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From: A.S.Chamove@massey.ac.nz (A.S. Chamove)
Newsgroups: sci.research,sci.psychology,sci.bio
Subject: Re: Skunk Glands
Message-ID: <1991Mar18.045509.10783@massey.ac.nz>
Date: 18 Mar 91 04:55:09 GMT
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Here in NZ we have a big problem with domestic dogs attacking sheep.
The only cure at present is to attach a radio-controlled collar to the
dog, encourage it to attack some sheep, and then to shock it.
With some dogs this works well but with some it does not.
I thought that this might be that electricity is not a "naturally
aversive event" to dogs.
I thought that if one could hook up a sprayer to a sheep, encourage the
attack, and then spray the dog, that it might be a better or at least a
second line of defence when someone has a sheep-killing dog that they
want trained to stop this behaviour.

Thank you all for the formulae.  If I can work out a delivery device I
will let you all know the results.

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Arnold Chamove
Massey University Psychology
Palmerston North, New Zealand