I have a steel tube gate (car size)at the front of my house. I also have a 2 year old GSD behind this gate. Problem : neighbours dogs and cats, anywhere in sight . My dog is very territorial and basicaly 'bashes' the gate sensless trying to get to them. Consequently my gate is now wrecked. I am now replacing the gate with a heavy duty wooden job which he cant see through, my theory is to cut out the visual problem of him seeing these animals. Yes I know he will still smell them if their close, but sometimes they are a fair way off he will still bash the gate. My question is has anyone had a similar problem and does cutting off the dogs view help or cause other problems?
I have found that having dogs that cannot see outside only fustrate them more.
The problem you want to solve is the dog bashing the gate. I suggest giving your dog a hard correction as he bashes the gate. Make sure that the dog understands that you are correcting him for bashing the gate and not for being territorial.
You can try giving him a prong collar correction or a hard whack with a leather lead on the flank and a deep growling verbal correction as he bashes into the gate. The problem with this
is that he probably will still bash the gate when you are not around.
The best solution would be to use an electic collar and correct the dog from where he cannot see or smell you or set a trap with an electric transformer connected to a wire lining the gate. Make sure though that the current is not too high as you obviously do not want to physically harm the dog.
I am sure that there are lots of other people on this board who can give you more concise info
on electric collars and how to correctly use them as you cant get them where I stay.
Trying to take care of this behavior with physical corrections will be a losing battle. The dog will learn to stop hitting the fence when you are around and he is wearing a correction collar of some kind.
I have actually found that the fence slamming ends when they can't see the dogs on the other end. They more often run the fence barking their heads off instead. Sometimes they will still jump into the gate or get the bright idea that they can climb the gate and get over, or eat their way through a wood fence, etc.
Thus this simple way to solve the problem. Put a bark collar on the dog IF you want to end the barking. To solve the fence damage and eliminate the dog even touching the fence run an electric wire or two on small poles about 15" off the ground and 10", at least, off the fence. Basically so they can't get to the fence without touching the wire.
It is very inexpensive, certainly less expensive than what you may end up having to do every few months to fix your wood fence. There are also link setups that snap open and closed so you can open and close the gate without a problem, or losing zap juice.
Hit the internet to find the equipment you need. I found my stuff at the farm supply store, it is made for livestock and hooks up to a small battery pack. Super easy to work with.
We have had excellent success with a 6 foot cedar fence that the dogs can't see through. The fence goes right across our driveway near the front of the house. The posts attach at one side to the house and the fence is actually 2 very large gates that open to allow vehicle access to the back yard. We have found that the dogs generally ignore the traffic on the road (which is quite busy) and other animals unless someone or something comes into our yard. Then they look through the cracks near the post and where the two gates meet up and do their barking. Only once did we have to replace boards that they destroyed but fortunately I caught them in the act and a harsh reprimand was all it took. Hasn't happened again. Plus it gives great privacy from nosey neighbours. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
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