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I've never hunted with a Griff, but my understanding is they aren't terrifically big runners. If that's true, you're experience probably won't be a lot different from my AKC Pointer and the dog will check in a lot.
You don't need a check cord that heavy.Get parachute cord. Lot easier on the dog.Train to come to whistle no matter what.
I experemented a lot with CC, hated the ropes as they drag so much the dog thinks your yanking on it all the time.
Lose the choke chain if your gonna let the dog run free,it's a bad bad idea to leave that on for hunting,especially if you got a rope/cord/muletape/airhose anything on it.Have that thing hang up on a branch at full speed and your gonna be on your way to the vet for a crushed windpipe,have the dog jump off the right embankment and the cord hangs up,your going to be shopping for a new dog.Choke chains are,well outdated and unneccessary in todays age.Far better methods and devices exist.
Quote from: wildweeds on November 12, 2013, 07:18:00 PMLose the choke chain if your gonna let the dog run free,it's a bad bad idea to leave that on for hunting,especially if you got a rope/cord/muletape/airhose anything on it.Have that thing hang up on a branch at full speed and your gonna be on your way to the vet for a crushed windpipe,have the dog jump off the right embankment and the cord hangs up,your going to be shopping for a new dog.Choke chains are,well outdated and unneccessary in todays age.Far better methods and devices exist.The chain is only on her while we are running on the roads around the house with her on a short leade. She wears a leather collar while in the woods for that exact reason. To me, calling the chain a choke collar is like calling an E collar a shock collar. If that's how you use it, you're doing it wrong. I'll give some of these ideas a try. I'm sure that as she gets used to it the cord won't bother her as much. But I'll still look into some of the light weight styles. I'll probably pick up an E collar as well to start working that in while using the CC.Andrew
I found another dog that was wearing a zapper,that dog was lost in the thick stuff too.I heard the guy yell for the dog and then shock the dog who yelped.What was wrong there?
Quote from: wildweeds on November 12, 2013, 08:37:37 PM I found another dog that was wearing a zapper,that dog was lost in the thick stuff too.I heard the guy yell for the dog and then shock the dog who yelped.What was wrong there?EFFING AHOLES! I lost count of how many times I came across a lost or confused pup at the release area with the owner no where in sight. Meanwhile the dog is flinching and yelping from getting zapped, and its looking at me for help, and the yelps get louder as the owner turns up the intensity of the shock collar because he thinks his dog isn't responding. The dog gets even more confused and sticks to me like glue because it doesn't have the foggiest idea about what is happing to it... probably because it was never collar conditioned in the first place.I will take an ecollar off a dog and chuck it in a situation like that.
Stilly got it,dont EVER EVER NEVER use the Ecolllar/Zapper/Shock collar/Hand of Zeus/Hammer of Thor whatever you want to call it .................. without having an actual eye on the dog.I can guarantee this,only 10% of dog owners who strap a collar on obey this one simple rule.Quote from: Stilly bay on November 12, 2013, 09:25:50 PMQuote from: wildweeds on November 12, 2013, 08:37:37 PM I found another dog that was wearing a zapper,that dog was lost in the thick stuff too.I heard the guy yell for the dog and then shock the dog who yelped.What was wrong there?*censored*! I lost count of how many times I came across a lost or confused pup at the release area with the owner no where in sight. Meanwhile the dog is flinching and yelping from getting zapped, and its looking at me for help, and the yelps get louder as the owner turns up the intensity of the shock collar because he thinks his dog isn't responding. The dog gets even more confused and sticks to me like glue because it doesn't have the foggiest idea about what is happing to it... probably because it was never collar conditioned in the first place.I will take an ecollar off a dog and chuck it in a situation like that.
Quote from: wildweeds on November 12, 2013, 08:37:37 PM I found another dog that was wearing a zapper,that dog was lost in the thick stuff too.I heard the guy yell for the dog and then shock the dog who yelped.What was wrong there?*censored*! I lost count of how many times I came across a lost or confused pup at the release area with the owner no where in sight. Meanwhile the dog is flinching and yelping from getting zapped, and its looking at me for help, and the yelps get louder as the owner turns up the intensity of the shock collar because he thinks his dog isn't responding. The dog gets even more confused and sticks to me like glue because it doesn't have the foggiest idea about what is happing to it... probably because it was never collar conditioned in the first place.I will take an ecollar off a dog and chuck it in a situation like that.