Help With Livestock.

[Jim1987 12]

Had my pup around livestock as much as possible and he was doing good, had him off lead and been good. But now he's started going after them! Anybody else had this problem? And what did you do to stamp it out?

[Lukey12 126]

I would be interested in this as my pup has suddenly got an interest in horses

[Moorside 642]

Shock collar is an option.

[Jim1987 12]

Any other methods other than shock collars?

[unlacedgecko 1,466]

Any other methods other than shock collars?

Long line.

[roybo 2,873]

Long line and poly pipe

[Jim1987 12]

Think I will give long line a go, keep him on it until I can trust him again, cheers guys

[CraignTod 278]

Is it sheep hes after? If so its probable just necause they run and he thinks its a game, i know a few fields here where the sheep follow you about 5 yards away and dont run, using these is better because eventually the dog gets bored. Bot to say the next sheep that runs ge wont chase ahh worth a try though

[johnrussell84 2,832]

I generally snap no to them with a tug on the lead an a sit in the same field as them jus chill let the dog see theyre no there to pursue an any attention they show I jus re iterate the same as above

[Jim1987 12]

Yes it's sheep he's after, will try the long line and sitting in the field with them sounds a good idea. Thanks again.

[johnrussell84 2,832]

Atb with it mate my lurcher pups 7 months jis now thats whats worked so far done same with her mum an same with ma terriers an the dogs of before good luck

[bird 9,969]

I generally snap no to them with a tug on the lead an a sit in the same field as them jus chill let the dog see theyre no there to pursue an any attention they show I jus re iterate the same as above

true , 1st you got yank them of there feet with firm no , once they realise they get hurt if they show to much interest in them, 2nd as above you got let the dog be oblivious to them, meaning there just boring things to them. But I will say this though even dogs of 5-6 years old that seen sheep from pups, have one day killed a sheep, god knows why but dogs have, even farm dogs have.!, but there just dogs not machines , and its natural for dogs to want to chase+kill sheep, never trust any dog 100% only 95%

[farmerkev09 105]

I would personally hold off for a few week your bang on lambing time and a sure way to piss a farmer off is have a unruly dog in the field on lead or loose reputation is hard built easily lost atb kev

[Blackdog92 2,047]

Go and ask the farmer if you can put your dog in a pen with a grumpy tup a few bumps by the tup and they usually change there minds about attacking them again.

[Casso 1,261]

The movement of the sheep affect the dog , the energy of the sheep cause energy in the pup, the pup is only acting on it,

You need to attract that same energy towards you , as Bird said before he uses a ball or something as a focus for that energy channeled back toward you , it's a case of you be able to attract the excitement back into bonding with you

The more you confront the pup over it the more attractive the sheep become , attracting sheep energy in the pup into social interaction with you is the way to go ,