CAN ANYBODY HELP ME?

WHEN I TAKE MY BORDER TERRIER FOR A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK, IF A DOG WALKS PAST AND 2 MINS LATER I LET HIM OFF THE LEAD, HE AUTOMATICALLY RUNS THE SAME WAY AS THE DOG WENT AND WILL NOT COME BACK? HOW DO I TRAIN HIM NOT TO DO THIS AS IT IS VERY DANGEROUS WITH THE ROADS..

AND NO MATTER HOW BIG THE DOG IS HE STILLS RUNS AFTER THEM..???

THANKS.

Only let him off the lead in a safe place; not near the road.

I DO LET HIM OFF IN A SAFE AREA BUT EVEN IF ITS A MILE AWAY HE WILL STILL RUN OFF....

Why not use an extending lead (away from road) until he learns he has to come back?

BUT WITH HIM BEING A BORDER TERRIER HE NEEDS LOTS OF EXCERCISE AND A GOOD RUN ROUND...IS THERE ANY WAY I COULD JUST STOP HIM FROM CHASING AFTER THEM, AND TO STAY BY MY SIDE..

You could take him to APDT-run training classes. They should be able to advise you. (And could you take off your Caps Lock? It makes your posts difficult to read, and is considered to be 'shouting' on the net. Thanks.)
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THANKS!! my caps lock is stuck, thanks for the advice tho!

Keep in mind that if you do not train him or keep him on the lead he will not need any exercise - he'll be dead. 

I have one Cairn who I can trust off the lead.  I have another Cairn who I have not yet started training, but already I can see the chances are pretty close to zero that I will ever be able to let him off lead.  Not all dogs can be trained to perfect recall in every situation.  For those that cannot be you have to make sure that you never let them off lead in an area where they are at risk.

Stacey

You can't just "stop" the behaviour, it's now a habbit of his and so you need to untrain that habbit and retrain a new one (to stay by you and not run off). 

I am assuming that you had taught your puppy the recall when you first got him?

Rather then letting him off put him onto an extending lead or a long line so he can run but you still have control.  with this when he runs off to chase another dog he can only go so far, have the line to call him in and gently guide him back with the line, and use lots of prasie at the end.  Keep this up on every walk untill you no-longer have to use the line to guide him back.  Maybe you could always try and walk somewhere where there are very few chances of meeting dogs?

I'm sure all on here are aware that your boder terrier needs alot of exercise but at the same time him being "untrained" is a risk to himself, because as you say there are roads!

I am afraid when you get a problem like this you really do have to go back to trining basics and start from scratch, I'ts hard work and along job but with dedication and a firm owner with lots of praise waiting the dog when he does something right then you will soon (hopefully) have a well trained dog!

Also do you go to any obedience classes?  I suggest you find one in your area and go to it.  I will take all puppies I have to a local club to socilise them and teach them basic obedience (heel, come, stay, sit, down, stand etc) nothing to compete with, but just the basics!

Good luck, just remember this can't be done over night and can take time.  How old is you BT?

My BT does exactly the same thing and I never let him off the lead unless I'm 100% sure there are no dogs around and we won't bump into any. When he sees another dog or a rabbit, his recall is zero.

I've been trying for 18 months to train him out of this and his habit of going for other dogs with no success. My dog is 5 but if yours is younger you will probably have a much better chance of changing his behaviour. It is very hard work though and you have to persevere and persevere. If you haven't been to a training class then I would enrol in one to get an idea of the training methods first before you continue them at home.

I now just manage my dogs behaviour by keeping him on the lead most of the time and distracting him when I see other dogs.  Mine doesn't seem to mind being on the lead as long as he's getting his walks.

Good luck with your dog, BT's are great dogs :)

CG