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Location: Tennessee | I'll be another that says shock collar. My mom has a Dutch Shepherd and a Rottweiler. The Shepherd was horrible about chasing horses, until we got the shock collar. The shock collar worked great when we were there, but if she didn't see us, she'd still go in the field and give chase. We ended up putting underground electric fencing to fence her out of the field. In your case though, it sounds like he wouldn't be able to get in the field without someone around, just make sure the collar is always on and you have the remote handy.
Something else to think about on the recall, if you call him and he comes to you, no matter what he was doing DO NOT discipline him. If he's doing something wrong, and he's going to be in trouble, go to him, DO NOT call him to you. You have to reinforce that you are the safe place. If he thinks he'll get in trouble for coming to you, he won't ever come, he'll just avoid you. |
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  Playing the Waiting Game
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| Send him back he'll get out one day when nobody is home and you will come home to dead calves. I don't believe you will get him to NOT chase at this age. If you do keep him put him in a KENNEL every time the place is empty of people. My experience is why I feel this way. We had one that we did get to listen and NOT chase when PEOPLE were around but leave the place unattended and all he!! broke loose. |
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 Own It and Move On
Location: The edge of no where | suzy2qtee - 2015-01-15 9:43 PM Send him back he'll get out one day when nobody is home and you will come home to dead calves. I don't believe you will get him to NOT chase at this age. If you do keep him put him in a KENNEL every time the place is empty of people. My experience is why I feel this way. We had one that we did get to listen and NOT chase when PEOPLE were around but leave the place unattended and all he!! broke loose.
I have to disagree with you. He's still young and can be taught. Two of the strays I picked up (that are working bred dogs from their looks) are great old girls now. They were both terrible at first, but it didn't even take a shock collar - just time to get them to listen. They're good enough that they can go 'help' when penning stock. Even if he's doing something bad and you call him off...stop what you're doing and make it a huge positive deal when he comes. Lots & lots of loves.
The beauty of a shock collar is that after giving him a verbal warning a couple of times, if he went near the horses or cattle......zap the snot out of him with absolutely no warning. It's even more effective if he can't see you at the time.
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Location: Kansas | I adopted a 5 year old Border Collie from the local shelter last March and he had just been neutered the day before I brought him home. He did not listen at all, so he went everywhere with me on a leash. He just wanted to chase the horses and my mini donkeys. I didn't worry about the horses as much but worried he would seriously hurt the donkeys. Only in the last 2 weeks has he come off the leash because he is finally listening to me. He wants so bad to be good but he just never had any training the first 5 years of his life I don't think. It's been a long and sometimes frustrating road and he's still not perfect but it's been worth it. He is a wonderful dog and he deserved a second chance at life. I considered going the shock collar route but just stuck to having him by my side at all times on a leash and it has done wonders for his listening skills. When he decides he's not going to listen he goes back on the leash immediately. My best advice is to give him time and lots of structure. Thanks for adopting him! |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | Ours loved to chase horses when he was really young. Drove me crazy. Shock collar was the cure. We blasted him a couple times and it made all the difference. Now he has pretty decent recall and I can get him to lay down. All he has to do is see me frown and head his way and he is on the ground and rolling over. But the shock collar was the initial step to get his attention. He just got so zoned in he wouldn't listen. We had to have something to kick him out of that mindset and a sudden sharp shock was the key. |
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