Many behaviors of dogs are very strange to us, but there is usually a logic behind these behaviors that can be grasped, that is, the logic of dogs
Adult male dogs will raise Peeing on the legs, especially when there is a car in front of you, the tires of the car seem to have magic power, attracting the male dog to “mark” it.
Dog pee is used to mark the territory. In addition, peeing Another function is to let other dogs know: I am here. To put it simply, dog urine is not just a territorial marker, it is an ID card
Male dogs like to urinate on vertical objects, such as fire hydrants, telephone poles, and car tires, “Dog Behavior” The book : Insights and Answers introduces dog urine like this:
97.6% of a male dog’s urination is done on vertical objects in its lifetime, precisely because they leave their “identity card” in The best place to be smelled by other dogs
In addition, there were results: urine smell The retention time on vertical objects is much longer than that on horizontal objects
Love tires
We all know that dogs have a better sense of smell than us, and car tires smell more than we think Much more, imagine that your car tires have these odors: animal waste, food scraps, garbage, and that’s what makes car tires the ideal “identity card” for male dogs.
If A dog urinates on a tire, and other dogs follow
Change this behavior
Occasionally peeing on someone else’s tire is tolerable for most people , but if you have a fussy neighbor, or if your dog especially likes to urinate on the tires, here are some things you can do to groom him
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When it chooses to stop urinating on the tires and just smell it, reward it with some food
Find a place to replace the tires
When you When passing a car with it, let it focus on you, not the car, and it will not be interested in the car after a few more times
When the dog stares at the tires of the car, Give it a “ban”, give it verbal praise and food rewards when it looks at you instead of the tires, and repeat until it gets the hang of it
For the owner, why not change it kind of thinking? Since your car’s tires can carry so much information, it’s no big deal, right?