Lucy's mama Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I went out to hang the washing today and Banjo was rolling around on his back with an almost dead snake in his mouth. He gave it to me no worries at all but I really need him to not touch them in the first place. I like the harmless ones and don't want to risk him getting bitten by a venomous one. I have heard of snake aversion training. Does anyone know much about it or where I can find out more? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Shepherd~ Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 (edited) The Victorian Dog Training Academy covers this, maybe email them and find out if they know someone in your state. http://www.vdta.com.au/ Edited May 7, 2010 by Chewbacca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smisch Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 DogsLife did an article on it, If I can find it I'll scan an email it to you.. no sure if it'd work but its worth a shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthdog Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 What type of snake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magstar Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 We used a rubber snake attached to fishing line to teach our dog to stay away from them. I didn't think it would work because I thought the dog would not associate a rubber snake and a real snake as being the same. But it did seem to do the job. She never gets close to snakes anymore, just barks at them from a distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundoglover Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Magstar, What did you do to make her avoid the rubber snake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy's mama Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 It was a keel back. We have a lot of them here and they help to keep down the toad numbers. We also get browns, yellow faced whip snakes, marsh snakes and red belly blacks so don't want him to make a habit of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magstar Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Magstar, What did you do to make her avoid the rubber snake? We made the rubber snake move using the fishing line, then if she went any where near it yelled a big scary "leave! Snake!" . The idea was to make the "snake" a scary thing to her so that she would be wary of them. We did that every now and then for a while. I'm not in any way saying that it was a great technique, but it did the job for us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundoglover Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Thanks, Magstar, It's a technique that's worth a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekhbet Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 I would keep the dead snake as a scent and borrow a reeeeeeeeeeally good e-collar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy's mama Posted May 8, 2010 Author Share Posted May 8, 2010 Thanks Nekhbet. I did some googling and it seems that is exactly how it is done. I don't think my timing, handling and body language reading skills are good enough to use an e-collar fairly and successfully.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekhbet Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 there are plenty of trainers who can do it and show you. http://www.petresortsaustralia.com.au/ email steve austin in NSW he could recommend someone up in your state to help you do it properly. I know he snake proofs his working dogs and has to ensure its 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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