round 3: a collar and a wire. seems simple, run some electricity through it (safely) and it should keep hoodini away from the fence/hot tub. the collar beeps when she gets close and shocks her when too close. her first shock was almost enough to teach her; but being a husky she had to try again and whammo another shock. system is a success, she realized her boundaries....we left her alone for 10 hours with no problems, no visits to the neighbor...we came home to 2 very excited to see us dogs
success? lol
round 4: if you move the sensor higher than 3' above the cord; it does not beep and does not shock. to test this theory hoodini took a flying leap across a 6' span, up on top of the 4' high hot tub and over the fence. she proceeded to frolic through the neighbors back yard and in their house with muddy paws. the instructions did not mention this, apparently hoodini figured it out all on her own. well, at least we know she is not stupid. must be her pointing out the obvious flaw in the system to us...
amen for understanding neighbors....
team work: poochie-poo watches hoodini and these antics and gets annoyed at her frequently. while hoodini has out-smarted the shock collar, mundane acts such as sitting, staying, shaking hands, or listening in general are still beyond her. poochie-poo got fed up and showed hoodini how to shake hands during the most recent lesson. how did she do this? she bit hoodini on the leg when we asked for hoodini's paw and wallah....hoodini understood. whether she understood "paw" = shake hands or "paw" = poochie-poo will bite me if i don't shake hands we may never know, but as long as it is working we don't care.
amen for team work (although i'm sure i will regret this statement later)
No comments:
Post a Comment