We cut him loose one night and he walked right up to the fence and was told get in there and hunt and he looked at us like we were stupid! My buddy made him get in the woods and he went maybe 30yards and looks back at us like heck no! About that time the coyotes fired up 75yards away! He high tailed it back to truck it was the funniest crap I ever seen.
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22250Rem
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Glad the story had a happy ending..... An older guy used to hunt the woods near me with a beagle which sometimes got lost. He always left his shirt behind and IIRC he always got his dog back. But as an added precaution I had his phone number in case I started having a strange beagle hanging around. Never had to call him but I would have been glad to help him out if possible.
someguy2800
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I would be beside myself if I lost my dog. He is a grouse dog so he is rarely more than 50 yards away but dogs do the strangest things.
This summer one of my nearby neighbors came over to my house at about 2 in the afternoon and said there was a big dog growling at her in her shed and wanted to know if I could help or knew who's it was. I put a couple dog biscuits in my pocket and went over. Saw him peaking out at me from under the bench and he came a wiggling as soon as the biscuit came out of my pocket. The neighbor lady took some pictures and put them on facebook and I took him over to my place to feed him and let him play with my dog. He was like a 10 year old Chesapeake and they quickly found the owner on facebook. The family was from about 2 1/2 miles away through the woods and they said he had taken off into the woods chasing a black bear in the back yard at about 9 AM the day before. He must have wandered around in the woods till he came out the other side and hid in the first open building he could find. Probably never spent a night outdoors before.
This summer one of my nearby neighbors came over to my house at about 2 in the afternoon and said there was a big dog growling at her in her shed and wanted to know if I could help or knew who's it was. I put a couple dog biscuits in my pocket and went over. Saw him peaking out at me from under the bench and he came a wiggling as soon as the biscuit came out of my pocket. The neighbor lady took some pictures and put them on facebook and I took him over to my place to feed him and let him play with my dog. He was like a 10 year old Chesapeake and they quickly found the owner on facebook. The family was from about 2 1/2 miles away through the woods and they said he had taken off into the woods chasing a black bear in the back yard at about 9 AM the day before. He must have wandered around in the woods till he came out the other side and hid in the first open building he could find. Probably never spent a night outdoors before.
Kingcreek
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Sorry, didn't mean to imply that you guys abandoned his dog. I was thinking about comments and knowing people who treat their dogs as expendable.
All good!
mustanger98
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I don't think anyone here is doubting your account. Some of us just got philosophical.
buck460XVR
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Most decent training collars have a limiter sensor that shuts the transmitter down after 5-10 seconds of continuous shock. This is not necessarily for a stuck button, but for a over zealous owner pissed at his dog and standing on the button to punish it. Only way to reset it is to release the button. Most also have a control where one can reduce the shock to nuttin' or a switch to turn a particular collar off. I doubt the issue was with the transmitter. Most problems occur with a too loose of collar and the probes not connecting to the skin properly. Dog feels nuttin' cause the probes aren't in contact and the owner continues to turn the power up and suddenly the dog is floored. Lots a resons a dog won't come back when "touched". Could be a loose collar and he's not feeling it, could be he hit an electric fence and think he was punished for something, or just could be a fence in general. Could be running deer and won;t be back till the deer circles back.Hard to tell when a dog is so far out you can't see him.
Over the years I have come to realize that most of my dogs are smarter than me when it comes to knowing where and what to hunt. You as an owner have to learn how top "read" your dog and if and when you can, you'll know there's probably a good reason it doesn't want to go someplace, if it's a hunter at all. Most times I can tell what my bird dog is pointing before I see it.
someguy2800
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We also believe in tough love. He's only allowed on this couch
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