Doggone Stupid Dog...

[equusmaximus]

     I swear, some dogs have the worst case of ADD...

I took the Muttski out with me when I went to feed the horses.  The Kidling and I finished rebuilding his dog-house a couple weekends ago, so lately we've been leaving him outside (and chained) when we go out for extended periods, rather than leaving him locked in the house.  We also tie him

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[calzephyr77]

Sigh!

[moonscream]

Actually, you can work with this. Its important that he waited until you said those words to misbehave.

Wherever he was before, he clearly learned that as a release or run command because he didn't do anything until you said that. Just make sure you DON'T say that anymore when you don't want him to do that. Use other words when you want him to come with you, take hold of him until he learns to stay by you all the time, and distract him when he sees something he's going to go after, draw his attention back to you.

[kevinbunny]

Agreed. One of the best commands you can teach a dog is the 'Leave It' command. It's a generic 'don't eat/chase/sniff that' command, for when you want the dog to stop what it's about to do, without the harsh 'NO!' or 'Stop!' commands...

[equusmaximus]

One of these days, he's going to learn that when I tell him "Leave it!" in reference to the barn-cats, it's for his own good! Unlike our house-cat Ginger, the barn-cats are not declawed, and those little paw-daggers are razor-sharp! (Ginger was declawed when we got her, we would never do that to a cat!)

[equusmaximus]

That's pretty much what I was thinking as well. I should have made sure I had a good grip on his collar before I said "Let's Go", but the main reason he got in trouble was because he ignored my commands to stop and come back. Had he listened and obeyed those orders, he'd have spent the night in the nice warm house.

I'm wondering if the deer came back in the night to mock him, as he was barking his head off between 12am and 1am. He's normally a very quiet dog, so it's unusual for him to bark.

[equattraction]

A good farm dog's responsibility is to protect his humans, livestock, and property at all costs. He will sacrifice his life to take on anything that is a threat, from badgers to cougars. Given enought training, he will learn to obey your whistles or verbal commands, such as "leave it" or "down". Until he learns these things he will do what he believes he is supposted to do, and in time you will thank him for chasing the deer away from your garden. Just hope he doesn't take on a skunk!