My Thoughts on eCollar Training.


These are some Observations for eCollar Training which I thought I would share.
When training with an eCollar, it is important to make the training fun. If you think you must shock the dog into submission, then you will ruin the relationship between you and your dog. You end goal is to have a dog that is focused on pleasing you and willing to please. Your dog is a companion and it is your job to guide or teach it to be a good citizen. So how do you motivate your dog to be willing to learn new behaviors? Well one of the best tools and a favorite among most dog trainers is food. Start by building the dogs food drive and give it the ideal when it performs well then treats are available. Food is one of the best tools to motivate a dog. When training with an eCollar I always try to keep a treat pouch with me while I work my dogs. The eCollar is a communication tool used to get the dogs attention and to keep its attention. Most of my training only involves the pager mode of the collar, the Nick and Constant are the last resort and rarely used. If you want a dog willing to obey you, you should focus on keeping your interactions as positive as possible. If you want to keep your dog’s full attention, then incorporate play into the training session with a toy like a rope ball.
Another tool you can use is a bumper used for retrieval training with bird dogs. When the dog performs as you would like then, throw the ball and let it chase the ball, or you can give it a treat or both. Remember if you keep the training session enjoyable the quicker you dog will learn the behavior. If you want to jump into serious training I highly recommend you check out Canine Training Systems.

https://www.caninetrainingsystems.com/

They have a large list of training videos covering different types of behaviors. I use several of their videos, and I will add that customer service is job #1 for them.
Many people get upset when they find I use an eCollar with my dogs. I understand that they assume that if I use an eCollar then I shock my dog into submission. That assumption is far from the truth, but I will not say I never use the constant. For example, I had my white GSD out working her one day. My Sable GSD let himself and my deaf lab out of their kennel, because I was in a hurry and did not put the lock back on the kennel. My White GSD is not dog friendly, and immediately attacked my lab. To stop the attack, I was forced to turn up to the max level on the eCollar and use the nick until my girl stopped. Then I was able to tell her to go to bed, which she promptly went back to her kennel. Though stopping the attack with the eCollar, my lab still needed 12 staples and a fair amount of stiches to patch her up at the animal hospital. If I had not had the eCollar on my white GSD, the situation could have been far worst than it had turned out. I would not recommend anyone trying to grab a attacking dog, which is very dangerous. Your dog could very well turn on you in the heat of the moment and things will turn bad quick. Here is a link to a video made by an experienced law officer who tried to save a baby pig from his dog.

Alderman Farms - When Dogs Attack

You must respect the animal, if you are going to have it. Tommy did nothing wrong, he just had a reflex reaction to save the baby pig. His family pet then turned on him, which unfortunately ended with the dog being put down by his son. I would like to think that knowing about Tommy’s experience has helped me be aware that I must always respect my dog and what it can be in the wrong situation. And in my own experience with a dog attack I was conscious that I should not grab the dog but distract it from the attack using the eCollar. It is my job as a dog owner to keep my dogs safe, and at the same time keep others safe.
If you have stuck with me to the end thank you for reading my blog. I am not claiming to be a professional, but a dog owner. I want to share my experience as I learn with my dogs. I hope to post a new blog soon, thanks again.

I will not make apologies for using an eCollar on my dogs. I want to keep them and others safe, and I want the dogs to be good citizens.

 Here are the collars I have experience with using:
Here are a couple of collars I have used:

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