We live on a fairly main road, and when we first started taking Izzy on walks we would go round the block which was 1/2 on the main road and 1/2 on a quiet back street, and while she was a bit unsure of all the cars whizzing past she still walked with us (with a little food-based encouragement!) However she soon seemed to develop a fear of going onto the main road, and wouldn't even walk out the front door. We currently drive her to a local park and she walks brilliantly there, and when we go visit the folks she walks fine on the quieter roads near their houses.

I thought it was because there are constantly cars going past that she doesn't like, because she tends to ignore the occasional car driving past when we're on a quieter road. So this morning I thought I'd bring her out again while it was quiet to see whether she's improved. She hopped straight out the front door, got halfway down the path before turning around sharpish and pulling to go back inside. This is normally what happens but this time there was not a single car around!

Is it possible that she's just decided that the main road is scary regardless of whether any cars are going past? If so, any advice on helping her get over it? I managed to get her to go down the path, 10m along the main road and back up the driveway twice using a spoon smeared in peanut butter, but I was wondering if anyone else has experienced anything like this and has any other suggestions!

__________________

Kilo had a phase of refusing to walk on a certain road at work - I found that getting him to carry a toy helped. Only took a few days until he happily trotted along with his toy, then a few more until I tried without the toy; he was fine and has been ever since.

__________________

clover doesn't like walking on any new shiny surfaces.
anything like tiles, lino or smooth wooden floor would have him come to a standstill and he would not move at all.
gentle pulling of the lead would only make him slide across the floor! (what we called hovering)

we fixed this by walking from a familiar surface to the new in very small steps.
literally, one step at a time.
he soon gets used to it and now can walk on a variety of surfaces!

i think having his paw fur trimmed very short also helps, it stops him from slipping and i think that was what he was afraid of.

__________________

sometimes taz just dont want to go for a walk.its like ill come when im ready.im an idiot and let him do it.

__________________