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[Bird]

So this forum us for dog pictures. Well, here's Ripper, newest member of our family. He's a Maltese/Yorkie cross, will be 6 weeks old tomorrow and weighs in at about 3.5 pounds. Has the makin's of a good guard dog. He'll guard your toes all day.

 

[goeduck]

So this forum us for dog pictures. Well, here's Ripper, newest member of our family. He's a Maltese/Yorkie cross, will be 6 weeks old tomorrow and weighs in at about 3.5 pounds. Has the makin's of a good guard dog. He'll guard your toes all day.

Watch out for him chewing your shoelaces!

 

[ArlyA]

Blessing of the animals sounds great. I remember that from when I was a kid. Very important for the kids and priest alike.

Yes, but we are ELCA Lutheran.

 

[Sigarms]

I have never used a shock collar. I just keep a good harness on them and yank the leash appropriately until the know the rules.

I could see using them in an emergency situation. I had one I thought was trained enough to be around cattle. It wasn't. Thirty 700 lb steers to the 4 corners after they broke their fence down getting away.

Honestly, the only thing I use a shock collar for is keeping the dog within eyesight and ensuring it listens to "come" commands. As mentioned, generally with every dog, as long as the dog associates the vibrate with a shock (generally after the first one), vibrate is all you need to use.

Most dogs, with a calm voice and treats are responsive, but until you know the dog good for a good 3 months or so, it can be hard to be certain when you don't know the dogs history.

Training / shock collars should never be used to try and subdue aggressive behavior, it only makes the aggression worse.

For dogs who have an aversion to water, a spray bottle works wonders for simple negative reinforcement when needed, particularly indoors. Keep in mind, the dog has to associate the good or bad behavior with the appropriate positive or negative stimulus.

Please note, no training collars seen in this picture

 

[Acethe3rd]

Rest assured... the powers that be have a special place for dogs put aside as they wait for us to join them. She is beautiful.

Sounds like Spinal myelopathy, my Ace (Boxer rescue) was on wheels for 3 months until he started having seizures. I had to put him down. I lost three rescues last year. All 3 were put quietly and humanely down. It was horrible, one I had 15 years, one for 8 years and one for 3 years. I am so sorry. Thank God for people like you that rescues these fur babies. I am so very sorry.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Honestly, the only thing I use a shock collar for is keeping the dog within eyesight and ensuring it listens to "come" commands. As mentioned, generally with every dog, as long as the dog associates the vibrate with a shock (generally after the first one), vibrate is all you need to use.

Most dogs, with a calm voice and treats are responsive, but until you know the dog good for a good 3 months or so, it can be hard to be certain when you don't know the dogs history.

Training / shock collars should never be used to try and subdue aggressive behavior, it only makes the aggression worse.

For dogs who have an aversion to water, a spray bottle works wonders for simple negative reinforcement when needed, particularly indoors. Keep in mind, the dog has to associate the good or bad behavior with the appropriate positive or negative stimulus.

Please note, no training collars seen in this picture

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I think the powers that be will have a special place for people like you as well.

 

[sixdogs]

Out for our nightly ride. He loves 55 MPH with the window down.

 

[Frankenkubota]

So this forum us for dog pictures. Well, here's Ripper, newest member of our family. He's a Maltese/Yorkie cross, will be 6 weeks old tomorrow and weighs in at about 3.5 pounds. Has the makin's of a good guard dog. He'll guard your toes all day.

great name

 

[Sigarms]

I think the powers that be will have a special place for people like you as well.

If that statement was meant in a negative light, please consider 4 things...

1 - I've used the collar on myself (thigh, not the neck) and zapped myself pretty good so I know what I'm dishing out if I go that route (my boys weren't up to it ).

2 - Taking pretty much all the dogs in our past care on walks on our property, I've never lost one dog, nor have ever had a neighbor complain about our dogs on their property doing things they shouldn't be doing (technically speaking, the blue tick hound that we ended up keeping ourselves did wonder off about 4 miles away, but we did get a phone call from a nice person who found his contact info on his collar and called us, but that stopped after he started wearing a "collar" to a point, because he was pretty sneaky, but that stopped after a couple of years, and now we never worry about him leaving).

3 - All the animals in our care had found great loving families who actually appreciated us knowing the dog and it's behavior, and we made some great freindships over the years becuase of dogs.

4 - Although a "shock collar" can imply you don't know how to spend time to actually train a dog, the reality is it only a tool that can actually accomplish training if used correctly, particularly if you don't know how to keep a dog on your property. I'd much prefer a training collar like this than an underground fence for numerous reasons.

See below. Walking off lead without a "training collar". Although she likes to get about 15-20 yards in front of me (she'll always look back if she doesn't hear my footsteps and turn around if I'm walking the other way).

I found her at our Greensboro office by the airport. Guys were feeding her pizza and I ended up taking her home because no one else would. She was scared ****eless on the drive home the first day. Point being, you have to be certain of your dogs behavior before you put them into a relatively unknown situation. Going up the hill before this point, she's on lead only for the fact that people can drive live idiots going around corners going up or down a hill.

 

[Jstpssng]

Any dog I have don't spend much time on a leash; Ruger rarely wears a collar except for when we are going to the vet's or into the hardware store. He goes to work with me and is mostly left to his own devices; they don't pay me to chase after a dog. Generally he rarely lets me out of his sight.
My last dog was a different story. I'm lucky that she didn't get me in trouble, fortunately we worked a long ways from houses. She would disappear, only coming back to make sure that I was where I was supposed to be. Nothing I tried would work. If I ever have another dog like her there will definitely be an e-collar in her life.
She also wore a pinch collar

(HERM SPRENGER Ultra-Plus Training Dog Prong Collar, 20-in neck, 3.25-mm wide - Chewy.com)
I took a lot of flak for that over the years from well meaning, clueless people who told me I was "Cruel". Maybe so, but the only time that she wore it was when leaving the truck to go out in public; simply picking it up would get her all excited as she loved people.
I had tried a version of the "gentle leader" collar but it made her think she was being punished and didn't know why. It also made people think she was vicious and wouldn't approach her. I think that I burned that thing.