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Why do dogs chase bikes and scooters? The instinct behind the sprint

A dog that chases a moving vehicle is not confused about what the vehicle is. It is responding to movement the way its nervous system was built to respond, with pursuit. The behaviour looks chaotic from the footpath, but inside the dog it follows a clean sequence: something moves fast, the predatory motor pattern fires, the dog gives chase. The object being a Royal Enfield rather than a rabbit is irrelevant to that sequence.

The predatory motor pattern and why movement is the trigger

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