Tag: shock collars
Emily Stoddard from Canine Sports Dog Training recently sent me a success story of how proper use of an e-collar helped a dog destine for euthanasia. Guinness’ story is not an unusual one, a dog with a less than desirable upbringing, going to a new home and the new owner struggling to rehab an animal who has learned the wrong behavioral response to anything he perceives as scary. Unfortunately the sad stories like his aren’t hard to come by. The […]
I recently posted a request for cover photos on our I Love My e-collar and so Does My Dog! Facebook page. Whenever we post these requests there is a good response and often stories accompany the photos. Such is the case with Oliver and his owner Kimberley. I appreciate being able to share these stories because I think it is so critical that dog owners understand there are options for tools and methods for training dogs. That concept really needs […]
thought I’d share a photo from my recent vacation. My partner and I were trying to decide on what excursions to take while visiting St. Lucia. While I gravitated toward the hiking, horse-riding and sail boat options, he was more interested in the high paced activities, like ATV’s, Dune Buggies & Jeep excursions. Figuring vacation was no place for a debate, I opted to let him pick. ATV’s would have been pretty low on my list since my comfort zone […]
Maverick just finished his 2 week remote collar dog training program. Today he and his owner showed up for their final private lesson before they join in our group polishing classes. I was sitting at my desk and watched as his owner pulled up, got him out of the truck, had him walk in a nice heel to the door, sit for the door to be opened then came in and greeted us all politely by sitting (rather than the […]
Last weekend I taught a workshop on advanced concepts in e-collar training. The workshop hosted by Flying Colors Canine touched on many topics. We discussed improving precision, adding tricks to the repertoire, how to deal with behavioral problems like aggression and anxiety, how to begin with puppies plus a bit more. While all the topics had the use of remote collars as a common denominator there were other messages I was trying to convey in my teaching. One of the […]
Robin MacFarlane will be presenting an advanced trainers workshop with emphasis on remote collar applications in October 2012. The workshop will be hosted by Clarice Kashuba of Flying Colors Canine Canine Academy in Fort Wayne, IN This is an advanced workshop and not a beginners course. Attendees must have a solid understanding of remote collar conditioning concepts in order to participate in a working position. If you are a trainer who has been using a remote collar as part of […]
Recently I posted a request for photos for the “I Love My E-collar and So Does My Dog” Facebook page. I received a lot of great pictures from our members but was particularly surprised when my inbox had a few photos
If you are interested in learning more about ways to use a remote collar for training your dog join us in Aldergrove, BC this coming July. Jill Henry of Life Without a Leash Dog Training Inc. is hosting this 3 day even July 8th, 9th & 10th. The first two days of the workshop will be a basic foundation workshop. We will be covering the basics of how to properly fit the e-collar, find a training level and teach basic […]
I asked some of my colleagues if they would mind sharing their stories of how and why they began incorporating the remote collar into their training protocols. My good friend, Michael Burkey had this to say:
I recently returned from visiting Radio Systems Corp in Knoxville, TN. Radio Systems is the parent company for a number of electronic dog training product manufacturers. One of their brands is PetSafe, whose name was recently in the news in association with attempting to challenge the ban on electronic training aids in Wales. I certainly recognize that people in the anti-Static correction campaigns are likely jumping for joy at the upheld ban and this will be