livestock training

[bedx 51]

hi, i was given a bedlington cross dog a few weeks a go he was kept as a pet, but the owners couldnt cope with him chewing things he shouldnt hes 13 months old,my problem is he goes after sheep,has anyone got any usefull tips i could use to stop him.

[Paul in North Lincs 15]

first of all kennel him...then he can chew his back wheels off.

 

 

if you want to stock brake him...walk him on a lead through a sheep pen..........when he starts to get excited..give him a good clout..........keep repeating this until, until he shows no interest...could take a while, but he should be young enough to learn.

 

sound like hes got bags of drive.....could be chewing out of bordum, of because he's wired up, fustrated and wants to be on.

 

 

What do you intend doing with him???????

[Irish Lurcher 1,013]

Simple to cure. It will takes a few sessions, but try walk around a flock of sheep on the lead, he will want to chase them, but a good sharp jerk of the lead sideways while useing the command NO, this will soon teach him that this is not the done thing and the penny will drop, then when you have him walking around the sheep with him showing no interest then bring him ringht upto them, again he might want to chase, again a sharp jerk sidways on the lead will distract him and the command NO should be used. It will take time but you will him back on track.

[bedx 51]

first of all kennel him...then he can chew his back wheels off.

 

 

if you want to stock brake him...walk him on a lead through a sheep pen..........when he starts to get excited..give him a good clout..........keep repeating this until, until he shows no interest...could take a while, but he should be young enough to learn.

 

sound like hes got bags of drive.....could be chewing out of bordum, of because he's wired up, fustrated and wants to be on.

 

 

What do you intend doing with him???????

 

 

yeah i,ll try that,i hope to get him to catch a few rabbits,rats and squirrels he stands about 19 at the shoulder so may be a bit small,ive had lurchers before but quite a while ago,got him to a bit of fun really

[bedx 51]

Simple to cure. It will takes a few sessions, but try walk around a flock of sheep on the lead, he will want to chase them, but a good sharp jerk of the lead sideways while useing the command NO, this will soon teach him that this is not the done thing and the penny will drop, then when you have him walking around the sheep with him showing no interest then bring him ringht upto them, again he might want to chase, again a sharp jerk sidways on the lead will distract him and the command NO should be used. It will take time but you will him back on track.

 

thanks for that

[bedx 51]

hi, i was given a bedlington cross dog a few weeks a go he was kept as a pet, but the owners couldnt cope with him chewing things he shouldnt hes 13 months old,my problem is he goes after sheep,has anyone got any usefull tips i could use to stop him.

keep him on the leed mate get as close as you can and just show him he isnst alowed to look at them you got your own ways of showing a dog things

 

thanks for that

[bedx 51]

Simple to cure. It will takes a few sessions, but try walk around a flock of sheep on the lead, he will want to chase them, but a good sharp jerk of the lead sideways while useing the command NO, this will soon teach him that this is not the done thing and the penny will drop, then when you have him walking around the sheep with him showing no interest then bring him ringht upto them, again he might want to chase, again a sharp jerk sidways on the lead will distract him and the command NO should be used. It will take time but you will him back on track.

thats what i meant mate it just takes me ages type on these bloody keyboards

 

thanks for that

[bedx 51]

you had any thoughts as to what your going to do bedx

 

i have been doing what you said i think its going to take some time with this one,i thought some one might know a differant method i could try on him,ive always had pups in the past and hav,nt got the same confidence in training him time will tell.

[victor 10]

keepit on lead and growl at the dog if it trys it, eventualy it wont do it.