Cattle/horse breaking pups

I have worked dogs that were whip broke and dogs that were shock collar broke, and there is a differance. The whip broke dogs seem to be bolder in the field and hunt without fear of punishment. My whip broke dogs will hunt or track through deer or cattle with out fear of being shocked. They will hunt the game I ask for not because they are afraid of being shocked but because they are trained to respect my comands without fear. If I am hunting a pasture with cattle in it I will keep my dogs close untill they run across some cattle, they will look to or wind some cattle and all I need to say is "get out" and they will hunt on by or through the cattle and not bark at a cow the rest of the night. Now these are the same dogs that I use to gather and bay cattle with during the day and sometimes at night. I can turn the switch on or off at my comand. I have watched my dogs keep hunting while dozens of deer run past or over them coming off wheat fields, they pay them no mind and keep hunting. I have seen dogs broke with the collar that will quit a track at the first sigh of cattle or deer and run back to the handeler with their tail between their legs, thats fear in my book, and makes a dog less bold and confident.

Now I spend alot of time with my dogs ( I use them in my work almost every day) and this can't be done overnight, and yes, you can over do the whip just like the collar. If you need a quick fix for a dog that you don't spend much time with then the collar is your best bet, but it will not produce dogs with true handle.

Paul T