Catia
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Is it really possible that Tessa is unaffected by a live electric fence?
Other pooches on this farm yelped & ran or spun around immediately if they even bumped it for a second.
-Tessa just walked thru-parting the wires with her head & stepped through. She didn't run, wasn't fast.
1st couple of times she did it, the guy there said she must've gotten lucky & didn't get jolted--but she didn't get lucky the other 10+ times while we were there & she just walked thru. Sometimes 2 wires were full on her for a few seconds.
She did give it an odd look once. A slight WTF look moment & went on about her mission as if nothing happened.
Once she slightly bowed her head, but we think that was because a zebra & a horse were coming at her face 1st & she was slightly uncomfortable/unsure. Only slightly unsure, because she wasn't too uncomfortable to walk right through the fence again as soon as th zebra turned sideways--LOL she was after a prized zebra berry...a delicacy..better than deer or horse poo.
Another pooch wanted to follow, & tried, & was not successful. Tessa came back through just the same way, & didn't rush. Another pooch was completely shattered by the jolt & was freaked out for the rest of the day.
All day, she was the only dog who crossed that fence. She didn't seem to understand why other dogs weren't joining her.
Today I explored Tessa's other side--
There were 20-30 golden retrievers at times. For the one's who have been there before, it was clear they understood the fence. Most of them were born there.
The newbies tried & failed & stayed away from that moment forward.
My only explanation is that Tessa felt it but it wasn't severe enough-though it was more than adequate for the other animals there, all of the golden's, a zebra, the horses, a camel...but not Tessa.
Is it possible she just faked it & hid the pain? & if that was the case-she wouldn't keep going back right???
What is the deal with the differences in pain perception? I've heard some breeds have higher pain tolerances or mask it well. TM's being one of them.
I just find her lack of reaction hard to believe & I saw it with my own eyes.
There's no way she didn't get jolted.
I've seen her mask pain before, she shows it to no one except me-no one.---but this is an electric jolt-& it really just seemed like it didn't bother her.
On my other babbling end-since I've been gone for a while:
Today Tessa was a wonderful girl--all of the x x x-tra socialization for her 1st year is truly showing & while it exhausted me at the time, I'm so very thankful I put that time in.
Yes, she's a 1/2 breed, (mom was a golden)& Tessa is on the softer/submissive side, but she has a LOT of TM characteristics in her & will correct or react...
Today I learned Tessa herself doesn't have ANY issues with other females, meaning: no same sex aggression--which is what I suspected all along-but had no proof-just the experiences with female dogs in my (bad) neighborhood.
Now I know-the issue is the other female dogs in my 'hood are aggressive towards her, & she WILL react or correct. And she doesn't want them near me.
Today, in a group of 30 goldens, all well behaved & properly socialized, more than 1/2 of them female, there was not 1 issue...even when she entered the area & all of them came rushing her--face 1st like golden's do...no issues.
Also, since no one overtly challenged her, or jumped on her , or tried to hump-she was able to enjoy herself--& she actually didn't constantly feel the need to get between me & another dog. I, for once, was allowed to pet & play with the other dogs & enjoy myself too.
Now, a group of 20 TM's, not sure how that would be...But I imagine, if well socialized, & trained, it'd be similar, though I'd not bet any $$ on it LOL & certainly there'd not be as much toy sharing.
OH, & now I also know for sure-Although I've said it before:
Tessa greets just like a golden retriever.
Her mom being a golden, that's what she learned, & it stayed with her--every one of those retievers greets just like her--all face 1st.
They ALL spoke with the same body language-It was quite neat to watch.
Tessa stuck out like "One of these things is NOT like the other" physically-but she "got them" immediately.
I've also said Tessa was about the same size of a large male golden, but slightly thicker- maybe this was the case months ago-it is not the case now. She was the largest pooch there-though a few of the stud males were quite thick boned-she was still taller & thicker than most of the males, & significantly larger than all of the females.
