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 …