FairOaksRod
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We just added a new addition to our family. "Chloe" is a 2 yr old GSP. Her previous owner wasn't a hunter and I doubt Chloe has run off leash much in her life. The only useful command she knew was sit. Got her last Sunday, 3/3. She now understands "stay" and "heel". She has incredible prey drive which is the main reason I took her. I've run her everyday since, yesterday was the first day off leash. At 2 yrs old, for field purposes, I'm going about things as if she was a puppy. Anything that moves catches her eye, she will give chase to all birds at this time. She even chases flying insects. I've put an ecollar on her the first day she was here to condition. Had to use it when she was off leash yesterday, but know this was wrong. Here was the situation: she started chasing a jackrabbit, and I saw no end in sight. The collar she had on is a dogtra 302 which on the website says for small, mild mannered dogs. I hit her at stimulation 40, no responce, 60, no response, 80, few head shakes, didn't slow a bit, 100, constant, headshakes, for 3-5 seconds before finally turning away, then slowly heading back. This blew me away. For all our other shorthairs 40 with this collar
creates a quick yelp, and things get back to normal.
So here are a couple of questions I have:
1. At her age, is my above action(treating as puppy in field) a good idea?
2. Please give input on ecollar situation.
3. What is a good method to break her from being a runner?
4. Does tighting the ecollar have any effect of the stimulation?
Thanks, in advance for your responses.
Note: Our 3 yr old male is very well trained. He pretty much does everything we tell him to do and responds very well to hand signals.
creates a quick yelp, and things get back to normal.
So here are a couple of questions I have:
1. At her age, is my above action(treating as puppy in field) a good idea?
2. Please give input on ecollar situation.
3. What is a good method to break her from being a runner?
4. Does tighting the ecollar have any effect of the stimulation?
Thanks, in advance for your responses.
Note: Our 3 yr old male is very well trained. He pretty much does everything we tell him to do and responds very well to hand signals.