buster i'll have a look through the forum and try to find some help

[car]

A pic I've just taken

[Kieraaa]

Aww he's a real beauty Cant believe how fast they grow.How is he with training and everything ??He's like wot u lookin at in that pic

[kpelters]

OMG he's super super cute! I have a 9week Border/Aussie mix.. consistency consistency consistency! LOL and some sort of school! Thats what we are doing and reading everything I can get my hands on

Katrina
Owner to 9week old Lexa

[car]

The major training problem we're having is buster making a bee line for any passing car as soon as he's off the lead which is terrifying all of us, apart from that my partner treats him like a new baby and completely ignores all the advice I produced from books and sites like this (i can't fault that she loves him to bits) but even the basics like having set feeding times instead of letting him graze have caused us problems, again if we can sort the car thing out then I'm not too worried about the other training problems we currently have

[jocap]

Oh dear- that needs sorting quickly. I'm not a trainer, but Sally knows to drop down when we say "car" or "bike"....in fact, she drops on her own when she's heard one before us. Although she's now 10, there's still that glint in her eye when a car rushes past, so although I trust her in many things, I'm always cautious with traffic. She does chase trains from the nearby path.
Welcome to the forum!
Jo.

[Toddsmom]

he is absolutely beautiful! The car chasing needs sorted out straight away. Try to explain to her that this is his life at risk and that if you guys aren't on the same page with everything, that he will take advantage of her with the things that matter the most, such as this one. Hopefully you guys can get on the same page and get him sorted out. Don't want anything to happen to that beautiful boy! Can't wait to hear more about him and must have more pictures too by the way!

[car]

Don't get me wrong as far as the car chasing thing goes we are in complete agreement , as I say he's fine when out walking it's just when we arrive at the park and I let him off the lead he just gets distracted when he hears a certain pitch coming from a passing car and off he goes! Scary stuff.

[Toddsmom]

Glad you are on the same page with the main problem Just sorry that you guys are having these problems to begin with You might just need to keep him on a long line at the park so that you can stop him by stepping on it or grabbing it when he turns to take off after a car. Teach him a rock solid recall with recall games in the house and yard at home before taking him off lead away from home and make sure that they are 110% before allowing him off lead. Once he has a rock solid recall then he has earned the right to be off lead. Also you can do like Iona and teach him a command for when a car is coming by. She taught to lie down. So if you hear or see that he hears a car, give him a command he knows such as down or sit, and keep him in that position until the car has passed and release him. He needs to learn though that his job is to stay in that position until you have released him.

[Vicky]

Hello and welcome, your dog is lovely!.

[car]

thanks for the lovely welcome guys, buster is now for the first time in 5 months "chilling" at our feet as we watch a movie, i think we were too soft in always letting him have his toys around the lounge, we are a couple of softies, the tails wagging the dog here!

i'll try and get some nice pics up

[Snow]

Welcome to the forums.