Training your dog

[kill]

Have a lovely 15 month old collie we were given who's very good with cattle but we were told he's was a slight nuisance as he came from a farm very close to a road. Well yesterday he ran out at a horse even tho we are further from the road and we had a phone call saying that he had been far worst than what we had been told by the original owner and a persistent offender at spooking horses and chasing cars and putting walkers on edge.
Is there anything can be successfully done or will it need further rehoming as wife will not even hear mention of a permanent cure so no sugestsion of that please.

 

[Highland Mule]

Do as you would expect the public to do and keep him on a lead?

 

[Dry Rot]

PM sent.

 

[kill]

Do as you would expect the public to do and keep him on a lead?

Free range farm dog tho as we are in a fairly remote area

 

[Aspiring Peasant]

I got a 14 month old labrador once which chased sheep. Got an e collar. Couple of shocks when he was chasing them and that was it. I could walk him through a field with sheep off his lead and he wouldn't look at them. Turned into a brilliant rough shooting dog and died last year at 14. If I hadn't done that he would have had a wasted life

 

[Dry Rot]

Free range farm dog tho as we are in a fairly remote area

Sorry, but you are asking for trouble leaving a working dog loose. They need to be chained or kennelled. The Devil finds work for idle paws (and teeth!). Disregard my PM if this is the case.

 

[Highland Mule]

Free range farm dog tho as we are in a fairly remote area

Not that remote if there are horses passing that it can worry and pedestrians it can attack. As Dry Rot says, get it chained up.

 

[Dry Rot]

I got a 14 month old labrador once which chased sheep. Got an e collar. Couple of shocks when he was chasing them and that was it. I could walk him through a field with sheep off his lead and he wouldn't look at them. Turned into a brilliant rough shooting dog and died last year at 14. If I hadn't done that he would have had a wasted life

Funny how the owners of dogs ruined by the use of e-collars never post? It's always those who have performed the magical cure!

 

[Aspiring Peasant]

Funny how the owners of dogs ruined by the use of e-collars never post? It's always those who have performed the magical cure!

You've got to be very careful how you use them. They are not a substitute for bad training. I think they are only to be used sparingly for specific problems like sheep chasing. They are NOT to be used for general training to recall, sit etc that is a recipe for disaster. In the example I mentioned he was probably only "zapped" 2 or 3 times and that was enough.

 

[Dry Rot]

You've got to be very careful how you use them. They are not a substitute for bad training. I think they are only to be used sparingly for specific problems like sheep chasing. They are NOT to be used for general training to recall, sit etc that is a recipe for disaster. In the example I mentioned he was probably only "zapped" 2 or 3 times and that was enough.

Electric collars are now banned in Wales and soon to be banned in Scotland and England. They have been banned by government agencies (Ministry of Defence, Prison Service, Customs & Excise, the police, etc.) in the UK for some time. Changes in the law are not made without widespread consultation and scientific studies. Speaking for myself, I would not consider anyone who needs to use an e-collar to be a suitable owner for any dog, let alone a Labrador.

 

[Greenbeast]

My two shepherds are only out of their kennel when with me. One is lovely but the other will nip heels and elbows (something I am working on)

 

[primmiemoo]

It's been a while since I've ridden, but I took the view that every dog encountered was a potential leaper out and barker, and rode accordingly.

Don't riders think any more?

 

[puppet]

My two shepherds are only out of their kennel when with me. One is lovely but the other will nip heels and elbows (something I am working on)

I was 'nipped' on the elbow by an excitable spaniel. Enough to draw blood. The owner who was standing beside me didn't seem too worried but the dog was when it got the toe of my boot right in its chest

 

[Highland Mule]

I was 'nipped' on the elbow by an excitable spaniel. Enough to draw blood. The owner who was standing beside me didn't seem too worried but the dog was when it got the toe of my boot right in its chest

Shocking. Without apology, the owner would be getting a police visit for that. What if you have been a small child?

 

[Dry Rot]

I was standing at the ring side at The Black Isle show and felt something rubbing against my leg. Looked down and it was a young Labrador. I stretched down and stroked his head. I could feel him against my leg for quite a few minutes until the owner and the crowd moved off.

When I looked down, there was a big hole chewed in my trousers!!! Bloody Labs!

 

[Greenbeast]

I was 'nipped' on the elbow by an excitable spaniel. Enough to draw blood. The owner who was standing beside me didn't seem too worried but the dog was when it got the toe of my boot right in its chest

I am beyond apologetic if she gets that far now, although in reality is only happened 2-3 times (no broken skin) and I manage her interactions with strangers now.