Breaking dogs

[Guest michael.hudson7]

Hi there chaps having a bit of a problem at the minute i have a 10mnt old saluki greyhound very fast and willing a pain threshold of nothing i have ever seen. However every rose has a thorn, i know that salukis and greyhounds for that matter are not reknown for there intelligence but this guy of mine just will not stop running horses and cows. Iam very reluctant to walk sheep fields as i dont know what the consiquences will be a lamb dinner i susspect any help or ideas of how to stop this would be much appriciated thanks.

[mike1458 14]

Keep him on the lead. As soon as he shows the animal interest, show him that it's not acceptable. Keep doing this until you are 100% that he won't got for them. he needs to know that is not acceptable at all!!!

 

ATB Mike

[Guest michael.hudson7]

Ive used that method for my other lurchers i have owned and for my bedlington but he dosent seem to be geting the idea i suppose it is just a game of keep trying.

[doglad1 32]

electric collar will cure it

[the dugs baws1 36]

use a long line and choker chain he will soon get the message i have found this method to work as a last resort .just keep taking him daily soon learn stock are not on the menu.

[billy potter 0]

well sed mike i think thats the best the way tbh make sure the dogs knows whos in charge atb

billy

[Guest bezza]

if he's already running farm stock at 10 months old. The best thing to do would be get a shock collar.

[Guest little lurcher]

sounds a keen pup , thats just what he is a pup , but this must be dealt with quite rightly , personally id walk near as many of them as i could and each time he even looks , then let him know thats NOT what is allowed , i found 1 dog responded simply with a flick of the end of the lead , i said nothing , but as soon as the interest was there i sharply flicked a thin leather lead across the quarters but didnt say anything to the dog ,just pretended i was walking along and it was nt me doing it , each time i did it and within a few weeks , totally fine , saved a whole lot of frustration, not saying that method will work for you but worth a try ? a non stock broken lurcher is no good to me imo

[Catcher 1 639]

If the dog shows any interest in livestock give it a good nip on the ear and a good telling off.It should soon learn.And introduce it to livestock as early as possible most young dog are more afraid of them

[ROCKO+BECKY 4]

take all my dogs from pup straight through cows bullocks larger type stock first it tends to scare them a bit and put them of tend not to show much attention to larger stock then onto sheep/lambs ect :thumbs:or if you past that stage elect collar

[Guest michael.hudson7]

Thanks for the advice its really appreciated.