thescoutranch
TN Transplant - We love living in TX
I know, TGT has been using one of those shock, collars on @Moonpie for the last couple years to try to break him of his glock, habit, with no success.Ok guys, I'd really appreciate your opinion on something.
The 2 cleared acres around our house is fenced, gated.
Duke can belly crawl under it; he's done it 3 times now - but always crawled back in on his own, after maybe 10 minutes. One time he crawled out the backside, did who knows what, but crawled back in under the driveway gate out front. We've since lowered the gate, found a couple 'easy spots' on the fence and patched those with more fencing... and if we were rich (we're not) I'd have the bottom of the whole fence line brought down and secured somehow.
I will NOT chain him up; we are both retired so there's no reason to leave him alone (inside or outside) for any length of time. We did put a 6x8 kennel on the carport for our own emergencies, like if we both had to leave at the same time for a couple hours.
We're talking about a perimeter system with those shock collar things... which I really dont want to do for a couple reasons: I think he's too young (4mo) but maybe that's not too young, I just dont know. Another reason, and the biggest for me, is that he's doing really well otherwise and if for some reason the collar didn't work - wouldn't he, after escaping, be like 'there's places in there that hurt me, why would I go back?' Especially with his very recent history of buckshot.
We dont leave him out alone/unmonitored - but he's so damn fast, lol, if/when he heads for the fence line my old bones wouldn't get to him quick enough... but our phone number is on his collar, and I'm putting in the work needed otherwise - which I'll keep doing whatever happens or is decided.
Any input would be very appreciated, especially about the shock collar idea.
Many Thanks ~
If you were out there with your dog, I would look into the shock collar with the remote control button. One button gives an audible alarm, second button, give some mild shock, third button gives a more severe shock.
The theory is when they start the bad behavior, like trying to skirt under the fence you give him the audible alarm if he keeps going, then you follow it with a shock.
The dog learns that the audible beep is a warning before the shock, so he learns to stop the behavior when he hears the beep, and eventually learns to stop the behavior at all.