A plan to stop my dog from chasing....

[Dunwaters]

So you openly admit to abusing a hound to achieve your end game? Appalling.

Physical chastisement is a tool, it works, you personally don’t have to use it, your choice, mine and probably my circumstances, are different.
I train my dogs for a purpose and to a standard.
What you describe as abuse, I would classify as reasonable chastisement, not training them or correcting them opens the following possibilities….
Having your dog turned inside out by a farmer with a .243 for worrying stock or straying,
the dog on a leash for the rest of its life,
moving it on as a pet.
I’m curious, what dog training experience do you actually have?

 

[SikaSeeker]

Some dogs/breeds might need a clip in the lug when it comes to training exercises ie. stock training. People need to chill out with all this talk about abusing dogs.

 

[northern gun]

Like most adolescent dogs, I need to stop mine from chasing birds and ground game.
My plan is to take her to a park with lots of squirrels and pigeons, sit on a bench with her and attract the pests by throwing down some breadcrumbs.
The idea is to get her to sit and wait patiently whilst being surrounded by squirrels and pigeons, effectively flooding her senses so she gets bored of them.

Would this work on practice???

All the posters that are advocating punishment or any type of negative reinforcement are missing the point. Chasing birds annd squirrels isn’t BAD behaviour, it’s normal behaviour for a hunting dog. The issue is that the behaviour that she’s exhibiting isn’t what you want her to do. Therefore, train her by positive reinforcement to focus on the important( to you) things and to ignore the rest. Work with her intelligence not against it. What you propose wont work either. Getting her to sit whilst exposing her to a distraction will only wind her up and will only make the issue worse. You can sort this out in less than a week without verbal or physical punishment or the use of e collars. Whilst on the subject of collars, they are a good tool in certain circumstances but not in this case. Negative reinforcement generally works in the very short term but rarely long term or when the dog’s away from you. Positive reinforcement done right works at any distance and is preserved in the long term memory. Pm for more details. OR, WWW.ANVILSTONEDOGTRAINING.CO.UK

Is it squirrels and pigeons you are hoping to stop her chasing? If not it would be better to target the species you don’t want her to chase in the environment they inhabit.
Just keep her on the lead and make her (force her if necessary) to sit when they are encountered with a stern sit command. You will train her to sit to flush

Is it squirrels and pigeons you are hoping to stop her chasing? If not it would be better to target the species you don’t want her to chase in the environment they inhabit.
Just keep her on the lead and make her (force her if necessary) to sit when they are encountered with a stern sit command. You will train her to sit to flush effectivel

 

[northern gun]

All the posters that are advocating punishment or any type of negative reinforcement are missing the point. Chasing birds annd squirrels isn’t BAD behaviour, it’s normal behaviour for a hunting dog. The issue is that the behaviour that she’s exhibiting isn’t what you want her to do. Therefore, train her by positive reinforcement to focus on the important( to you) things and to ignore the rest. Work with her intelligence not against it. What you propose wont work either. Getting her to sit whilst exposing her to a distraction will only wind her up and will only make the issue worse. You can sort this out in less than a week without verbal or physical punishment or the use of e collars. Whilst on the subject of collars, they are a good tool in certain circumstances but not in this case. Negative reinforcement generally works in the very short term but rarely long term or when the dog’s away from you. Positive reinforcement done right works at any distance and is preserved in the long term memory. Pm for more details. OR, WWW.ANVILSTONEDOGTRAINING.CO.UK

 

[Mickeydredd]

"Just keep her on the lead and make her (force her if necessary) to sit when they are encountered with a stern sit command. You will train her to sit to flush"

This "negative" reinforcement is only one part of the process, and at the very start of the process, the dog will not sit right away and may bounce around wanting to chase which is the behaviour you do not want. Of course it is only natural for the dog to do so.

When the dog does start to sit upon anything flushing and stay sat then you reinforce that positive (to you) behaviour with lots of praise.

 

[skypie]

Try feeding the ducks too. Looks

 

[Norfolk Deer Search]

Get it upside down when it does it and give it a monster bollocking

That’s the way and keep doing it until it toes the line,!

One of the biggest problems with dog training in recent years is people don’t have a spine to do what they need to do to train the dog!

Well, you have to remember is you are the alpha dog so therefore if you want the dog to do what you want to do you’ve got to be at the top of the pecking order.

 

[wb123]

I start them around the chickens, then move onto sheep with the aid of a mate's flock and a few hand reared ones that have no fear.

It is much harder if you don't have sufficiently regular access to livestock for training, you may need to make the opportunities you do have register more strongly.

 

[Norfolk Deer Search]

Great way to induce it being terrified of you and nothing else !

That’s absolute rubbish, you’ve obviously never trained a pig ignorant bastard of a dog!