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Jul 2017
8:50am, 9 Jul 2017
4,998 posts
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Helegant
HP. We lived in a farming area and the last thing I wanted was the headline, 'Vicar's dog shot by angry farmer.' So I took Jet for training sessions in a field full of sheep with lambs. On close lead, walk, one, two, stop, sit, walk, one two three, stop, sit,back, close, walk, one, two, three etc. A complete pain to do, but eventually the dog was so focussed on me and the next command that he stopped his interest on the sheep. Which is just as well because on the first occasion the matriarch of the herd was foot-stamping when we entered the field, and the farmer was looking warily at us as he counted the flock.
I wouldn't trust Jet for five seconds in a field full of sheep if he were off-lead, but at least he got to know that sheep meant he had to pay attention to me. And it reduced the impulse-pulling a little.
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Jul 2017
9:21am, 9 Jul 2017
9,899 posts
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D2
I must admit as someone who has had dogs for "years" ... Indi is my ninth... this is the first time I have attended formal training. Why I'm surprised it works I don't know but I agree with H I know it is possible to train them to behave in most situations.
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Jul 2017
9:24am, 9 Jul 2017
6,658 posts
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BaronessBL
So worth doing though Helegant. I wish we'd had the patience/wherewithal to do that with Wanda, although her prey drive is so strong I'm not sure it would have been a total success. Having said that she is much better walking past a field of sheep now if they are the other side of a fence - but if we are crossing a field of sheep we usually have a double ended lead on her harness and collar so if she were to slip one (highly unlikely though that is) we would still have her by the other
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Jul 2017
10:06am, 9 Jul 2017
23,500 posts
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halfpint
At the moment Ernie's attention is entirely focused on the sheep. We don't often go through fields but out in the hills there are sheep. It was quite dangerous walking him on the lead over rugged terrain as he was dragging me about the place. We have been a bit hit and miss with training to be honest. It might be time to go back to classes.
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Jul 2017
10:08am, 9 Jul 2017
3,275 posts
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Mazlin
Clever me managed to unclip the wrong bit of Rory's lead yesterday, so he got to go and have a party in the woods. Interestingly though, he didn't just take off after a bird and disappear forever, which is what I was afraid he would do - he ran up and down the path for a bit, checking where I was, but not letting me get near him, then disappeared into the undergrowth for about half an hour (that was NOT a happy half an hour...) but when I finally tracked him down (because I could hear him panting!) he was running along parallel to the path. Then we played 'can't catch me' a few more times, I turned my back on him and walked away, he followed me and I rugby tackled him. Then I noticed he was cut right under his eye, so we went to visit the emergency vet, who told me it would be fine without stitching, £211 please. Bloody dog.
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Jul 2017
10:18am, 9 Jul 2017
23,502 posts
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halfpint
£211 for a scratch under the eye????
There was a dog on the campsite who escaped the car on arrival. The owner couldn't get a hold of it. We had just had a BBQ and had a spare sausage. Dog was on the lead about 15 seconds after it came our way.
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Jul 2017
10:30am, 9 Jul 2017
18,990 posts
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LazyDaisy
While we're talking about naughty dogs...
Floss got the kitchen compost bin down on Friday night and had a midnight feast of hslf an avocado shell, two duck leg bones, and numerous tea bags. All to no apparent ill effect.
Last night, being tired after TBC and not really thinking, I left my OMM backpack on the kitchen table. Floss found my memento tin of Haribos and a pack of mint Tictacs and consumed all the sweets. I've checked there's no xylitol in the sweets so apart from a sugar rush she should be ok.
This is her all over - we have months of good behaviour then just as we think her raiding days are over...wallop!
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Jul 2017
10:56am, 9 Jul 2017
5,000 posts
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Helegant
I'm laughing LD, but only because Flossie survived the duck bones.
Mr and I got home, put the dog in the kitchen and a few minutes later I heard, "H, there is a shredded poly bag on the floor..." Jet had climbed up on my chair and taken the bag of sprats off the worktop where I had emptied everything from my rucksack in the morning. Never a dull moment.
Jet and the littlest grandson played together in the garden this morning. Littlest'un threw the ball for Jet and then turned the hosepipe on him. Baby is now asleep and a wet dog is sitting by my feet.
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Jul 2017
10:58am, 9 Jul 2017
5,001 posts
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Helegant
HP - good understanding of dog psychology there with the sausage 
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Jul 2017
11:02am, 9 Jul 2017
3,277 posts
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Mazlin
£150-something just for being there. The rest for washing it out, antibiotic injection, and 4 antibiotic tablets. Plus £14 'admin charge' for them contacting his insurance company.
On the other hand, it only took an hour, vs probably much more than that for a human in A&E (rightly, because who brings their child to A&E for a small cut. Bloody neurotic mothers )
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