So in terms of our red light green light game. Scout wants that car to come into the driveway all the way to the house because it is exciting, it means someone is home. With this new game I have started in order for him to get that car into the driveway he has to remain in a sit and the car will come forward, if he breaks his sit and moves towards the car, the car stops where it is. The idea came to me when I stopped at the mailbox to get the mail one day and he started to run down the driveway but when he became aware it was me he stopped and waited. When I started down the driveway he got up and started to move forward so I over exaggerated and got into the breaks so it was very noticeable the car stopped. Scout stopped. I started forward about 5 feet and Scout broke his sit and so again I got into the breaks. Scout stopped and sat. We did this dance about 3 times total. By this time Scout is beyond the excitement that someone is here and you are able to call him back to the house where he can remain in a sit stay until the visitor gets to the end of the driveway. It has actually worked quite well. Again I am really the major player of the game but when my father visited it worked really well. He pulled in and Scout charged down the driveway as usual and my dad stopped the truck and low and behold Scout stopped almost puzzled like "Oh crap you know the game too!" I was able to call Scout back to me immediately and put him into a down stay. With hand signals behind Scout so he couldn't see, I would wave my dad forward as long as Scout was how I wanted him and would use the universal sign for STOP if he broke the position. Not only did this limit the chasing but it helped Scout learn some self control and allows him to make the decision to sit or down and stop moving forward. He has the power to make that vehicle move forward!
