puppy is scared of cars

use treats to give her when the cars go by, this will work and you have to be consistant with it until she is no longer paying any attention to the cars going by. It is all about postive reienforcement.

Your pup is experiencing things at a fast rate right now…and they go thru a number of “fear stages” until they reach about 1 year old…The best way to help them overcome fear, is to NOT sympathize (hard, I know for us humans…but sympathy is a re-enforcer for fear behaviors)…let YOUR confidence roll down the leash…let her sit, but say nothing…let her watch the car go by, then just pick up where you left off… walking. I’d keep her on a leash (or long line, tho)…until she gets past this.

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I wouldnt worry too much about it, actually it might be a good thing! this way, she wont run to the road and accidentally get hit by a car! however, if youlive in a place where lots of cars pass, and you want your puppy to overcome this fear, the best thing to do is make her confront it every day. take her for walks by the road daily, on a leash, and when she tries to run away pull her back and force her to confront the fear. = ]

the best thing you can do is ignore this behavior… that’s how we train dogs.

we praise the behavior we want them to have and we ignore the behaviors we don’t want them to have.

if you coddle her she will like the attention, and continue to act afraid of cars even if she isn’t afraid anymore.

Just wait for her to get over it on her own and continue on your walks like nothing happened.

Good advice people. My puppy is 10 weeks old and has similar issues with cars. I have found that letting her sit and watch the car go by is helping as she is not trying to run away anymore.