Chickentrain's Dog Q&A

[chickentrains]

I love flexis for WELL trained dogs.

deacon is on a flexi quite often

 

[chickentrains]

My question is about if the benefits of an electric fence outweigh the risks, in a situation where the dog would be outside with supervision, and not just tossed in the yard.

my answer is yes

 

[ShrekDawg]

I love flexis for WELL trained dogs.

deacon is on a flexi quite often

Yeah I think it depends on the dog. They just scare me cause of all the idiots with them hahah plus I worry they’d snap or something. Idk.

 

[black_cat]

IMO retractable leashes are best for small, well trained dogs.

 

[h2oratt]

Our yard is partially physically fenced, and the part that isn't has a reason: it would require heavy machinery, the removal of an entire hill that is mostly based on huge rocks, and thousands of dollars.


My question is about if the benefits of an electric fence outweigh the risks, in a situation where the dog would be outside with supervision, and not just tossed in the yard.

Just telling you what I do with my puppy buyers. Believe me there are plenty of times you need to put the puppy out and you don’t have time to supervise.

 

[chickentrains]

Yeah I think it depends on the dog. They just scare me cause of all the idiots with them hahah plus I worry they’d snap or something. Idk.

I've used mine for 3 years and its never snapped. I connect it to the leash connecter that goes around my waist and it makes it super easy for hands free walks and in a click of a button I can have the leash locked.

here is my usual set up

I carry the muzzle incase we need to walk past an area with out of control/off leash dogs. The flexi is used as a long line that drags behind him, or as a leash as I either have the option of a 6 ft leash, or a 1ft leash. The flexi is a happy medium so deacon can have a bit of leash but the leash isn't dragging on the floor and getting caught under armits

 

[chickentrains]

in the pouch is treats b/c we are still actively working on reactivity, and poo bags, bc im a dog owner duh

 

[black_cat]

Yeah, she’s probably not running top speed haha or maybe she’s running a little bit but I think needs something longer maybe.

Are you the only one exercising her or?

She gets more walks of a similar length to the ones that I’ve done

Could they take her somewhere? Or alternatively if her recall isn’t great, you could try keeping her on a long line and/or an e collar if they’d let you. But the e collar requires training so I’d go with a long line if they don’t already have a collar. They have a ton of different lengths and width and stuff too. Anywhere from like 10-15 feet or 25 up to like 50 ft, 100 ft, etc. and that would let her explore and run around, get some more exercise, but still be under control. And you could also work on her recall at the same time so added bonus haha these are not flexi leads btw, I think those are dangerous tbh, but it’s just a regular leash that’s way longer.

I’m worried as I’m not a real dog trainer person, I just enjoy working with their dog, it’s kinda overstepping to get one of those. If we get one for Finn I might try it sometime with her. I will be bringing over one of our leashes when I next walk her- theirs is short because it has knots in it for some reason.

I got mine online but they have some in stores. They don’t usually have the big 50 ft ones though. A horse lunge like might work too

I’m glad you’re letting her sniff though. That’s good. I would definitely take her on those trails if you can! A mile isn’t too bad and I think it’d be really good for her to go on not only a longer walk but also something more interesting like a hike in the woods where she can sniff and explore haha even if you just do it every once in a while and not all the time. You could also go on a longer walk in the neighborhood too but I think the trails would be a great idea.

Sounds good!

And a watch me command is always good just to know but I would also kind of start over so to speak with her training and start inside or on a deck or garage or somewhere totally non distracting and make sure she’s solid on the basics then slowly introduce distractions a little at a time.

She’s great at sit and down in the house and yard, but not so much on walks.

Starting with something not very interesting and working up to bigger distractions. Dogs don’t generalize well so just because they know it inside with no distractions doesn’t mean they will know it when they’re outside with a squirrel or deer running by haha they have to be introduced slowly and only once they are successful at the previous level.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I've used mine for 3 years and its never snapped. I connect it to the leash connecter that goes around my waist and it makes it super easy for hands free walks and in a click of a button I can have the leash locked.

here is my usual set up View attachment 2597585

I carry the muzzle incase we need to walk past an area with out of control/off leash dogs. The flexi is used as a long line that drags behind him, or as a leash as I either have the option of a 6 ft leash, or a 1ft leash. The flexi is a happy medium so deacon can have a bit of leash but the leash isn't dragging on the floor and getting caught under armits

That makes sense!! That seems like a great set up!

She gets more walks of a similar length to the ones that I’ve done

I’m worried as I’m not a real dog trainer person, I just enjoy working with their dog, it’s kinda overstepping to get one of those. If we get one for Finn I might try it sometime with her. I will be bringing over one of our leashes when I next walk her- theirs is short because it has knots in it for some reason.

Sounds good!

She’s great at sit and down in the house and yard, but not so much on walks.

So mostly just walks though? Like they don’t take her anywhere to run or?

And I don’t think it’d be overstepping. I use one all the time with dogs I watch or whatever. But of course it’s mostly friends and family so far but still. Most people wouldn’t care I don’t think and would be glad their dog is getting some extra exercise but under control. Some people just let client’s dogs loose so I think they would be glad that you aren’t. But you could always ask them if you are concerned. But I think they would be fine with it. You don’t have to be a trainer to use it. I’m not. But it gives them freedom.

And yeah I’d definitely practice on walks then or you can even add the distractions in the house first before the walks.

 

[ShrekDawg]

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