"Omelet" > wrote

>I hate shock collars but as you say, they are a last resort.
> Mine has a remote that is powerful enough to go thru the windows so she
> did not associate it with me.

My MIL bought me a blue boxy thing at Big Lots. A little smaller than a
pack of cigarettes. It makes some dogs take off running, and doesn't faze
others at all. My two rescue pooches take off when I hit it, but I never
let them see me hit it. It's always on the countertop.

Today my daughter and her crew came over including Mickey. He's an
obnoxious Yorkie who will jump in your lap during dinner. I put the box on
my lap, and just an instant before Mickey was going to jump into daughter's
lap, I hit it. It works really good on him. He looked like someone hit him
in the face with a wet towel. He took off and went into the hall. In a
bit, he was back. At our house, no dogs are allowed in the dining room
during dinner. He trotted right back in, and we repeated the sequence.
Next time, when he took one step out of the hall I hit it again. By now,
all my dogs are back taking a nap or in other rooms.

I think it will take Mickey one more trip to my house to be trained. I'd
suggest it to my daughter, but I know the four and six year olds would
torture the dog with it.

No one saw a thing. I carry it when doing real estate studies, and it works
on about half the dogs.

Steve

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