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Um, it sounds to me like you need a fence AND some professional training sessions, too. In our classes one of the routine excersizes is to prepare/condition a dog for future collar grabbing, so at first it is a game with a rewarded treat... you grab the colllar and give a treat...
As for fencing suggestions: I suggest a physical fence. Keep my dogs and animals in, keeps others out. Keeps "people" out, I'd be more worried about human tresspassers than animal. If you cannot afford a more solid fence, like chainlink, cattle/field/dog wire fencing, may want to look into a...
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Quite a quandry you have, huh?
Can you afford vet care if she got hit by a car?
I am not trying to be snarky or sarcastic. When I was running dog classes we had this saying: Either you can pay to replace your torn up couch (or whatever) or pay for puppy classes and training on how to...
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To me, it just seemed that you just want some pups running around. If that's the case, volunteer your family and home as a foster for a local Pyr rescue.
No foster group would allow you to foster pups without a fenced-in place for them to be. Also, no responsible breeder would probably...
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Couldn't agree more with you.
I really feel that if you don't show or aren't trying to better the breed by working or conformation lines then you really shouldn't be breeding.
Look at all the animals destroyed in animal shelters each year. Look at all the breed rescue groups.
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Why, because somebody on the internet said not to?
Heck, everybody should breed thier dogs no matter what. Just because it would be..................... FUN.
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Quite a quandry you have, huh?
Can you afford vet care if she got hit by a car?
I am not trying to be snarky or sarcastic. When I was running dog classes we had this saying: Either you can pay to replace your torn up couch (or whatever) or pay for puppy classes and training on how to...