DOG TRAINING!!!

[sisu]

Icy, he could of offered to loan her the collar and controler so her & her partner could experiment with some electrified sex.

[ICEMAN]

I thought they knew more about pusssy cats than dogs...? 

[duckaholic]

i remember a few years back when i was disciplining my lab my nosy neighbor yelled  at me, i told her to be quiet or she is next!! not 20 min later i had the locale p.d. at my place,(fellow duck hunter as well) so i filled him in and he laughed at the situation after looking at my dog ,the  kennel ,the yard and played with my pup he went and told her to not worry about what i do on my property and to mind her on business.   

[Stickerbush]

I feel for ya, I'm lucky that I have a private field that I can train my dog on. I just started using the e-collar in the last few months and I know its not a bad thing when my dog gets happy when i put it on her! luckily I haven't had any run ins with ignorant people, but its just a pretty big misconception people have about them. I don't know what I would have done in your situation, just depends on what mood I am in I guess

[Pathfinder101]

OK, I am not officially condoning this, but I know this guy. ..and this is what he would do..

1.  Kill a coyote
2.  Put a collar around it's neck
3.  Snap a leash to the collar
4.  Tie the end of the leash to her back bumper
5.  Slide the coyote up under her car
6.  crack a beer, sit back, and wait for her to leave the house

...you can play the rest out in your head...

[duckaholic]

 
i love it, sounds like a master plan

[ICEMAN]

Now all I need to do is report her to the authorities for animal abuse. I'm pretty sure that kitty has been neglected for years...... Ha, thats the last one I promise

I'll bet the fur has been comletely rubbed off of it!

[rasbo]

I woulda told the biaaatch to go clean some carpet

[sisu]

I woulda told the biaaatch to go clean some carpet

she's probably already doing that if she's a lez

[Ellensburg]

Was this in Ellensburg?

[follow maggie]

Go back and train your partner there tomorrow.  Don't let he/she win

[Skyvalhunter]

Well its best that you kept your calm and didn't go off on her. I would continue to go to that field training. If she happens to come by you again when training ignore her. I wouldn't give her the time of day nor breath to dignify her existance!!If she continues to harass call the cops on her dumb ass.

[Happy Gilmore]

I agree with what everyone is saying but, there must be some reasonable middle ground. What we must consider is what happened in Europe. E-Collars are illegal. If we insight the noise raisers, look bad or generate any bad opinion of what we do in public we're not doing ourselves any service. Crissy G and her henchwomen will just work on taking away the few remaining freedoms we still have.

Much like many responses to threads when tree huggies are lurking or, when our senator is asking questions about wolves. Do we hold our tongues and be respectful or, do we tell the senator we're out to SSS every one we can find?

Consider how we like and need to be seen in the public's perspective as hunters. Same holds true for training dogs.

I'd ask, how can someone tell you are using an e-collar when they are just walking by? If your doing brush up training on handling, only you as a handler should be able to tell your dog has been corrected. If your getting a "cry" response from your dog, your doing "tune up" drills, in public, I'd say you're using too much juice if some un-educated tree hugger can tell you're using the collar. Anything more than a little head tilt and its too much for someone to see who doesn't know what e-collars are about.

If you need to do training and make collar corrections which are more severe and illicit noise, crying, barking or visible response from your dog, i think you should do it outside of town where you won't get noticed.

If you are not on your own property, she has as much right to tell you you're an A**hole as you do for standing there and training your dog- it really goes both ways. As hunters / dog guys whatever, keeping a good public opinion of us is the best policy. Lighting up your dog with an e-collar in public is the same as strapping a deer to the hood of your truck in my opinion. In poor taste.

Personally, I don't like to train around or near public and if I do, I'm not doing any work involving an e-collar. Nothing wrong with strapping on the tennis shoes.......just sayin'

[Gobble]

I would say have another beer and forget about the stupid *&%.  (insert any word you see fit, but one really comes to mind)

See you next tues? 

[Lee Root]

Happy, Nice post and thanks for putting to words what I have been thinking since I read the original post and some of the follow up post encouraging the original poster to stoop to a level that sportsmen should not consider stooping to. Image is everything in our broad spectrum as hunters, dog trainers, fishermen, etc.  Lee