Wheelie bins!

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What is it about the sight/sound of a wheelie bin that makes my collie lose his mind??! They make him go ballistic, if he’s in the house and the neighbours wheel theirs past he loses his mind, and at the next available opportunity will launch an attack on mine, even if it’s a couple of hours later. Even more curious, why does he only ever attack the left wheel?? He completely ignores the right one and circles past it to launch at the left one. He does this with all 3 bins. Strange little pup. Is it just mine?
 
😂 collie logic. Although wheelie bins in general are a deeply suspicious concept - my big daft lump of a horse tells me regularly.
 
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Not something I've come across before, the dogs have always mooched about and come with me/us when putting the bins out. At the family home the bins were within site of/pretty close to the outdoor pens so they were never a big deal.

I suppose it is something which is large and loud and moves, like a car or horse etc which can also trigger dogs. If you put yourself at a dog's eye level you can understand why some of these things can seem scary or threatening.

I've obviously known of dogs chasing/attacking cars and bike wheels but bins is a new one.
 
I guess on the plus side whilst he is around I am unlikely to ever be caught unawares by a savage wheelie bin with ill intent towards me.

The bin killer himself.
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On the lookout for bins.
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CorvusCorax said:
Not something I've come across before, the dogs have always mooched about and come with me/us when putting the bins out. At the family home the bins were within site of/pretty close to the outdoor pens so they were never a big deal.

I suppose it is something which is large and loud and moves, like a car or horse etc which can also trigger dogs. If you put yourself at a dog's eye level you can understand why some of these things can seem scary or threatening.

I've obviously known of dogs chasing/attacking cars and bike wheels but bins is a new one.
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You’re absolutely right of course. Although getting better, he is still very much inclined to chase cars (and anything else that moves) so this is certainly linked. I think if I get to the point where he can ignore the bin then we will be winning in relation to all the other impulse control issues too.
 
Oh my goodness he is so l lovely and grown up! When I was a child we had a westie that was exactly the same. Wheelie bin mad- you could not bring the wheelie bin in for him biting, snarling and lunging at the wheels on it. But a more loving and laid back dog you couldn't meet in all others aspects!
He was with us since he was 8 weeks old and nothing had ever happened with the wheelie bin, so goodness knows what goes on in their heads!
Thankfully the big goofy gsd would rather see if there are any cardboard boxes that need torn up from out blue recycling bin!
 
He really is turning into a fantastic little dog. His temperament is second to none, just wonderful with people, great with other dogs, he seems to read them well, leaves well alone unless they give off a real ‘play with me’ vibe, and then plays beautifully, if the other dog is not too sure they want to play chase then mine keeps running away from them until they realise they can be the chaser and aren’t going to get decked but equally happy to roughhouse with more confident ones. Good with the cats now. Easy in the house, sleeps and chills out, not destructive, can be left alone comfortably. Excellent ‘cafe dog’ behaves really well in shops, cafes and restaurants. He is getting way more interested in toys and engaging. We still have impulse issues, recall is not at all good right now, he’ll spot a bird in flight and will just go like a rocket after it, staring straight up into the sky, so generally has to be on longline for his own safety. But we will get there. I’m just so proud of him. It all started to come together once I got my neurological issues and related anxiety under control and gave him some jobs to do.
 
Erm- the mostly whippet can't be trusted to behave if I want to bring the wheelie bin in- furious wheel biting, accompanied by the sort of noises terriers make when they fight.
And I've had him since he was a pup, so I can't say he he's had Former Wheelie Bin Trauma.
But he is 1/6th collie :)
 
like my collie with lawn mowers, even when not running.
but things like articulated lorries, the ride on mowers that drive past at the farm quite often, and a wood chipper, get no response!
 
A wheelie bin being wheeled along anything other than a perfectly flat and well laid piece of tarmac makes a really loud noise.

It's like fifty tenor drum novices in a drum and bugle band, but without the bugles.

And when the wheelie bin is half empty, it's even worse.

I'm not surprised that a dog, with more sensitive ears than ours, finds that noise annoying.
 
CorvusCorax said:
A lot of behaviours in dogs that people attribute to fear or trauma are actually just dogs being wallies and it's sometimes quite alright to tell a dog to quit being a wally ;)
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So- as mine is mostly whippet and a tiny bit collie, and being a fool about the bin (its okay, I know he's being an eejit), would that officially make him a total wollie? See what I did there?! :)
 
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