mountain dog collars
mountain dog collars
My Swiss Mountain Dog barks when I leave…?
I live in a towne house. While it has ample room for my dog, I do have neighbors relatively close. Lately, when I leave my dog barks incessantly sometimes for a few minutes, but often times a half hour or more. I don’t know what to do. I’ll wait downstairs after I leave to let her bark, so I can come back in to correct her, but it seems she doesn’t bark until I get in the car and drive away. I’ve been considering either a shock collar or an ultrasonic collar. I don’t want to use a citronella collar. Does anyone have an opinion or recommendation for the shock collar or ultrasonic collar?
I don’t need you to tell me what not to do only – if you have no recommendations on what I CAN do because this is a real problem then don’t bother.
Actually, you don’t need a shock collar or utrasonic collar to correct this problem, and i would highly, highly reccommend that you don’t use one. All this will take is repetician and time to fix the problem.
Here are a few steps to stopping the problem:
-Before you leave take your dog outside and maybe walk him, play tug-a-war or somehting to get out some play time and make him tired.
Now this next part will take some repetition so on a sunday when you have nothing to do take some time to do this.
Your dog has seperation anxiety and can only be corrected by being consistent, so it will take a few days.
Okay, i want you to put your jacket on, grab your keys, and say goodbye then close the door. Immediatly walk back in, take off your jacket, put the keys down and say hello. Then do this again once more, each time increase the time your gone. He may not be barking, but regardless this is teaching him that you always come back. Now after 4-5 times of increasing the time once you reach about 10 seconds, walk out the door, turn on your car, drive out of the driveway and back in and then walk back into the house, take off jacket or w/e put down keys and say hello. Do this a few more times. Try to do this repetition every time you have 30 minutes of free time. Just walking in and walking out. After a few times, (maybe even after one day if you devote enough time) your dog will stop barking, and will relax when you leave.
i know its alot of work but it does work! my dog lays down and chews on his kong (i stuff it before i leave–you should do that too–buy one at a local pet store) and he will be very quiet and relaxed.
By giving him a toy or soemthing to do this will help because he also maybe barking not only of missing you but maybe he is bored. buy 4 new toys and give him a new one each time you leave. Buy stuffable toys like kongs and stuff so they will keep him busy!
Good Luck
How We are Protected Against Avalanches
Soon after people started to settle in mountainous regions, they recognized the danger of avalanches. In order to stop the snow from burying their homes, they planted so-called ban forests on the slopes above their settlements. In many cases this protection was effective, which is why until today ban forests are still cared for by the local authorities. They are the best natural defense against avalanches. However, experience has shown that the forest must be dense and contain several hundred trees for every 2.5 acres [1 ha], as well as older and younger trees of different species.
In recent times engineers have made metal barriers anchored in concrete. These are placed in breakaway zones above the first fence of trees. They can be constructed up to 4 m in height, but it would be too expensive to place them on every slope. To protect buildings from being swept off their foundation, avalanche breakers are also made of huge mounds of rock and dirt and are set at the bottom of slopes. These piles can divert avalanches and keep them from rushing into villages and homes in valleys. Other types of breakers are V-shaped walls of dirt 2 m thick and 5 m high. The point of the V faces uphill, so it can split an avalanche in two and force the snow to deflect to either side. The legs of the V measure 90 m or 120 m in length and can protect entire towns. However, when important main roads or railway lines in the valleys are threatened, the best protection—and the costliest too—is provided by tunnels or galleries made of wood, steel, and concrete.
Another way to prevent avalanches is to break up heavy masses of snow. The Canadian army, for example, patrols between towns each winter and shoots into the snow. In this way they guard the Trans-Canada Highway, breaking up snow before it can avalanche and cover the road. To a certain extent, this method is also used in Switzerland, where in an effort to prevent avalanches, explosives are shot or dropped from helicopters onto unstable slopes to dislodge snow.
Avalanche Rescue
Skiers and hikers are supposed to wait while slopes are being tested for safety. Never ignore posted warnings! Remember that even the most experienced professional skier can be buried in snow. If you are caught in an avalanche, don’t panic! Move as if you were swimming in the ocean, advise experts. This will help to keep you near the top of the slide. Or push one arm as high as possible overhead. This might alert rescuers to your position. Cover your mouth and nose with your other hand. Rescue statistics show that only half of avalanche victims survive after being trapped for more than 30 minutes. Nowadays, some skiers carry beacons, such as battery-operated transmitters. Since the white death is ever present in high altitudes, speedy efforts to rescue avalanche victims are necessary.
For centuries, the famous Saint Bernard dogs were raised by Augustinian monks in the Swiss Alps. These dogs had the strength and stamina to move through deep snow and to withstand freezing winds and cold weather. They had a good sense of orientation and were very sensitive to sound and motion undetectable by humans. They thus saved hundreds of lives, even though they did not carry a keg of brandy on their collar while on rescue missions, as many pictures have portrayed them! Today most rescue dogs are German shepherds, but some other breeds are also trained for this type of work. In addition, electronic aids are effective, and careful probing by rescue workers can save lives. They cannot, however, match the success of trained dogs.
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