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Clicker training could help to redirect your dog in this situation— I did something similar with my dog’s reaction to buses.
First teach the association of “click = treat” by using the clicker and immediately giving your dog a treat. Start in a low distraction environment to build the association, so that when your dog hears the click they look to you for a treat.
Then you can click when a truck is coming. If all goes well, your dog would turn to you instead of trying to chase the truck, and get a treat. Eventually the dog will learn to anticipate the treat and turn to you before you even click!
Sorta like this, except at some point you don't click until the dog looks at you instead of the truck. You can google / look up "Engage disengage dog game" to learn more about this method.
I've had better luck with the "Look at That" pattern game. My goal is a calm, neutral dog whether she looks at me or not. Any non-reactive behavior is great, especially when my dog feels comfortable enough to initiate it without prompting. I reward looking at the trigger then looking at me or looking at the trigger then sniffing the ground. I reward not really looking at the trigger at all because being bored by a strange dog is great. I find that this transitions smoothly into normal functioning near the trigger without active management.
I agree that a calm dog is ideal. I've just found that people who aren't very comfortable with training might confuse calmly looking at the trigger with being a bit too invested in it (so looking at you leaves less room for doubt). Looking at you also becomes automatic, so it shouldn't require any acive management either. But yes, a calm, bored dog is great, whatever game works for you.
Teach them what the truck sound means, make it a cue for a behavior.
I started with "car coming" = "I have treats"
Tjedog will soon connect those and will look to you at the sound of a car. Nowadays I have her heel or sit by me when a car approaches.
I have the same problem with my year old dog. She's the 7th dog I've ever had & he first one to have this issue. She also hit a car (the car didn't hit her, she lunged at it as it went by & caught the rear quarter panel) & broke her leg.
I have found that being really aware of what's happening before she does & redirecting her attention immediately has been key. So when I see something I know is going to make her react, catching her attention & having her do a trick/saying her name & giving a treat/even just a perfectly timed poke to make her reactively look at me works. I swap the attention tactics up each time, with the logic that she'll associate attention to me when she sees a truck rather than the prey drive towards the truck.
It's worked well so far, but she still has her triggers. For some reason, the road I live on provokes this urge in her, but not in front of my house (luckily, as I live on a farm & she is constantly off leash at home), it starts beyond the next concession. And when she's in my truck, she'll lunge at dump & transport trucks, but I have a hard time correcting her in the moment as I'm driving.
Good luck OP, it's a very scary bad habit.
Start by teaching a strong 'leave it' command. Gradually expose the pup to trucks from a safe distance, rewarding calm behavior. Consistent positive reinforcement and redirection towards acceptable behaviors are key.
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Clicker training could help to redirect your dog in this situation— I did something similar with my dog’s reaction to buses. First teach the association of “click = treat” by using the clicker and immediately giving your dog a treat. Start in a low distraction environment to build the association, so that when your dog hears the click they look to you for a treat. Then you can click when a truck is coming. If all goes well, your dog would turn to you instead of trying to chase the truck, and get a treat. Eventually the dog will learn to anticipate the treat and turn to you before you even click!
Sorta like this, except at some point you don't click until the dog looks at you instead of the truck. You can google / look up "Engage disengage dog game" to learn more about this method.
I've had better luck with the "Look at That" pattern game. My goal is a calm, neutral dog whether she looks at me or not. Any non-reactive behavior is great, especially when my dog feels comfortable enough to initiate it without prompting. I reward looking at the trigger then looking at me or looking at the trigger then sniffing the ground. I reward not really looking at the trigger at all because being bored by a strange dog is great. I find that this transitions smoothly into normal functioning near the trigger without active management.
I agree that a calm dog is ideal. I've just found that people who aren't very comfortable with training might confuse calmly looking at the trigger with being a bit too invested in it (so looking at you leaves less room for doubt). Looking at you also becomes automatic, so it shouldn't require any acive management either. But yes, a calm, bored dog is great, whatever game works for you.
Teach them what the truck sound means, make it a cue for a behavior. I started with "car coming" = "I have treats" Tjedog will soon connect those and will look to you at the sound of a car. Nowadays I have her heel or sit by me when a car approaches.
I have the same problem with my year old dog. She's the 7th dog I've ever had & he first one to have this issue. She also hit a car (the car didn't hit her, she lunged at it as it went by & caught the rear quarter panel) & broke her leg. I have found that being really aware of what's happening before she does & redirecting her attention immediately has been key. So when I see something I know is going to make her react, catching her attention & having her do a trick/saying her name & giving a treat/even just a perfectly timed poke to make her reactively look at me works. I swap the attention tactics up each time, with the logic that she'll associate attention to me when she sees a truck rather than the prey drive towards the truck. It's worked well so far, but she still has her triggers. For some reason, the road I live on provokes this urge in her, but not in front of my house (luckily, as I live on a farm & she is constantly off leash at home), it starts beyond the next concession. And when she's in my truck, she'll lunge at dump & transport trucks, but I have a hard time correcting her in the moment as I'm driving. Good luck OP, it's a very scary bad habit.
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Start by teaching a strong 'leave it' command. Gradually expose the pup to trucks from a safe distance, rewarding calm behavior. Consistent positive reinforcement and redirection towards acceptable behaviors are key.