I am wondering what you guys think about correcting for chasing bunnies. We have been walking through a community college as of late and there are bunnies galore. Flash has real high prey drive towards them and starts whining and almost screaming, which can be an issue, especially if classes are going on. I walk them on prong collars, should I correct him? I am trying to keep his drive up, since he was lacking drive at schutzhund training, well the trainer, in my opinion, pushed him too hard, without flash ever doing Schutzhund before, but that is for another topic.
Should I be correcting him? I walk both dogs at the same time and don't have the ability to stop and distract him with other commands and marker training. Plus, I need to quiet him rather quickly. Will correcting him for this reduce his drive in work?
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Keith, it sounds simplistic, but anything that decreases drive.....well, decreases drive.
You would be much better off dealing with this as a management problem ( by simply avoiding the entire situation and hence, no correction ) rather than dealing with it as a training issue ( in which a correction eventually becomes needed ).
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Keith, it sounds simplistic, but anything that decreases drive.....well, decreases drive.
You would be much better off dealing with this as a management problem ( by simply avoiding the entire situation and hence, no correction ) rather than dealing with it as a training issue ( in which a correction eventually becomes needed ).
Hope that makes sense to you...
Roxie wants to chase after deer and I want the deer run off, so what I'm going to try with a long line and E collar is train to that, send her out like I'd send after a decoy and then recall.
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