I'm gonna have to disagree with Tbob this time. I don't want my dogs to think I had anything whatsoever to do with them feeling pain when running trash....I want them to think it was Devine Intervention if you want to call I that! In my opinion,.....the ideal thing would be to shock the dog the instant that the thought to pursue this 'trash' came into the dog's mind.....even before it took one step toward the trash. Then it would surmise that this trash is bad for me to run, so I'm going to leave it alone.
We can't keep our dogs from smelling all this trash that roams the woods,.....what I want is for my dogs to not want to pursue/catch any of these critters. I agree 100% that the dog/pup needs to be familiar with hogs and be baying or running them well before we try to break if off of any kind of trash.
I haven't whipped a dog in many years, no need to now.....Tri-tronics took care of that for me. I will scold them at times if need be, but that is always enough. Far better to use too little 'shock' than too much. You can always add more, but you can never take back too much.
If you can see some deer in a pasture or run across the road in front of you.....you have a super opportunity to educate your dogs,.....get 'em out and turn the ones with shock collars onto the track.....if they start to follow it.....buzz 'em.....if they don't put 'em back in the box and count your blessings. Good luck.
X2 only time I want the dog to know its me shocking it is when I am calling it and it won't come
