Hey all! Looking at adopting a lab. I have experience with dogs but this will be my first that would live with just me at home. I'm more than ready for the challenges of training and caring for a pup, and they bring me great joy. I have enough space for one, a dog park at the apartment complex, free time during the day (I am home most workdays)
My issue is that I work in auto racing. It would mean a lot to be able to take the dog to the track and work with me on weekends. Certainty won't be the only pup at the track but I'd like to make sure that I can get them adjusted to car noises (with hearing protection!) such that I'm not scaring or hurting the poor thing. A "track dog" would be great as I mostly work indoor (media center/motorhome/race control) and could take care of them during the day without having to shelter or hire a dog sitter for 12-15 weekends a year. With that frequency and 8-16hour days at the track, as you can imagine it's pretty important.
There are many dogs who are track dogs in every series/track. I'm wondering if any of you have experience in getting a young pup adjusted to the sounds and training them to be comfortable in an environment similar? Best practices? Will some dogs just naturally never be able to have it "trained out of them?" Good products to help? I don't want to adopt only to give a dog up because they can't mesh with my work schedule, as that wouldn't be fair to them.
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