I considered an e-collar for ours but decided against it. It is IMPERATIVE to time the correction properly, otherwise the dog associates something entirely different to the shock. In a friend’s case, the dog was barking at people walking by the yard and the collar zapped him……….he is now totally convinced that anyone walking buy the yard is a danger. I also have a friend whose dog was corrected and there was another dog in the yard. The corrected dog attacked the other because it associated the other dog with the shock.
We have livestock and my fear is that the dog will transfer that aggression onto an unsuspecting alpaca.
I think slow and methodical training is the answer with Pyrs. They are smart and will pick it up. They don’t normally have a high prey drive and should be able to handle the birds in time.
Unfortunately, my Anatolians’ prey drive is high, as are two of our Border Collie’s. They just can’t seem to help themselves. My geriatric BC, at age 13 ½ does half hearted chases towards the guineas when they are alarming, but it is all show. She walks past chickens and turkeys and could care less about them.
Laura
Laura Roberts
R Half Pint Farm
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Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 10:00 PM
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Subject: Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: New LGD killed my guinea
…………………………………………………………it's possible his prey
drive towards birds might be too strong to ever break him completely. You
could try an e-collar but please be very careful, if your timing isn't
just right it can really mess a dog up.
Best of luck!
Maureen and the girls at the
Rowdy Girls Ranch
CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
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