My dog chasing chickens. --solved!

[machinehead24]

I have a Doberman who loves to chase around our turkey. He made the mistake of getting too close to one of the hens one day and the rooster let him have it. Now he wont go near them. The turkey now spends his days hangin with the chickens so the dog leaves him alone now too

 

[kstavert]

There was/is a thread where a fellow who trained dogs discussed using the electric shock collar. The key was not to give the dog the shock via the collar when the dog begins to move aggressively towards the chickens; then it's too late from his perspective. Rather, it was close observation without the dog knowing he was being observed. Then when the dog even looked at the chickens with interest, it got zapped while thinking about them. But since the owner/trainer was not necessarily there from the dog's point of view, each dog was trained to adhere to this sort of behavior even while the owner/trainer was absent. (Remember, the training took place largely without the person directly and verbally intervening from the dog's viewpoint.)

In other words, the dogs learned that even thinking about getting after a chicken resulted in a nasty, throw me on the ground jolt. And he didn't mess around with a low shock first and then slowly build up power until the dog's comfort level was breached. He nailed it hard each and every time so that even thinking about the chicken chase was to be avoided at all costs from the dog's viewpoint. Worked, worked quickly and end of story. Others that tried it got the same positive results.

Thank you.... I have been thinking about
doing this...shock collar .... with my
Red Heeler.... she is absolutely obsessed
with the chickens... she's killed quite a
few ;(

My father-in-law says to shoot her - and,
I guess, farmers would do that, eh?

I have a citronella collar and am considering
using that with her... she's actually really
easy to train and will (usually) listen to me.

I know that she will definitely NOT like the
citronella...

I will start with that and let you know how
it goes...