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FEAR OF MOVING OBJECTS
Many of the dogs that are adopted from animal, shelters, and humane societies will possibly have some sort of a fear of people, stationary objects, or moving objects. This is often attributed to the animal's past, and something moving that has had a negative impact some way in the dog's life.
You will find that most of these dogs are cooler colored dogs such as Green Dogs or Blue Dogs. Again, charactreristics of the cooler colored dogs are animals that will be cautious, and might have a fear of people, stationary objects, or moving objects.
You are going to want to make sure you deal with this issue based on your dog's perosnality or color. If you have not read about my color scheme in training, and how it works, click here>>
If you have a GREEN DOG that has some fear, allowing this fear of some people the opportunity to escalate and grow is one of the biggest mistakes an owner can make. Once a GREEN DOG is allowed to manifest this fear over and over, he can very easily move into becoming a BLUE DOG. Once he becomes BLUE, he can begin to show signs of fear aggression towards that specific person he or she is afraid of. Remember that we want the GREEN DOG to move toward the center of the spectrum toward a YELLOW and not BLUE. As always, when you are training a BLUE DOG, you will see that your job is going to be a little more challenging as you read on.
The same thing applies to the ORANGE DOG. If the ORANGE DOG has some sort of unsure ness about a specific person, it is essential you catch this early and not allow it to escalate. Like the GREEN DOG, once an ORANGE DOG is allowed to manifest this unsure ness over and over, he can very easily move farther away from the center of the spectrum, and in this case, closer to a RED DOG. Once your ORANGE DOG becomes RED, he can then begin to show signs of aggression towards that specific person. Remember that we want the ORANGE DOG to move toward the center of the spectrum toward a YELLOW and not RED. If you are already working with a RED DOG, your job is going to be a little more difficult as you read on.
You might notice that there is no YELLOW DOG here. The reason is that a mellow YELLOW DOG is that “middle of the road” laid back dog, that nothing seems to phase. You should not have a problem with a YELLOW DOG being afraid of objects or things.
I am always inclined to first begin with REDIRECTION. Again, when we redirect the animal, we are simply redirecting the animal’s focus onto something else other than the moving object or thing the animal is fixating on. What we are going to want to do is teach the dog that this moving object or thing is something positive. The degree of fear of the object or thing will play a major role into how long this will take to train.
With redirection, we are simply redirecting the dog into something other than the dog's fear of the moving object. The way I would start is by giving a person that is associated with the moving object a Bil-Jac treat. An example is if your dog is afraid of moving cars, have the car stationary, and have a person in the car with a treat. Have the person get out of the car, and walk over to the dog and fgive the dog a treat. You are going to want to do this very qucik training session a few times a day. You want to leave the dog "wanting more", so it is essential you keep the sessions just a few seconds. You are going to want to progress from there by eventually starting the car and having the person get out and reward th dog. The next step would be to eventually drive the car a few feet, have the person get out and reward the dog. You can see how we progress with this.
TRAINING TOOLS
If you are training a dog that shows a lot of fear of specific people or a person, it is a good idea to have something that will give you as much control as possible. As far as leashes go, I would highly recommend some very strong leather leash that is comfortable on your hands, and also strong for a pulling dog that might want to pull in the opposite direction.
I would also recommend one any kind of collar that will give your optimum control for RED or ORANGE DOGS such as my alternative training collar, a chain collar, a head harness, or a pinch collar for very unique pulling situations.
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