Why don't dogs chase cars anymore?

Paddy Cow · 21-12-2019 11:06AM

Mulbert wrote: »

Apart from when they get run over and they realize their folly.

When I was growing up we had a Jack russell who was a demon for chasing cars. He got hit and broke his hip and was in a sling with a cone around his head for a few weeks. Do you think he learned his lesson? Of course not. As soon as he could he was out chasing cars again. He eventually got killed by a tractor when he chased a cat across the road

21-12-2019 11:13AM

Happens all the time in my area, most houses allow their dogs to roam during the day.

Mulbert · 21-12-2019 11:45AM

It's good to hear they're a few legendary dogs still keeping the fire lit. Long may they continue.

BeerWolf · 21-12-2019 11:52AM

bodhrandude wrote: »

Still happens out in the country, not so much in the towns and cities.

And it's always a Border Collie!

21-12-2019 11:54AM

Paddy Cow wrote: »

He eventually got killed by a tractor when he chased a cat across the road

Clever cat thread

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Pinch Flat · 21-12-2019 11:55AM

Health & safety

tabby aspreme · 21-12-2019 12:06PM

There is one smart collie on a road I travel on regularly, the road would have very little traffic, so when he gets out he heads down the road a few hundred meters to a cross roads to double his opportunities

Doctors room ghost · 21-12-2019 12:13PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Same reason there's no white dog sh*te on the streets. It was the 80s, man.

A white barkers egg no less.
Legend had it that the dog was fed entirely on bones if it left a white barkers egg.

Haven’t seen one in 20 years.

stateofflux · 21-12-2019 12:32PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Precisely the days of being chased by a dog in car are pretty much over

Thats because most of them were only on a provisional licence

beejee · 21-12-2019 12:46PM

Paddy Cow wrote: »

When I was growing up we had a Jack russell who was a demon for chasing cars. He got hit and broke his hip and was in a sling with a cone around his head for a few weeks. Do you think he learned his lesson? Of course not. As soon as he could he was out chasing cars again. He eventually got killed by a tractor when he chased a cat across the road

21-12-2019 12:49PM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

We stank of baileys and my medieval costume was ruined!

Sounds more like after the party than before!

21-12-2019 12:51PM

Dakota Dan wrote: »

They don’t, my neighbors dog has only 3 legs from chasing cars and he still does it. Another neighbors dog almost broke her back when hit by a car but with medication she’s able to run again and still chases cars.

Or they could keep their dogs in, and act responsibly? :pac:

coastwatch · 21-12-2019 12:57PM

Better craic chasing cyclists

enfield · 21-12-2019 01:35PM

A good question. I reckon it is probably that there are fewer dogs loose nowadays, cars were rare in the past when they chased them, there are more cars now and they have just become accustomed to them. The again I could be completely wrong as the wife constantly reminds me.....

whisky_galore · 21-12-2019 02:42PM

I haven't seen a farmer's dog with a timber block chained to its collar to stop car chasing in a long time, thankfully.
Used be commonplace for dogs to be chained up for years on end and receive a boot up the arse from their owners.

Mulbert · 21-12-2019 08:55PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

I haven't seen a farmer's dog with a timber block chained to its collar to stop car chasing in a long time, thankfully.
Used be commonplace for dogs to be chained up for years on end and receive a boot up the arse from their owners.

I remember a friend of mine having a huge dog leashed to a car tyre. Still, that dog could shift itself at a fair old pace

Shoulders on it like a Bulgarian weightlifter.

Collie D · 21-12-2019 09:02PM

Mulbert wrote: »

I remember a friend of mine having a huge dog leashed to a car tyre. Still, that dog could shift itself at a fair old pace

Shoulders on it like a Bulgarian weightlifter.

Male or female?

paleoperson · 21-12-2019 09:35PM

Our dog had the sense to not chase other cars, but he chased our own. He loved going in car rides with us, so there was some sort of logic there. One day my dad travelled a few miles down country roads to a repair shop and he said he saw him chasing behind at first but thought that obviously after a while the dog would give up and go back. Imagine how stunned he was to find the dog panting almost dead when he got there. :rolleyes:

He left him in the back for the way back. When the dog came back to the house he was still panting like I never saw him before. Instead of his usual excitement to see people he just wagged his tailed weakly and made his way to his sleeping box. His paws were partly bruised from all the running. He slumped down in the box and just slept. He didn't try that again.

Fiery mutant · 21-12-2019 09:44PM

Maybe because dogs have evolved and now realise that it’s stupid.

It’s only humans that now continue to do stupid **** that they know is stupid.

Victor · 21-12-2019 10:01PM

My friend's Jack Russell barks at passers-by; foxes, cats and birds in the neighbourhood; animals on TV; but not cars. She's allowed ride in the car and will bark at cats drive-by style - the look from the cats is amusing.

Jurgen The German · 21-12-2019 10:45PM

They cant afford the insurance for it anymore, cartel ruining everything. :rolleyes:

Micky 32 · 21-12-2019 10:56PM

I call to houses out in the countryside due to work and I still get the odd pooch chasing me out the driveway and up the road a piece.

M.T. Cranium · 22-12-2019 12:17AM

Natural selection at work. The gene pool is not being enriched by car-chasing dogs.

It's either that, or a dog actually managed to catch a car, and spread the bad news around.

Why don't dogs chase cars anymore?

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