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Lay welded wire fence on the ground, [after leveling] the grass will grow up and cover it. I would also spend alot of time scolding, yelling, griping (ie: you stop digging holes, I am sick and tired of filling these holes back up, etc, etc, I can really get going on it) as I filled the holes. I have even tied the dogs to the spot with a stake as I did the work so they couldn't leave and escape the scolding, they seem to get the message.

 

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The better quality shock collars ARE GREAT, I have an Inotech brand for sporting dogs called the Trasher, it has an ajustable level button, and a max level button, They act bad, I zap, they yelp, I run out and say, "poor baby what happened, are you Ok?" We love it!

My dogs suspect that chickens have somekind of mental powers that bite, if the dogs look to closely at them. And, I don't think it is mean at all, letting bad behavoir continue to the point you don't like your dog anymore is mean to the dog. After all they don't know any better until you teach them.