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I couldn't process Scratch. I just thought he was too pretty and had hopes for him. I tried to start and just got too upset.
I'm a SS failure, I can't even pluck a chicken. Hubby would have done it, but he was on the way out the door when that happened yesterday.
Bandit is VERY well aware that I am mad at her and why. She isn't dumb one bit. In FRONT of me, she won't even approach a chicken (this was before yesterday). She knows I am very upset if she chases or kills them. But she just can't seem to HELP herself if she sees a clear chance to get one while I can't see.
This breed of dog is supposed to be very independent thinking, They were meant to bring a BEAR to bay, for goodness sakes.
But she also has the problem of being a committed escape artist, very hard to hold within a fence. This is why she was a failure as a city dog and in all the homes I placed her in. I think I adopted her out three times and she came back each time. I also had her in three different foster homes besides myself and she escaped from all of them and wore out her welcome. I originally got this dog because she was a stray. She takes her first opportunity to jet between someone's legs or leap out a window or finds an open door and then nothing will make her come back until she is darn good and ready. If you chase her, she just runs farther and faster, happier. She loves being chased above all things. If you pretend you don't care that she is leaving, she hangs around and lets herself be caught a few minutes later, or a few hours later, depending on the weather.
I really could not understand why this dog could not learn "come" until I found someone who identified her as a karelian bear dog and started researching them. They are EXACTLY like her, they have all her problems. In addition, she looks just like them except she has blue eyes and they usually have brown. But recently I learned that they occasionally do come blue-eyed, so I am more convinced she is a purebred. She is why I tell people karelian bear dogs are probably not a good choice as a pet, and they certainly are not good farm dogs. But on the other hand, coyotes fear her and do not approach my property. She has single handedly chased off a pack of coyotes herself. So SHE might eat my chickens, but she won't let any coyotes do so.
I do have a seldom used shocker collar and was wondering about using it with aversion training about chickens. If anyone has experience with using one I'd be happy to hear it. I have used them with pit type dogs regarding behavior, never with the type of dog Bandit is.
I'm a SS failure, I can't even pluck a chicken. Hubby would have done it, but he was on the way out the door when that happened yesterday.
Bandit is VERY well aware that I am mad at her and why. She isn't dumb one bit. In FRONT of me, she won't even approach a chicken (this was before yesterday). She knows I am very upset if she chases or kills them. But she just can't seem to HELP herself if she sees a clear chance to get one while I can't see.
This breed of dog is supposed to be very independent thinking, They were meant to bring a BEAR to bay, for goodness sakes.
But she also has the problem of being a committed escape artist, very hard to hold within a fence. This is why she was a failure as a city dog and in all the homes I placed her in. I think I adopted her out three times and she came back each time. I also had her in three different foster homes besides myself and she escaped from all of them and wore out her welcome. I originally got this dog because she was a stray. She takes her first opportunity to jet between someone's legs or leap out a window or finds an open door and then nothing will make her come back until she is darn good and ready. If you chase her, she just runs farther and faster, happier. She loves being chased above all things. If you pretend you don't care that she is leaving, she hangs around and lets herself be caught a few minutes later, or a few hours later, depending on the weather.
I really could not understand why this dog could not learn "come" until I found someone who identified her as a karelian bear dog and started researching them. They are EXACTLY like her, they have all her problems. In addition, she looks just like them except she has blue eyes and they usually have brown. But recently I learned that they occasionally do come blue-eyed, so I am more convinced she is a purebred. She is why I tell people karelian bear dogs are probably not a good choice as a pet, and they certainly are not good farm dogs. But on the other hand, coyotes fear her and do not approach my property. She has single handedly chased off a pack of coyotes herself. So SHE might eat my chickens, but she won't let any coyotes do so.
I do have a seldom used shocker collar and was wondering about using it with aversion training about chickens. If anyone has experience with using one I'd be happy to hear it. I have used them with pit type dogs regarding behavior, never with the type of dog Bandit is.
and then I'd have to call him Little Dud. 
