Post by redsnow on Dec 5, 2021 8:26:52 GMT -6
I read the comments in the other thread about using shock collars on dogs and all. I've never had a shock collar on any of my dogs, but know lots of guys that do.
I've gotta tell you the story first, so we're all on the same page.
A man that I worked with years ago, he'd invite me bear hunt with him and his guys. The invitation was always there, but he lives about an hour from here. I called Jack one evening and said something like: Hey, I'm off work tomorrow, when and where do you want me to meet you?
It was late December, late in bear season. So I met Jack and his buddy Mike Adams at the restaurant at like 5am, 2 hours before daylight. I'd heard a lot about Mike, but that was the first time I'd met him in person. It was just going to be the 3 of us, I was riding with Jack.
Long story short, we were hunting on the West Virginia/Virginia state line. If you'd like to look it over, zoom in on Reddish Knob, on Google Earth. That's some big, and rough country. We were in that area.
Anyway, we had 2 or 3 old dogs out, more or less cold trailing. We had tracking collars on them, the old style radio collars. We lost track of them. Dogs will get down in those deep hollows, behind a knob or something, and you just can't get a beep on them.
So, Mike told me to take his truck back out across the mountain, climb up on that point and see if I could get an ear on them or a signal. Like I said, I'd just met Mike, and he just gave me his truck and all.
Before I took off, Mike said: I've got a young dog in the box, sometimes he'll bark back there. I've got a shock collar on him, if he starts barking and raising hell, just bump that red button, he'll shut up. I remember he told me that he'd just about had the dog broke, from barking in the box. Also remember Mike told me not to hold the button down, but just to bump it.
So, I took off out the old washboard, rough bumpy road a mile or 2, and the dog started. Just chopping away. I was driving shifting gears and all, found that control box, and did it exactly like Mike told me. The dog let out a squall and that was it. Silence.
I was out on the point, within sight of the truck, probably an hour or so, that dog never made a sound.
But think about it, how else can a feller correct a dog in that situation? I'd never even had my hands on the dog. The young dog learned that when I bark in this box, something is going to shock me.
It's one thing if you have a dog on a leash. But think about my options? I can't drag someone elses dog out of the box and give him a switching, the only thing that the dog would have learned is: I don't like this new guy.
It was over and done in 5 seconds. Remotely.
I've gotta tell you the story first, so we're all on the same page.
A man that I worked with years ago, he'd invite me bear hunt with him and his guys. The invitation was always there, but he lives about an hour from here. I called Jack one evening and said something like: Hey, I'm off work tomorrow, when and where do you want me to meet you?
It was late December, late in bear season. So I met Jack and his buddy Mike Adams at the restaurant at like 5am, 2 hours before daylight. I'd heard a lot about Mike, but that was the first time I'd met him in person. It was just going to be the 3 of us, I was riding with Jack.
Long story short, we were hunting on the West Virginia/Virginia state line. If you'd like to look it over, zoom in on Reddish Knob, on Google Earth. That's some big, and rough country. We were in that area.
Anyway, we had 2 or 3 old dogs out, more or less cold trailing. We had tracking collars on them, the old style radio collars. We lost track of them. Dogs will get down in those deep hollows, behind a knob or something, and you just can't get a beep on them.
So, Mike told me to take his truck back out across the mountain, climb up on that point and see if I could get an ear on them or a signal. Like I said, I'd just met Mike, and he just gave me his truck and all.
Before I took off, Mike said: I've got a young dog in the box, sometimes he'll bark back there. I've got a shock collar on him, if he starts barking and raising hell, just bump that red button, he'll shut up. I remember he told me that he'd just about had the dog broke, from barking in the box. Also remember Mike told me not to hold the button down, but just to bump it.
So, I took off out the old washboard, rough bumpy road a mile or 2, and the dog started. Just chopping away. I was driving shifting gears and all, found that control box, and did it exactly like Mike told me. The dog let out a squall and that was it. Silence.
I was out on the point, within sight of the truck, probably an hour or so, that dog never made a sound.
But think about it, how else can a feller correct a dog in that situation? I'd never even had my hands on the dog. The young dog learned that when I bark in this box, something is going to shock me.
It's one thing if you have a dog on a leash. But think about my options? I can't drag someone elses dog out of the box and give him a switching, the only thing that the dog would have learned is: I don't like this new guy.
It was over and done in 5 seconds. Remotely.