Bartok Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 My 4 dogs go to the park almost every day for a run The last couple of days our Rottie is refusing to get back in the car He is being really defiant. The only way we could get him in yesterday was let him in the front seat otherwise we were going nowhere He is 6 and this is the first time we have seen this behaviour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Any chance he's sore? I'd be having him checked out by a chiropractor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartok Posted May 3, 2010 Author Share Posted May 3, 2010 Any chance he's sore?I'd be having him checked out by a chiropractor. Seems to play fine and get on the bed without an issue it is like a tantrum, but I do have to take our old Lab to the vet this week so he the Rottie may as well come for the ride also. As long as he will get back in the car, but he does get sore pads. He is one of thos compulsive lickers. I will have a look tonight to see if they are annoying him again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monah Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 My viz was like this after she 'burnt' her nose on a hot bit of the car she also has to be encouraged into the car and we have no idea why as this is a recent thing seeing as she spent days in the car to darwin and back without any issues, we just do not understand it. Although she is 'quirky' (to be nice! ) and very easily put off. Has one of the other dogs upset him in any way? Will he get in first, or not at all. Maybe he got hurt somehow in with the others by accident? s;orry, I can't work my own dog out, so no hope with someone elses xxxxxx and of course he could be sore etc., so many little things us humans miss I hope he is OK soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartok Posted May 4, 2010 Author Share Posted May 4, 2010 He is spoilt by my husband and the chosen child. So I just wonder if he is being really naughty because he can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvus Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Kivi Tarro recently decided he wasn't goign to jump into the car anymore. Got him checked out at the vets and she put him on some pain killers for a week to see if it made any difference. It didn't, so we assumed it was behavioural. I honestly think he is a lazy sod, but it helps to pay attention to what is already in the car. He can't see what he's jumping into up there and he gets nervous about jumping up if Erik is already in the car. Erik gets in his way. Since I cottoned on to that one he is much more willing to jump into the car, but he still refuses if he's had a big run at the park and is tired. If it were me, I'd just start paying him to get into the car. Might find that he's more willing if he gets a treat when he does it. What else are you gonna do? Leave him there and drive off? I know someone who used to do that to her Staffy. She'd leave her running around the bush chasing wildlife unsupervised right by a busy road and come back and get her an hour later. It's a miracle nothing happened to that dog. I have a little outspoken dog who thinks he shouldn't have to do anything he doesn't want to, and I find it quite amazing how quickly he decides he wants to do something he was a moment ago vehemently against when there's roast chicken inolved. Put it on cue, reward it, then phase the reward out if you want. That's what I'd do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartok Posted May 4, 2010 Author Share Posted May 4, 2010 Here I am yesterday in the back of my little Corolla with a Shepherd, Rottie and Lab and the big tank Rottie in front with my husband We may have to use treats to get his fat butt in the car, but I hate he gets a treat for being a bum ache We would never leave him, but at times it is tempting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubitty Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 I have never managed to get Bubby into the car! Not with roast meat, pie, cake anything! He is perfectly fine but will not get into the car so we carry him in. People often point and laugh at him and us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 LOL not that it neccessarily deemed safe but I recall my father when I was very young flooring it in the car up the road and then opening the door which the dog jumped in and was never hesitant about getting in the car again LOL In all seriousness, maybe get the dog checked out just to be on the safe side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 I have never managed to get Bubby into the car! Not with roast meat, pie, cake anything! He is perfectly fine but will not get into the car so we carry him in. People often point and laugh at him and us! I just couldn't and wouldn't do that, I have Danes mind you but I just can't see me accepting that from a dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Years ago I knew of someone with a similar problem. It was a large dog that wouldn't jump into the back of the station wagon. Getting thru the side door was no problem. We assumed that he was worried or may have hit his head on the top of the car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubitty Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 I have never managed to get Bubby into the car! Not with roast meat, pie, cake anything! He is perfectly fine but will not get into the car so we carry him in. People often point and laugh at him and us! I just couldn't and wouldn't do that, I have Danes mind you but I just can't see me accepting that from a dog. I'm really thankful we have him at this age because we are fit enough to carry him. Imagine if we were 75 and had him! It is the one mystery with him I have never been able to crack. His sister was trained and rewarded for getting in and gets in happily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee lee Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 (edited) When we first got Honey she was petrified of the car (GRR told me the guy they rescued her off had tried to hit Honey when she wouldnt get into the car, so its not suprising ). I had to get into the back of our car and have her virtually put in my lap. With lots of positive experiences and a few treats she is a LOT better and will hop in by herself when I ask her to. Never overly happy about it though and she will pant the whole trip. :cool: Bartok, I'd tempt him in with treats. yep he is being a butt head, but rather than thinking you are rewarding him for that- think of it as manipulating him into doing something he doesnt want to do. Edited May 4, 2010 by ✽deelee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 I have never managed to get Bubby into the car! Not with roast meat, pie, cake anything! He is perfectly fine but will not get into the car so we carry him in. People often point and laugh at him and us! I just couldn't and wouldn't do that, I have Danes mind you but I just can't see me accepting that from a dog. I'm really thankful we have him at this age because we are fit enough to carry him. Imagine if we were 75 and had him! It is the one mystery with him I have never been able to crack. His sister was trained and rewarded for getting in and gets in happily. Quite a few GR's suffer from car sickness. He may find being in the car unpleasant which would explain his reluctance to get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoofnHoof Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Maybe see if he will use a ramp? That would be an easy way to know whether it's pain-related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogslife Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 I am no help but it reminded me of my Neo mastiff foster who was scared of cars when we first got him. He was terrified and he weighed 70 kilos at this point. It took both my son and I to lift him into the car. The neighbours were laughing and the other dogs disgusted. He eventually learnt.........thank god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsKatie Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 I sat in the back of the car for about half an hour with treats and the kelpie - with the car parked in the car port - to convince the hound that it was good to get in the car - and treated him when he did - he is also learning that car trips often mean good things at the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Her Majesty Dogmad Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 If it's a sudden change in behaviour then I'd be looking for an injury or something that is causing him to be worried. It's not normal behaviour - they know what going in the car means, they don't suddenly change where they want to sit for no reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burkes Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Bahahaha, typical stubborn Rottie. My girl will get in the car when we are going somewhere but when it's time to go home its a different story. Bribe all the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amika Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 My current boy doesn't like to get in the car if a). the motor is running (he will not go behind a car that has it's motor running and no he's never been run over etc.) and b). if my girl gets in first....it's almost as if he doesn't think he'll fit with her in there. So the procedure is....he gets in first and then she bowls in. They can be quirky creatures. Hope you work out what he was hesitant about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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