He told me that guys who train their dogs by lighting them up on the first sniff will have to re-train them. Dogs aren't good at learning this way. He did it in increments so that the DOG decided he didn't like the snake. It is important that the dog SEE the snake, SMELL the snake and HEAR the snake. He confirms all of this. My dog had probably 8 encounters and only twice was zapped loud enough that she yipped. Last test is a snake in a bag- mild scent only. My dog wouldn't get closer than 40 feet!
When I stayed to help I parked next to where we were working so I could keep an eye on my dog. I had both windows open and figured she would just take a nap. Those two new snakes were buzzing like the customers service buzzer at WalMart during shift change. She tried to put her paws over her ears. I had to give her Valium when we got home
I reckon that's the same guy that puts on clinics down here, and in Tucson.
Gracey was already "Avoiding" and alarming to Rattlesnakes, and wouldn't go anywhere NEAR the de-fanged and mouth taped training aid, stood back with her ruff and back up....he had to get me to DRAG her close, and than nailed her with the collar,....the collar he was using was boosted, and really HURTS the trainee,...I felt pretty bad about the whole deal.
anything read here as critical, ...discard the notion
I'd recommend running ANY younger dog through this course,....
....my jury's still out on how well this'll take on older mature dogs.
GTC