Other pooches on this farm yelped & ran or spun around immediately if they even bumped it for a second.
-Tessa just walked thru-parting the wires with her head & stepped through. She didn't run, wasn't fast.
1st couple of times she did it, the guy there said she must've gotten lucky & didn't get jolted--but she didn't get lucky the other 10+ times while we were there & she just walked thru. Sometimes 2 wires were full on her for a few seconds.
She did give it an odd look once. A slight WTF look moment & went on about her mission as if nothing happened.
Once she slightly bowed her head, but we think that was because a zebra & a horse were coming at her face 1st & she was slightly uncomfortable/unsure. Only slightly unsure, because she wasn't too uncomfortable to walk right through the fence again as soon as th zebra turned sideways--LOL she was after a prized zebra berry...a delicacy..better than deer or horse poo.
Another pooch wanted to follow, & tried, & was not successful. Tessa came back through just the same way, & didn't rush. Another pooch was completely shattered by the jolt & was freaked out for the rest of the day.
All day, she was the only dog who crossed that fence. She didn't seem to understand why other dogs weren't joining her.
Today I explored Tessa's other side--
There were 20-30 golden retrievers at times. For the one's who have been there before, it was clear they understood the fence. Most of them were born there.
The newbies tried & failed & stayed away from that moment forward.
My only explanation is that Tessa felt it but it wasn't severe enough-though it was more than adequate for the other animals there, all of the golden's, a zebra, the horses, a camel...but not Tessa.
Is it possible she just faked it & hid the pain? & if that was the case-she wouldn't keep going back right???
What is the deal with the differences in pain perception? I've heard some breeds have higher pain tolerances or mask it well. TM's being one of them.
I just find her lack of reaction hard to believe & I saw it with my own eyes.
There's no way she didn't get jolted.
I've seen her mask pain before, she shows it to no one except me-no one.---but this is an electric jolt-& it really just seemed like it didn't bother her.
On my other babbling end-since I've been gone for a while:
Today Tessa was a wonderful girl--all of the x x x-tra socialization for her 1st year is truly showing & while it exhausted me at the time, I'm so very thankful I put that time in.
Yes, she's a 1/2 breed, (mom was a golden)& Tessa is on the softer/submissive side, but she has a LOT of TM characteristics in her & will correct or react...
Today I learned Tessa herself doesn't have ANY issues with other females, meaning: no same sex aggression--which is what I suspected all along-but had no proof-just the experiences with female dogs in my (bad) neighborhood.
Now I know-the issue is the other female dogs in my 'hood are aggressive towards her, & she WILL react or correct. And she doesn't want them near me.
Today, in a group of 30 goldens, all well behaved & properly socialized, more than 1/2 of them female, there was not 1 issue...even when she entered the area & all of them came rushing her--face 1st like golden's do...no issues.
Also, since no one overtly challenged her, or jumped on her , or tried to hump-she was able to enjoy herself--& she actually didn't constantly feel the need to get between me & another dog. I, for once, was allowed to pet & play with the other dogs & enjoy myself too.
Now, a group of 20 TM's, not sure how that would be...But I imagine, if well socialized, & trained, it'd be similar, though I'd not bet any $$ on it LOL & certainly there'd not be as much toy sharing.
OH, & now I also know for sure-Although I've said it before:
Tessa greets just like a golden retriever.
Her mom being a golden, that's what she learned, & it stayed with her--every one of those retievers greets just like her--all face 1st.
They ALL spoke with the same body language-It was quite neat to watch.
Tessa stuck out like "One of these things is NOT like the other" physically-but she "got them" immediately.
I've also said Tessa was about the same size of a large male golden, but slightly thicker- maybe this was the case months ago-it is not the case now. She was the largest pooch there-though a few of the stud males were quite thick boned-she was still taller & thicker than most of the males, & significantly larger than all of the females.