Thread: Stock proofing your hunting dog

Originally Posted by kimjon

I do it by showing no interest in non target animals.

If the dog finds a possum...I just walk past and ignore it. The dog soon gets the idea and follows the master. But if the dog finds a pig I get real excited and lots of pats and praise is given.

If the dog continues to find possums (or whatever) then I will set it up to fail with an e-collar. Same with sheep etc...walk through paddocks on rope and chocker...do a bit of fencing work, let the sheep go about their own thing and pay no attention to them. Dogs are smart, they soon realise you aren't interested in sheep. But you may need to use an e-collar to bring the point home if the dog is really determined with a high prey drive.

Totally agree with kawhia about doing this until the day they die.

Kj

How do you get on when dog is unattended are you at a point where your dog can be off a lead and you dont need to worry about the dog going after anything.