Stock Breaking

[Squeamish5 309]

You are seriously such a dick. I wish you didn't make me laugh.

[neems 2,406]

Just small corrections if they show too much interest when they're around stock,I've never had a problem.

 

Try and get to the point they're just part of the scenery for the pup,I did massively over correct an already stock broken pup once when a sheep jumped out from behind a fence,I mistakenly thought he was going to chase it and checked him hard.

Thinking about it afterwards I realised he was just as shocked as me and had no intention of chasing it,daft as it may sound the dog never got on with me the same after that.

[rick12345 181]

When you say 'has a pop' do you think he wants to chase and kill them or is he being defensive?

Just chases them away from the immediate area. I'm not too worried about it tbh, like I said he doesn't actively go after them, just when they get too close.

[Aussie Whip 4,287]

just a quick question if you used dogs on boar could u stock break them to domestic pigs?

A lot of pig dogs won't even look at domestic pigs,others can be broken to them and some better kept away from them.I think its asking a lot from a dog, but most have the sense.

[terryd 8,920]

Get them out young, with steady adult dogs. Also search stock breaking in Thl search bar.atb Joe

 

 

I think that is a good point as when I was younger I never had a dog even chase a sheep as they all ways took the lead off the old terrier who was bomb proof. It never even occurred to me at the time

But the lurcher I have now has given me lots of problems but we got there.

Just as a thought the people that say its so easy and they have never had problems if you lived until your 90 and got through 20 dogs in your life time that is obviously a tiny percentage of the lurcher population so maybe you just haven't come across an awkward one.

Edited June 7, 2017 by terryd

[terryd 8,920]

Thanks for the replies, chaps. Nothing unusual then (other than trying to beat the dog with a dead sheep). My old dog is 9 now and never been a problem around sheep, alpacas or llamas, but still doesn't like cattle. He doesn't go out of his way to chase them, but curious/young cattle usually approach and he has a pop.

 

My JR used to do that just drive them back 10-20 yards then get back to watching the nets and if they ignored him he just went the other side of the hedge out the way. He also learnt not to get cut off in case they flattened him

[roybo 2,873]

Take a dead sheep pick it up and beat the dog with it. This is harder to do with cattle as they are quiet heavy.

try just using a bag of beef burgers if you swing hard enough the dog will get the idea....just make sure they are frozen though or it makes a mess

[jiggy 3,209]

 

Take a dead sheep pick it up and beat the dog with it. This is harder to do with cattle as they are quiet heavy.

try just using a bag of beef burgers if you swing hard enough the dog will get the idea....just make sure they are frozen though or it makes a mess

tried that before but the burgers were from tescos and were contaminated with horse meat. It really confused the dog as I allow him to chase and worry horses

[Casso 1,261]

Depending on what age the pup is I like to show them "go " at the same time if not before insisting on "no"

By that what I mean I don't want to quell its prey making state of mind a young dog goes into when it approaches anything , the dog makes associations positive and negetive when an active state of mind is switched on

So , sheep , cattle rabbits cats dog all switch on an active state , if I spend the first few months correcting the little f****r , he may be already in conflict with me when he's finally told "go",

And when he finally gets his teeth into the real thing , is he going to come flying to you in that active state of mind that has been so often corrected in