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<blockquote data-quote="Lannie" data-source="post: 1716803" data-attributes="member: 8202"><p>Alright! We have had some meaningful "discussions" now! She was playing with an old (entire) chicken wing that was a cat toy from some previously deceased rooster, and I decided that it was too close to an actual chicken and she shouldn't be playing with it. She has other "toys" to play with anyway, she just likes the feathers. So I decided to use that wing as a training exercise, and zapped her. Yike! She jumped back and looked at that thing for a couple seconds, then went right back to it. Another zap, another YIKE and jump back. I never said a word (I was in the house, looking out the window). She finally gave it a sideways glance and went and laid down in her dirt hole by the back door. I waited a few minutes then went out to pet her and she sat nicely for me and didn't jump on me, so I gave her a cookie. I also gave her one of her BRAND NEW chew toys we bought for her that she has never touched. She still doesn't want it. It's supposed to smell or taste like beef, but it must not.</p><p></p><p>I left the chicken wing where I could see it out the window, and got up and checked every 5 minutes or so, until I saw it was gone. I went outside and found she'd moved it around the corner of the house and was playing with it again, so she got another zap. It's going to be hard to break this feather obsession because she's played with this chicken wing before, and she rolled a few chickens when I wasn't looking (I'm sure of this) before I got the collar on her. If I'd had it right from the start, maybe I could have nipped this in the bud, but it might take a little while now that she's formed a habit.</p><p></p><p>Later in the afternoon, she was out in the corral and started moving through the coop chicken group, which was finally outside after their long lockdown. As soon as she put her head down and focused on one hen, I zapped her. She jumped. But she stopped following the hen. I don't mind if she wanders through the flock, or even RUNS through the flock (heck, even Jasper runs through them on occasion, just for fun, I think), but I don't want her EVER putting her mouth on one again, or even thinking about it.</p><p></p><p>All in all, it was a good day. I was exhausted from all the up and down and running out to see where she was and what she was doing, and she was sad that her former playmates were biting her neck, but I think we made an impression that playing with a chicken is a baaaad thing. Maybe another day or two and she'll get it.</p><p></p><p>She was even playing with her kitty friends nicer yesterday. I was sitting outside at sundown, just making sure she didn't mess with any of the coop chickens going to bed, and she was playing with Joey and Jake, and being VERY gentle with them. Maybe she was worried they were going to bite her in the neck, too! I am only using a zap if she's mouthing a chicken (or that chicken wing) or planning to mouth a chicken. The cats are tough enough to put up with her play, so I'm leaving them alone, but it was nice to see her gentle play interactions with them last night. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lannie, post: 1716803, member: 8202"] Alright! We have had some meaningful "discussions" now! She was playing with an old (entire) chicken wing that was a cat toy from some previously deceased rooster, and I decided that it was too close to an actual chicken and she shouldn't be playing with it. She has other "toys" to play with anyway, she just likes the feathers. So I decided to use that wing as a training exercise, and zapped her. Yike! She jumped back and looked at that thing for a couple seconds, then went right back to it. Another zap, another YIKE and jump back. I never said a word (I was in the house, looking out the window). She finally gave it a sideways glance and went and laid down in her dirt hole by the back door. I waited a few minutes then went out to pet her and she sat nicely for me and didn't jump on me, so I gave her a cookie. I also gave her one of her BRAND NEW chew toys we bought for her that she has never touched. She still doesn't want it. It's supposed to smell or taste like beef, but it must not. I left the chicken wing where I could see it out the window, and got up and checked every 5 minutes or so, until I saw it was gone. I went outside and found she'd moved it around the corner of the house and was playing with it again, so she got another zap. It's going to be hard to break this feather obsession because she's played with this chicken wing before, and she rolled a few chickens when I wasn't looking (I'm sure of this) before I got the collar on her. If I'd had it right from the start, maybe I could have nipped this in the bud, but it might take a little while now that she's formed a habit. Later in the afternoon, she was out in the corral and started moving through the coop chicken group, which was finally outside after their long lockdown. As soon as she put her head down and focused on one hen, I zapped her. She jumped. But she stopped following the hen. I don't mind if she wanders through the flock, or even RUNS through the flock (heck, even Jasper runs through them on occasion, just for fun, I think), but I don't want her EVER putting her mouth on one again, or even thinking about it. All in all, it was a good day. I was exhausted from all the up and down and running out to see where she was and what she was doing, and she was sad that her former playmates were biting her neck, but I think we made an impression that playing with a chicken is a baaaad thing. Maybe another day or two and she'll get it. She was even playing with her kitty friends nicer yesterday. I was sitting outside at sundown, just making sure she didn't mess with any of the coop chickens going to bed, and she was playing with Joey and Jake, and being VERY gentle with them. Maybe she was worried they were going to bite her in the neck, too! I am only using a zap if she's mouthing a chicken (or that chicken wing) or planning to mouth a chicken. The cats are tough enough to put up with her play, so I'm leaving them alone, but it was nice to see her gentle play interactions with them last night. :) [/QUOTE]
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