May 13, 2011
My 18 month old dog chases my horses and won’t stay on our 2. 5 acres of property - help!
Full Question:
Could someone please guide me in the right direction to finding help with training an aggressive male German shepherd named "Storm?" He is 18 months old and a dear children?s pet but he has a terribly dangerous habit. We have two horses whom he loves to chase and nip at, (he will not respond to our calls when he is doing this and has recently been kicked twice). We are fearful he will be seriously hurt or killed if we cannot control this behavior. He is currently in a dog run but we would like to give him the freedom of running our 2 1/2 acre fenced property. Options we have considered are a shock collar. He is so strong I cannot hold him back if he is on a leash and he wants to get at these horses. Should I put a prong collar on him? Please send any helpful information my way. We would love to breed him as soon as his bloodlines and confirmation are exceptional. I would appreciate any information in this area. Also, (we are currently seeking a female mate for him). 
Ed's Answer:
My last choice would be an electric shock collar, especially for people who are not familiar with dog training. It would be much wiser to get a prong collar and my video titled Basic Dog Obedience. I call prong collars power steering for dogs. In this tape we show how to fit the prong, how to determine what level of correction each dog needs and how to maintain off-leash control with the use of a long line. This is not a difficult thing to train.
The biggest problem is that you are expecting an untrained or partially trained dog to mind under a very high level of distraction. That’s an unfair expectation. You should take the dog through the training steps of correction training and distraction training and have the horses be the last step of distraction training, (this is all explained in detail in the tape).
As far as how to deal with your property boundaries, there is only one reliable way to do this and that’s with a fencing system. This is never a training issue. If you do not want to go to the expense of a normal fence then go to the innotek Fence System. This is similar to an "Invisible Fence" in design and quality except it costs 80% less than an invisible fence. The "Invisible Fence" patent was up in 1989. There have been a lot of clones that have come on the market. Most are garbage and not worth the money. This innotek Fence System is excellent quality and every bit as good as the Invisible Fence. I know because I sold Invisible Fences for six years in the early 1980's.
The biggest problem is that you are expecting an untrained or partially trained dog to mind under a very high level of distraction. That’s an unfair expectation. You should take the dog through the training steps of correction training and distraction training and have the horses be the last step of distraction training, (this is all explained in detail in the tape).
As far as how to deal with your property boundaries, there is only one reliable way to do this and that’s with a fencing system. This is never a training issue. If you do not want to go to the expense of a normal fence then go to the innotek Fence System. This is similar to an "Invisible Fence" in design and quality except it costs 80% less than an invisible fence. The "Invisible Fence" patent was up in 1989. There have been a lot of clones that have come on the market. Most are garbage and not worth the money. This innotek Fence System is excellent quality and every bit as good as the Invisible Fence. I know because I sold Invisible Fences for six years in the early 1980's.
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