I live on 11 acres without a fenced yard. My six month old lab has a pen she stays in during the day but when let out after work has been running of to the neighbors. The other day she returned with a chicken which made me mad because if I had chickens and someones dog was killing them, well there would be no more dog. Has anyone used shock collars, training, or the fenceline shck collars to train their dog. She is doing it more often and I'm worried something will happen to her. Fencing the whole yard is outta the question for now and I don't want her in a pen or chained up 24/7. Any advice would be much appreciated.
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DOG RUN.... Easy Solution. Not a Huge Fence but enough for the lab to run around in. -
It is amazing what a little shock can do. The problem would be that you would have to be watching her in order to zap her when she takes off. I recently picked up a shock collar for my lab and it has done wonders with is behavior.Comment
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I work early in the mornings and am off during the day so I have quite a bit of time to watch her. What kind of collar do you have and whats the price range?Originally posted by benwhite34 View PostComment
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Use an invisible fence. I have had great success
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I tried the invisible fence thing with my lab, didn't work. We were just starting the 6 week training program it takes for that fence when Shadow lunged ay the neighbor dog and got zapped. He wouldn't leave the back steps for a week. I literally had to drag him into the grass so he could go to the bathroom. One thing you might consider is stretching a cable between two trees with a pulley on it, then attack his chain to the pulley. It's better than just chaining him up because he had room to run, but not as expensive as fencing.
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I have used a shock collar on my 6 month old lab. He started going after my chickens and I lit him up. He stopped chasing them but then decided to give it another try. I turned it up a bit and lit him up again. He won't look at the chickens now. He's still retrieving, just not chickens.Last edited by Captrix; 10-14-2011, 12:56 PM.Comment
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I just ordered one of these for my 2 dogs. I liked this one because there are no wires to bury, so I can take it with me to use at my parents house when we visit in the summer. Lost my lab to a car last year, I am not going through that again if I can help it. I hope it works, because it wasn't cheap.
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A chicken is a bird to a bird dog. This comes natural for a lab. Shock collars are great, but you must know how to use them properly as not to confuse the dog. She's a puppy and there is a lot of growing, learning, and chewing for both you and the dog to go through.
Good luck, the lab I have now is my fourth one. Great dogs, especially after you get through the first three years.
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Sounds like you really need to work with the dog on a daily basis with some obedience training ... "Repetition is the key"....Comment
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i used 1 for my first lab and it worked great. you have to know what you are doing though.Comment
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I hate labs mine drives me nuts the only thing that keeps him in a 1 acre back yard is an electric fence and he still tries to get out. I have always been a rottweiler owner (3 of them) and they are great dogs, easy to train, and are very kid friendly and loving dogs.
It is for sure my last lab.Comment
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I caught my Lab on top of one of my hens, and it wasn't good. By the time I finished with him and he had to carry around that hen on his neck, he was not looking for anymore chickens. After that i would put him on a leash and take him into the chicken pen with me. Now he is the chicken's best friend. No TIME OUT's around my House.
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We have the invisible fence, Sporting Dog Brand from Cabelas. Works great with our lab, when it is working. Something is wrong with the wire right now (our fault, not theirs), so it's not on. She thinks it's on, though, and won't test it. Real easy to install, and works at different shock levels. We didn't do the 3 week training, though. We put out the flags, let her get zapped, and she took off to the garage. I took her back out on a leash to let her know where she could be, and within a couple of days she figured out the flags and her boundary. I would have to go into the field to play with her without the collar after she got zapped the first time until she got comfortable. It zapped her pretty good. Now she runs all over, but doesn't get close to the boundary or the things we have excluded within her field. Get one, you'll like it.Comment
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I had the same problem with my lab when he was a pup. I didn't want to throw on a shock collar until he understood, so what i did was spent an afternoon with a 25ft lead hooked to his collar. I'd let him run around holding the lead and when he would cross my boundary line I yell "GET HERE" and give him a tug. Each time he crossed that boundary, the tug would get harder until I was jerking him around pretty good. By the end of the afternoon he would run to that boundary line and hit the brakes. That's when I knew he understood. The next day I got him out there without the lead and let him run. Of course he ran to the boundary line, stopped, looked back at me, then realized he didn't have the lead and took off. Now it was time for the shock collar!!! I chased him down, threw the shock collar on, and released him. He went sniffing around and acting like he was gonna pee on a bush, looked up at me then bolted. Once his front paw crossed the boundary I yelled "GET HERE" and lit him up. He folded like a 60lb pig running across a peanut field and getting powdered by my .223! I yelled "stay" and made him sit there until I approached him. I made him "heal" until we got back in the yard and then I released him. I went and sat on the porch and the hard head did it again, of course I did the exact same thing and after that he finally realized what that shock meant. I never had to use it again, always put the collar to remind him who's in control but never had to hit that "act right" button.
They're smart dogs! If you can get them to mind you, you'll get them to do anything!!Comment
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