Comments on: Ask the Dog Trainer http://bestdogtrainingadvice.net Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: sherrihaggard http://bestdogtrainingadvice.net/ask-the-dog-trainer/comment-page-1/#comment-38 sherrihaggard Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:24:23 +0000 http://bestdogtrainingadvice.net/?page_id=164#comment-38 The Australian Shepherd is a natural herding dog. Trying to break this habit is going to be about as easy as making him stop being a dog. You can take preventive techniques though to protect the goat. Depending on the size of the area, you can either put an electric fence around the goats or around the part of the yard the dog can stay in. Then you attach a special collar to the dog and it will get a tiny zap when it gets too close to the fence. This is a bit mean but it is better than putting your dog back in the pound. The alternative will take a bit longer and you might feel a bit silly. But if you can get the dog and goat to take daily walks together, then your dog will start seeing it as part of its group. You can walk them together, feed them together, and even groom the dog next to the goat. It won't happen overnight, but after a few weeks, you should see a difference in your dog. The Australian Shepherd is a natural herding dog. Trying to break this habit is going to be about as easy as making him stop being a dog. You can take preventive techniques though to protect the goat.

Depending on the size of the area, you can either put an electric fence around the goats or around the part of the yard the dog can stay in. Then you attach a special collar to the dog and it will get a tiny zap when it gets too close to the fence. This is a bit mean but it is better than putting your dog back in the pound.

The alternative will take a bit longer and you might feel a bit silly. But if you can get the dog and goat to take daily walks together, then your dog will start seeing it as part of its group. You can walk them together, feed them together, and even groom the dog next to the goat. It won’t happen overnight, but after a few weeks, you should see a difference in your dog.

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