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Can You Scare Off a Chasing Dog by Yelling and Chasing Back?

Can You Scare Off a Chasing Dog by Yelling and Chasing Back?

Walking on the road, accidentally being chased by a dog, is it possible for the dog running behind to chase back and scare away? This situation can not be generalized, it needs to be combined with the reasons for the dog's pursuit, people's anti-pursuit behavior and the dog's personality for specific analysis. This method can be used in some cases, and in some cases, it should be used with caution.

Why do dogs chase you?

If you want to know what your dog is doing, you must first understand why.

1 Living habits

Evolved from wolves, dogs still retain the body memory of primitive hunting patterns, have a natural instinct to chase and hunt, coupled with the special body structure parallel to the ground and strong musculoskeletal, chasing or running becomes their behavioral instinct.

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Seek food

Dogs have an endless desire for food. They often follow people intentionally to catch up with them. It is not excluded that they smell the smell of food and hope that people who intentionally catch up with them can feed some food. This type of dog is often a stray dog and lacks a stable source of food in daily life.

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Follow your master

Follow the owner: The image or taste similar to the owner of the dog can also attract the dog's pursuit. It may be that the dog has a wrong judgment and mistakenly recognizes the pursuer as its owner.

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4 Emotional irritation

If the dog catches up quickly and barks while running, it may be that the dog is provoked by the target of the chase, such as scolding and teasing the dog, and the dog insists on chasing in order to make retaliatory actions.

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Does yelling at the dog scare the dog?

Dogs chase people, sometimes unconsciously, out of an instinct, shouting at the dog may interrupt the dog's behavior, so that it can wake up from the unconscious behavior. However, this method is not absolute, in the face of different dogs, a loud drink may lead to danger.

A gentle dog.

Gentle dogs, lack of bold sense of confrontation, in the face of a sudden roar or any dangerous signal, dogs often choose to retreat for the first time to protect themselves. Therefore, in the process of being pursued, they will choose to regress or stop, or even take the initiative to stay away from the pursuer.

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A dog with a strong and bold character

Strong sense of confrontation, strong competitive heart, even in a dangerous state, fearless, more persistent to the moving object in pursuit, coupled with a strong body machine can bring a good basis for confrontation, often after being shouted will not immediately retreat, will first observe the behavior of the anti-pursuer, and then continue to fight against it. Therefore, please pay attention to see if the dog is a ferocious large dog before deciding whether to use this method.

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3 well-trained dogs

Generally speaking, dogs who have received formal training have good physical function, high natural alertness, ideal restraint in chasing moving objects, or purposeful pursuit according to their owner's instructions, high resistance to temptation, not easily attracted by other objects, and strong concentration.

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This kind of dog is not easy to follow people, but once it keeps alert to a target, it will not let go. Among them, the working dogs represented by police dogs are the most typical ones, which will not shrink back because of the intimidation and fighting of gangsters, and will not stop until they reach their goals.

As ordinary people, we can be completely at ease with them. If they come to smell you, please keep relaxed.