Dogs attacking sheep

[Guest rabbithunter2006]

hi, went out yesterday with my lurcher and staffi x pointer, walking across this field and a load of sheep were gatherd about a quatre of a mile down the field, next thing i no my dogs are off. didnt have a chance of chasing em, but i ran after em anyway. they both chased this one sheep in2 some long grass and cornerd it. they both had the sheep round the neck and wudnt let go. meggan the stafii cross dragged the sheep out on her own and really started attacking it. it took 3 of us to get her off. good job i found them or they wud have killed it, has [NO TEXT TALK] seen this [bANNED TEXT]

[Guest JDF]

aye, it's going to happen again i feel.

[IanB 0]

First things first...your using this text talk bullshit so you have received a warning...

 

Secondly...I wouldn't go advertising the fact your dog has worried some livestock....personally I would let the dog know its not to go for them, a slap round the lugholes..or whatevers needed ...and if it still persisted an electric collar..if still a no go get it put down, it will get you in big trouble.....better to break them as pups or not go anywhere near livestock which can be quite hard sometimes..

[Dawn B 212]

Good job the farmer didnt see you, he would of shot your dogs! Its the worst thing in the world, stock worrying, good luck in trying to stop them, I fear it may be a difficult task.

Dawn.

[Guest buster]

First things first...your using this text talk bullshit so you have received a warning...

 

Secondly...I wouldn't go advertising the fact your dog has worried some livestock....personally I would let the dog know its not to go for them, a slap round the lugholes..or whatevers needed ...and if it still persisted an electric collar..if still a no go get it put down, it will get you in big trouble.....better to break them as pups or not go anywhere near livestock which can be quite hard sometimes..

Well said ian my dogs were broken at a early age, if its got the taste you wont be able to stop it, the only thing you can do is keep it on the lead.

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

I have a bunch of Dogs here. They don't leave my property or they'll be shot. Simple as that. Here 'Stock is King.

 

My little JR pup, eleven weeks old now, already knows not to f*** with my goats or donkey. She'll follow me about and will enter the stables. But she will not f*** with 'stock.

 

Bottom line is: That's the only way a Dog should be brought up, if it's ever to get near 'stock. Or, as said above, someone will shoot them. Dead.

[Giro 2,648]

In my local pet smart i saw a advert a 90 min class to brake dogs to sheep probably will cost a bit depends how much you value your dogs life or even your own neck sheep worrying holds a hefty fine

[king 11,984]

like ian b said you should break the dog's to stock when they are pups. once they get the thrill of the chase and the taste of sheep your dogs definately will chase sheep again. or the best thing to do to a dog that chases after sheep is what the farmers used to do put them in a shed with a ram and he will teach the dog the hard lesson

[Rabbithunter 456]

break them to stock when they're young. Then if they do decide that a sheep is a play thing, or quarry, then they are hardly likely to do damage.

 

simple as

[dodger 2,765]

I agree with whats been said about breaking your dogs to sheep early as that's what I've always done and my dogs have always been bob on with sheep the trouble i have now is due to me loosing my young dog I've had to get another"OLDER"dog in and although I've not come across any sheep with her yet im quite sure she wont be used to them as she wont have ran in sheep country with her previous owner if this is the case i may be in for a rough ride as I've never had to break a two year old to sheep before i wouldn't really want to use the ram technique as she is quite a nervous dog anyway but Id be interested to hear if anyone's had any success with the collars maybe this also wont be ideal with her being nervous but still interested in advise about collars or other techniques regarding breaking an older "QUITE NERVOUS" dog to sheep hopefully i wont need it but it wouldn't surprise me if i did and there's always something else to learn

[Stabs 3]

I broke a one year old bull to stock and it was quite a struggle. Never used a collar though. They have to know that you are the boss and they are to do what you tell them, end of story. I'd use the collar as a last resort and even that's not foolproof

[Guest MOLLY]

I never had to break the bull x to sheep, she has just never been interested. Same for the terriers.

The dog however spent his first season lamping through sheep fields and was never interested, never looked twice. Then the following summer i was training him in a sheep field, never letting him go ahead of me, sending him on, calling him back, even when he thought he had seen a bunnie i was stopping him in his tracks. I think the frustration got to him and for one moment my concentration was taken up with something else and he decided to see what a sheep would be like. To be honest it was all a bit half hearted, like he was'nt quite sure what he should do but he did ingnore me :realmad:

The rest of that day was spent showing him the error of his ways and two years on he wont even look at a sheep, and every now and then i remind him just to be on the safe side...why he should never look at one.

I now live on a farm and they are all walked through sheep daily. When the lambs are very small i never let them off the leads, they seem to just spring up in front of you, its not worth the risk.

MOLL.

[mrcuban 0]

Broke my whippet to sheep with special collar,best thing i ever bought. Also broke my mates beddy whippet with it. They work a treat got it off ebay £ 1/4 mile range sappp!!! The dog stops in its tracks and comes cowering back. I would be reluctant to try it on something with a bit of intelligence it might associate the collar with the punishment. Anything with plenty of sighthound in it will be stopped in its tracks.

[Guest oldskool]

i went to look about one of those for a grown dog i bought in.. he was a menace round sheep and it was only a matter of time before the rest of them would follow his lead... anywho, the one they were offereing me didnt deliver a shock, it delivered a strong vibration instead. i didnt think it would work so i left it be. does yours deliver a shock??

 

 

i often find that if your trying to break a grown dog (that has had the taste of a sheep before) they just learn to do it when your not not looking

Edited September 13, 2006 by oldskool

[Great White Hunter 78]

once they get a taste its hard to stop have seen last year a lad shoot two good 3 t0 4 year old bull crosses that had never looked at sheep walking along lane and deceided to jump fence they never left the field !!! Also we let a other lad bring his hounds to our permission to hunt with our pack first bit of cover his hounds had hunted a sheep to a coner of field with a few of our young pups . next bit of cover you could see the pups looking for sheep . they also got there ear pierced .