Sometimes they Just MAKE you collar conditon 'em! GDG

[JusticeDog]

Sometimes I have found that dogs just "tell" you when it's time to collar condition them.....

I've had an Honor puppy with me who has been waiting to go to the trainer.... My job as "grandma" has been to socialize her more (she was only on the farm), etc.... While she was hesitant when I got her, and afraid of most men, those days are WELL behind her.

She has always had an independent streak... choosing to go way up on the hill to go potty.... but has always come back when called....

Lately she has only been coming back when she's good and ready.... and tonite was the last straw.... I knew this day was coming - she's been wearing the dummy collar, and the real collar has been charged.

Tonite, in the dark, she took off way up the hill behind one of the barns... the VERY hilly side of course. Wouldn't come back. I could see her beady little eyes glowing in the dark when my flashlight would hit them. I see her digging in the snow? some rolling around, can't be sure, cause i don't see that far in the dark..... I'm calling, and calling, and calling.... shreaking didn't help... nothing was working. Happy calls, mean calls, etc. etc. Finally, I think she's hung on some fencing under the snow... the farm is old, and there is some barbed and/or wire fencing that is on the ground or low to the ground... so, I take off running up the hill in full snow gear... half a mile.... only to find that she's what? MOUSING! Using the same rooting technique that her daddy uses... Needless to say, I grabbed her by the collar, and had to drag her down the hills..... she fought me the whole say... putting her head in the snow twice didn't make her give in... this little girl has guts! If I wasn't so mad, I would have laughed...

Needless to say, I put her away, and when I was feeling calm...... we had our first lesson in collar conditioning.... she is very smart, as well!

Good Girl Brooke!

I was trying to wait for the trainer.... but I really heard her telling me up on that hill..... "I wanna be collar conditioned!"

[Certainty]

I know just what you mean! When Stevie turned about 6 months old we had this battle. I would call her and she would give me that "make me" look. So I did! A couple of sessions with the long line and the e-collar and I had a dog with great recall. A reminder once in a while has kept her honest.

Now I have this blf who is 5 months old and can duplicate Stevie's look very well.
I think I just heard someone say, "Make me"

[JustinS]

The same thing happened to a friend of mine's YLM he thought that when you called to him it meant running onto the highway to go sniffing for pheasants. the next day I was called and now a very eager dog comes running when you call to him.

[WRL]

.......... but I really heard her telling me up on that hill..... "I wanna be collar conditioned!"

Be honest Susan....!! That ain't what she was REALLY telling ya!!


WRL

[mjh345]

Susan, I too have a dog who loves mousing. I take the pack out for a half hour free exercise run most every day. I think its good for a competitve dog both mentally and physically to just run free for a while. We all run around and have a great time. Jules will invariably find some mouse, vole, etc scent and dig enthusiastically after them She catches and kills a few, and has also eliminated any burrowing creatures in the yard

This same dog has had a continuous leaking eye for the past 6 months. We have been to the Vet 3X and had the eye checked for seeds, awns or whatever. Nothing found. Vet has given me ointment, and I have changed her food which hasn't helped.

I bred her 3 weeks ago, so she has been kept from the others and has missed the free running sessions and inevitable mousing.

VOILA!! the eye has dried up!!!

Well 2 days ago I let her rejoin our free running sessions, and this morning I see the eye is starting to resume running.

I presume that she either is allergic to the critters she is diggig up or more likely is irritating the eye with the dirt, sand etc that she is throwing around in her vigorous digging.

Regardless, since she is CC, I plan on using my SOFT HANDS to train her to end her mouse FANTASY and encourage her to DUMP any future dates with these critters.

[Chris Atkinson]

Susan,

Miss Violet is a mouser. She too asked to be collar conditioned. It has been wonderful. I don't know that I will ever have another dog that is not cc'd and ob trained using the tool.

Good luck!

When does she go to the trainer?

[JusticeDog]

Be honest Susan....!! That ain't what she was REALLY telling ya!!


WRL

I know... it was something like "F.... buy a vowel........ Witch"

To which I replied... "Takes one to know one!"

[JusticeDog]

Susan,

Miss Violet is a mouser. She too asked to be collar conditioned. It has been wonderful. I don't know that I will ever have another dog that is not cc'd and ob trained using the tool.

Good luck!

When does she go to the trainer?

As soon as the snow clears! Should have been by now, but all over the country, the weather is for ____________. She's going to Tennesse, and they got 3" there in Nashville yesterday... or last night! Luckily, they have one snowplow!

[JusticeDog]

Susan, I too have a dog who loves mousing. I take the pack out for a half hour free exercise run most every day. I think its good for a competitve dog both mentally and physically to just run free for a while. We all run around and have a great time. Jules will invariably find some mouse, vole, etc scent and dig enthusiastically after them She catches and kills a few, and has also eliminated any burrowing creatures in the yard

This same dog has had a continuous leaking eye for the past 6 months. We have been to the Vet 3X and had the eye checked for seeds, awns or whatever. Nothing found. Vet has given me ointment, and I have changed her food which hasn't helped.

I bred her 3 weeks ago, so she has been kept from the others and has missed the free running sessions and inevitable mousing.

VOILA!! the eye has dried up!!!

Well 2 days ago I let her rejoin our free running sessions, and this morning I see the eye is starting to resume running.

I presume that she either is allergic to the critters she is diggig up or more likely is irritating the eye with the dirt, sand etc that she is throwing around in her vigorous digging.

Regardless, since she is CC, I plan on using my SOFT HANDS to train her to end her mouse FANTASY and encourage her to DUMP any future dates with these critters.

Just go get some saline, from walmart or target... in the eye section - not contact lens solution, but saline, and rinse out... I bet the eye problems will stop. I think it's the dirt, too... I've had this also...

[WRL]

I know... it was something like "F.... buy a vowel........ Witch"

To which I replied... "Takes one to know one!"

He he he....!! Too funny.

WRL