tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350255979013980036.post6175396656286480819..comments2023-09-01T03:40:03.399-04:00Comments on Sugar Sweet: Bambi? Yum. Lunch.Sugarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13592929150793334278noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350255979013980036.post-71204935146662757132008-10-20T18:54:00.000-04:002008-10-20T18:54:00.000-04:00Oh Crazy Lady. I feel your pain. I really truly do...Oh Crazy Lady. I feel your pain. I really truly do. Our Formosan wonder chased a deer across the street and into the property across the street (we live in rural mountains CA). we had to stop traffic on a busy road in both directions. Then he got to play "chase" with us between stopped cars and show everyone on the street how we didn't have any control over our dog. how embarrassing. Oh the joy. So We put up 2 fences for our Formosan wonder. the first is a 3000 square foot dog run with 6 ft chain link fence. If that fails, we put up a 6 foot deer fencing around about 1/2 acre of our property, so if and when he gets out or gets to be on the grounds outside the dog yard with us supervising, we have the saftey net of the deer fence (and deer can't get in to bait him, which is nice). but don't think those deer don't tease him. oh but they do. he sees them from inside the house on the other side of the 2nd level of fencing and loves to try and go for it. <BR/><BR/>We have him in special training. He's very sweet but aggressive while on the leash around other dogs or sometimes strangers. and of course didn't come on command when chasing deer which is so wrong. so i'm working with a "special" trainer. Loki gets his butt handed to him weekly. it's working. Its a commbination of praise and correction. he does all the commands with the trainer no problem...the trainer now trains me. because my doggie knows he can push me and he also knows what i don't know. it's leadership and respect. truthfully (and i don't mean this as criticsm because i'm not perfect) but your little Bambi hunter should have halted and stopped the minute you said so, no matter what drive he's in, prey, play, praise or food. prey is a strong drive but your leadership and command should be able to stop him in his tracks. but it takes a LOT of training. hard training. Training you may not be so keen on. Read www.leerburg.com. there's lots of info there to get you started and understanding drives, motivations, "true" leadership (respect from the doggie) and "true" obedience (you do it because i said so, not because i'm bribing you with a treat)....there's marker training (positive reinforcement) that gets you started and then theory on using corrections to teach the dog once he knows the command, what happens if he doesn't "do" the command. <BR/><BR/>it takes sooooo much work, but i'm putting it in because 1. its fun with a dog like this. The prey/play drive alone in him will make it much easier on you to train him well...trust me, my husky is harder to train than the formosan dog. she's very low motivated --you USE the motivation/drive (prey/play) to train and that's what's really fun, and 2. because of his safety. i never ever want to have something happen to my dog because he couldn't obey a command to keep him safe (whether he bites someone and has to be put down or he runs in the street and get run over by a car). <BR/><BR/>anyway, thanks for reading Wild Dingo! i like your stories. been so busy training (and fixing husky spaz attacks) haven't had time to post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com