Dutch Shepherd Forum

Dutchringgirl wrote:If you happen to have a hamster, put it in its ball and let him roll around. When I was training Ring, thats what we used, it was a riot, It would roll up to the dog look at it and roll away. It really worked great.

do you have a video of that? It would be a riot to watch it.

Schlussdibusti wrote:

Dutchringgirl wrote:If you happen to have a hamster, put it in its ball and let him roll around. When I was training Ring, thats what we used, it was a riot, It would roll up to the dog look at it and roll away. It really worked great.

do you have a video of that? It would be a riot to watch it.

Unfourtunatly we never video's it but I remember thinking what the poor hamster must be thinking " That big hairy thing better not move !!!!"

about crating the poor kitty
I would rather "abuse" kitty for half an hour, than having to pull him out between Odin's jaws at one point You HAVE to get an opportunity to correct him, if you have all day, ofcourse, it will be better for all to just sit and wait 'till a cat passes by and make him ignore it at this point.
For me, I felt it was easier to abuse our chickens and teach Ivil not to grab them in the chicken-pen rather then wait for it to happen and risk being to late... it's milli seconds from fence to chicken for Ivil, I am a tad slower And even though the chickens had some rough days ("wok-tok! OMG there is a WOLF in our enviroment!!! We are all gonna DIE!!!! AAAAAaaahhh!") and we had no eggs for a week all is well now. I still can never leave her alone near any feathered creature, but at least I can stop her when she starts to stare/focus. If she is beyond the stare I'm too late, her ears are out of order from that point on.

Marjolein wrote: If she is beyond the stare I'm too late, her ears are out of order from that point on.

Ha, ha, I love that - out of order!