Thread: Kiwi Avoidance Training help!

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Can't help with your query but I will add my 2c on aversion training.
I use a Garmin collar on Bo for the tracking features and should I ever lose him and he's always been perfectly fine with it. However, after the aversion training (they literally just put a training collar on them, let them go over and sniff the decoy and then belt the crap out of them with the remote) Bo took a long time to come right after the experience and wouldn't hunt full stop with his Garmin collar on, would just stick right beside me and was generally very nervous with the collar on, I kind of think it wrecked him for a while there and it was really frustrating and a bit sad for me to see my wee mates demeanor changed full stop after such an experience.
They tell you that they will get a "small shock" but they belt the crap out of them and did it to all the dogs that were present for the day, hearing all the other dogs yelping and carrying on is probably an experience in itself for a young dog. If I had the time back I just wouldn't have done it and just take my dog somewhere else to hunt

That @Ryan_Songhurst is bloody terrible to hear. Shock collars are an excellent tool in the right hands imo. I’ve used one and made sure that I tried it out on myself first. Was brilliant for such a head strong dog which I had in Dude. I hate electric fences and shocks full stop! Was even really uncomfortable with my recent visit to the Special Police in France just now where the guy was showing us an unloaded taser. Was actually feeling sick and asked him to stop pointing it in my direction
So with Dude I’d first shock myself at the lowest setting then put it on him and used it. See what the result was. Setting 1 he showed no response two was a slight shake of the head 3 was a hop. Never needed 4. And never got a full jump bark yelp. That’s just bloody cruel!

Id bloody well ask the guy/girl to use it on them first if they said no then I’d tell em to stick it.
Man if someone films this and sends it off to the rspca