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« on: May 21, 2015, 04:11:54 pm »

You can settle her down...TRUST ME....I've done it. Only reason I worked at it as hard as I did was because I KNEW the blood, the potential. Here's the story....

Two pups I picked up out of my old Jasper dog I sold...they were coyote as hell when I picked them up. They were about 6 months old and had been running loose their whole life...no collar, hadn't been leash broke and didn't seem to have been handled at all.

The bawled and screamed, flopped around and bit me when I caught them up and collared them. I drug them to the truck and put them in the box. On the 5 hour drive home I thought....what the hell man...I've got a SERIOUS chore in front of me.

Step 1: Well...first thing I did was throw them in a kennel and when I fed them every day I sat in there a few minutes and talked to them. Within a week I was able to pet them.

Step 2: Week 2 I coupled them to the fence during feeding time...
1. The bigger of the two was finishing his food faster than the other and stealing the others food
2. It's an easy way to leash break them.
I caught a couple more bites the first couple days of that week but nothing serious...more just mouthing than anything. By the end of the 2nd week of this...the pups were pretty easily petted on and feeding was routine...each pup went to their own spot...waiting to be coupled.

Step 3: There was NO way I was letting them out of their kennel until I was SURE they'd come when called...so I waited till about week 5 before I let them out...just before feeding time. Everything went find...the pups came when called and it was no big deal for me to put my hands on them.

It just takes time and work...some pups/dogs take longer than others. If the blood is worth it...I'll put the time/work in.
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