snakes

[Triple Willow]

Try a shock collar.  My pit killed 8 chickens the day I brought him home.  I went out and got a sportdog shock collar and turned that sucker up to 11.  Now he takes dust baths with the chickens too.  I found him facing off with a copperhead the other day though, I picked up his 80lb butt and carried him away.  I need to get a pair of snake tongs to remove and relocate.  

Yeah I do plan on trying a shock collar. I wish it would work on both of my dogs. I believe it will work on the one and the other I really hope it will but I have my doubts. A friend of mine has or had a shock collar that they were going to let me borrow. I may end up buying one. Do you know how much they are for a decent one - not top of the line but a decent one?

 

[tniron]

Yeah I do plan on trying a shock collar. I wish it would work on both of my dogs. I believe it will work on the one and the other I really hope it will but I have my doubts. A friend of mine has or had a shock collar that they were going to let me borrow. I may end up buying one. Do you know how much they are for a decent one - not top of the line but a decent one?

I bought a Sportdog 425S. It gets my 120 pound Anatolian's attention. it is made by the same company that makes Petsafe products. I have and underground containment system from Petsafe. Lightening destroyed my power box that was 15 years old. Petsafe replaced it for $35 including shipping. They are a good company.

 

[Triple Willow]

Try a shock collar.  My pit killed 8 chickens the day I brought him home.  I went out and got a sportdog shock collar and turned that sucker up to 11.  Now he takes dust baths with the chickens too.  I found him facing off with a copperhead the other day though, I picked up his 80lb butt and carried him away.  I need to get a pair of snake tongs to remove and relocate.  

I can't agree with relocating venomous snakes. Non-venomous yes, venomous never. You may be introducing them to somewhere where they haven't been a problem before. Somebody else or their pet or livestock may be bit and possibly even die. It may even be against the law to relocate them.

 

[Triple Willow]

I bought a Sportdog 425S. It gets my 120 pound Anatolian's attention. it is made by the same company that makes Petsafe products. I have and underground containment system from Petsafe. Lightening destroyed my power box that was 15 years old. Petsafe replaced it for $35 including shipping. They are a good company.

Thanks. Do you remember about what it cost?

 

[Triple Willow]

I bought a Sportdog 425S. It gets my 120 pound Anatolian's attention. it is made by the same company that makes Petsafe products. I have and underground containment system from Petsafe. Lightening destroyed my power box that was 15 years old. Petsafe replaced it for $35 including shipping. They are a good company.

How does this 800 model compare to your 425s??? I have found somebody that has one for sale they have only use a couple times. They haven't reduced the price much at all though.

http://ps.factoryoutletstore.com/ca...12082&chid=1&gclid=CLXljeXlorkCFYtDMgodED4A2g

 

[tniron]

Thanks. Do you remember about what it cost?

I believe it was $169.00 at Cabelas

 

[tniron]

How does this 800 model compare to your 425s??? I have found somebody that has one for sale they have only use a couple times. They haven't reduced the price much at all though.

http://ps.factoryoutletstore.com/ca...12082&chid=1&gclid=CLXljeXlorkCFYtDMgodED4A2g

The 425S has a 500 yard range and the 800 an 800 yard range. There is a standard 425 and then the 425S in which "S" stands for "stubborn dog" so it has a little higher stimulation than the standard 425. It may also be a little stronger than the model 8000 but I don't know that for sure.

 

[Triple Willow]

The 425S has a 500 yard range and the 800 an 800 yard range. There is a standard 425 and then the 425S in which "S" stands for "stubborn dog" so it has a little higher stimulation than the standard 425. It may also be a little stronger than the model 8000 but I don't know that for sure.

Thank you much. I do believe I need to get one asap. The 425 would probably work for one of my dogs but I might need a 425S X1000 for the other. lol

 

[rbaker0345]

Max was pretty intense, but when it came to the stimulation, he was no match for just the 300S. I do wish I had gotten the 800 though because sometimes the range on the 300 just isn't enough.

I volunteer at the local wildlife shelter and we have a local snake guy who knows how to relocate snakes safely. This is a very sparsely populated area with not a lot of livestock, just a lot of standing timber and farmland. I feel safe putting a snake into a bucket with a lid and shuffling it off to the "snake guy". I wouldn't relocate one myself, sorry if I gave that impression, but relocating an animal should be left up to a professional.

 

[XtremeRooster]

Yeah I do plan on trying a shock collar. I wish it would work on both of my dogs. I believe it will work on the one and the other I really hope it will but I have my doubts. A friend of mine has or had a shock collar that they were going to let me borrow. I may end up buying one. Do you know how much they are for a decent one - not top of the line but a decent one?

I love snakes they taste like chicken!

I love that pic of the dog and the chicken taking the dust bath, that is a Kodak moment. Get the shock collar it will work, if you get one that has intense power settings. I raise German Shepherds and they can be big and stubborn. I spent a little more than I wanted to on a collar but it was worth it. I bought a Tritronics sport collar for training bird dogs, from Bass Pro Shops. It has interchangeable contact tips for different coat thickness of different dogs. Plus it is good for a 1/2 of a mile. It has an audible alert option for training, which I really love because once the dog learns that No means NO and a shock is coming it will break the bad behaivior. Then you can teach a stubborn dog with the audible alert using it as a warning in lieu of a shock. Once the dog learns that the beep preceeds the shock he will think twice about trying you.

When my dog starts having bad behaiviors like recently killing one of my chickens I put the collar back on her. It only took a couple of zaps and now she will not touch a chicken. When she starts to act like she is going to chase one I hit the beep alert, she hears it and puts on brakes, because she knows what comes next and she does not like it. Mine has a red boost button for when normal shock levels will not get their attention, I guarantee the red boost will flip them over. I have only used that twice and all stupidity stops right then.

In fact it had been six years since the last time I used the collar. The dog had learned to obey. The chickens are new to her so that is my fault. I just don't understand why she watched for 4 months before she decided to kill one.