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[holm25]

The puppy is so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[duluthralphie]

I teach my dogs "leave it" and "no" . When they hear "leave it" they know they better do that..
"No" of course means no but is used so frequently by accident and others it does not have the same effect on mine as "leave it" does.


If she is a pointing lab the chickens should be no problem as she should only "flush" them on command. I have not had any trouble with my hunting dogs and the birds. But they were trained for hunting years before I got the birds. I used a wire "dog fence" and collars at first to keep them apart, Now they just ignore the birds....BUT they have started liking eggs and poop, so they have to wear muzzles for life now.

 

[ejb3810]

Bogtown, that is a beautiful little Lab. Alas in the process of growing up it will have to learn not to go there, not to chew that, not to chase those and the list goes on, Hopefully that is part of the fun for someone there with you.
Dogs are individuals after all with their own personalities and idiosyncrasies, and each presents their own particular challenges to the trainer.
My wife has three Shih Tzu's. Two males and a female. The males have no interest in the birds, but the female is a hunting dynamo. If it moves she wants to kill it. Squirrel, Chipmunk, Chicken, Guinea, Coyote, Bear or whatever.
As a result she is on a leash or lead whenever outside, because the net result is she will kill it or it will kill her.
When first we got this little troublemaker I did not realize that it would chase anything that moves. My wife has her own company and works daily. I am retired and watch the livestock. This little dog and I are in the front yard where she proceeds to chase a butterfly down the driveway onto the road and up the hill, This dog is fast, and I am not due to too many kickoff returns in football games.
I am thinking as I am hobbling after this procession if a car comes over the hill and kills this little dog my wife will kill me when she gets home. Luckily my persistent screaming and the butterfly elevating it's flight path caused the dog to return to me before any car came over the hill.

 

[duluthralphie]

Bogtown, that is a beautiful little Lab. Alas in the process of growing up it will have to learn not to go there, not to chew that, not to chase those and the list goes on, Hopefully that is part of the fun for someone there with you.
Dogs are individuals after all with their own personalities and idiosyncrasies, and each presents their own particular challenges to the trainer.
My wife has three Shih Tzu's. Two males and a female. The males have no interest in the birds, but the female is a hunting dynamo. If it moves she wants to kill it. Squirrel, Chipmunk, Chicken, Guinea, Coyote, Bear or whatever.
As a result she is on a leash or lead whenever outside, because the net result is she will kill it or it will kill her.
When first we got this little troublemaker I did not realize that it would chase anything that moves. My wife has her own company and works daily. I am retired and watch the livestock. This little dog and I are in the front yard where she proceeds to chase a butterfly down the driveway onto the road and up the hill, This dog is fast, and I am not due to too many kickoff returns in football games.
I am thinking as I am hobbling after this procession if a car comes over the hill and kills this little dog my wife will kill me when she gets home. Luckily my persistent screaming and the butterfly elevating it's flight path caused the dog to return to me before any car came over the hill.

Not knowing your wife but knowing mine., I suggest you have a bag packed and hidden, sort of like a bug-out bag. If something should happen to the little dog, I would let you hideout in Togo until the heat blows over.

 

[ejb3810]

Ralphie, I sincerely want to thank you for the suggestion and offer. Having met your wife and knowing mine intimately, I suspect that I would need to find an even more obscure and remote location than Togo to be safe. I am not sure there is such a place?
My wife is much smaller than I, but she is much faster and she could probably beat me at arm wrestling. As I see it she is also much meaner and can hold a grudge for a much longer time period. As you might conclude, my fate would be doomed.

 

[Cyrus83]

And I got a flippin cat! Thanks for rubbing it in bogtown.

 

[Cyrus83]

I haven't had a hunting dog since my last redbone Rosie got hit by a car.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Dogs Rule Cyrus! LOL. Oh dear. I do like kitties but just not in my house. Bless you for adopting it though Cyrus. Sadie is fun so far. I have to say. And the kids are totally involved today and up to snuff on clean ups and keeping her entertained. Lets see if it stays this way.

I like the idea of another word for "no" when it comes to the chickens. I've been using "Niiiiice." but "Mine" or "Leave it." is good too. There's some training I can do with meat and "leave it" that I just read this AM.

Ralphie and EJB it's good that you all have been trained through the years yourselves

....to know what your up against if a fur-baby gets run over or what-have-you.

And thanks a bunch Holm. I wish I could have you all over to meet her. She is pretty sweet.

Tootsie remains undecided about her.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

I haven't had a hunting dog since my last redbone Rosie got hit by a car.

Oh as in a big ole droopy Hound Dog?! I would love one of those. Are they hard headed though? Hounds have been traditionally hard headed for me to train....Beagles, dachshunds....

Rosie....I love the name.

 

[scandiafowl]

I haven't had a hunting dog since my last redbone Rosie got hit by a car.

Funny, my stupid dog is a Rosie as well.