The head collar has become an increasingly popular dog training tool in the past couple of years. Two of the most well known brands of head collar on the market are the Gentle Leader and the Halti, but there are many other brands that incorporate the basic head collar concept. Many people find the Gentle …
The basic dog training collar goes by many names, including choke collar, choke chain, training collar, correction collar and slip collar. These training collars are among the most popular and most commonly used tools with both amateur and professional dog trainers. While a training collar is an effective tool, like any tool it must be …
Many dog owners find that their efforts toward training their pet are greatly aided by the use of a training collar. There are many types of collars available and each employs a different mechanism meant to guide your pet, restrain him or discourage bad or disobedient behavior. Some training collars can harm a dog if …
Tips for keeping your dog fit and trim. Just as with humans, one of the biggest health problems today for dogs is obesity. Many owners think their pudgy dogs are adorable, when in fact they are extremely unhealthy. Overweight dogs can develop the same kinds of problems that overweight humans can, such as diabetes mellitus, …
Gaining reliability The reason that dogs don’t obey all the time is that they are gamblers. “Let’s see if I can do what I wanna do THIS time!” I recommend this method to ensure reliability. BTW either a dog is reliable or he’s not. Reliability means 100%. My bottom line is that if the dog …
There are three general types of training with the Ecollar. The first is called “Escape Training.” Escape training occurs when the dog knows that it’s his action that makes the stimulation stop. He will perform faster and faster in order to make the stimulation stop because it’s uncomfortable. It’s in his own best interest to …
Before we start remember to look for signs that the dog is getting stressed by the training. If so, end on a success and continue later, after the dog has calmed down. Teaching the sit is usually the next step to getting the dog to be “collar literate.” That means that the dog understands that …
The technique outlined below works well to stop a dog from chasing unwanted game, commonly known as “crittering” and for stopping dog to dog aggression. If you’re using it for the second purpose, just substitute a dog that your dog is aggressive towards for the prey animal. Where the references are made to “chasing game,” …
This chapter assumes that you’ve already set the Ecollar on the dog’s “working level.” Throughout this section I say to use the “continuous button.” But if you’ve found that it’s too high for your dog and he needs repetitive use of the nick button or the tap mode, that’s what you’ll use. Tools for the …
One of the most difficult challenges in working with the Ecollar is working with a puppy. Puppies are the hardest because everything is new to them their distraction level is nothing one second and then at a peak the next. There’s very little in between. Everything is new to them. This makes it very difficult …