Comments on: RIP Little Red Hen

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:17:50 +0000

It’s a shame you chose to “turn Ray’s dog collar to high” and punish the dog for doing what dogs normally do. You can’t expect your dog to be a cow. You should punish yourself for allowing that situation to happen in the first place. Perhaps you meant that metaphorically, but either way … YOU deserve the shock collar.

By: kira

kira — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:04:42 +0000

No I am not “judgy” just honest. I work in animal rescue and bark collars are inhumane. Your skin and body makeup is different from a dogs, so you are feeling a complete different sensation.

By: cmf

cmf — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:07:03 +0000

Hmm Kira — judgy much? The computerized bark collar has saved all of our sanities — Ray is reminded to behave, the neighbors don’t hate us anymore, and I don’t have to yell at him all day. His brain isn’t much bigger than the chickens’ and no matter what training methods we tried, he barks at everything. And I work at home (which in this economy puts my job in jeopardy), so I can’t have him exploding when I’m in the middle of a conference call. I’ve had it shock me — it’s startling, but not painful.

By: kira

kira — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:33:29 +0000

Bark collar turned to high? Shame on you for even using a bark collar!

By: Tara

Tara — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:46:09 +0000

I’m sorry to hear that. I’ve so far lost four of mine to my own dogs (three of those were all in the same day). I’ve lost a few more to wild predators. I’ve learned to heavily pad the number I keep above what I think I need. I seem to need to start out with about twice as many as I really want. I live in the country, though. In town, in a fenced yard, I’d still pad but not as much. Oh, and roosters NEVER get caught! Good luck – I hope the rest stay safe.

By: Mouse

Mouse — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:55:00 +0000

Oh dear. This is why I am not keen to keep poultry. In France my friend Kathy fights a losing battle with the local foxes, stoats and rats and it’s so difficult when one of them successfully makes off with a hen or duck. But on the positive side, the fresh eggs and delicious and hunting for them in the hedges and ditches was a pleasant task. Life, death….