eTraining Dog Collars

Dogs associate negatives and positives with specific places. This means that as a trainer you must reward or correct your dog where the desired or undesired behavior occurred.  To be successful you must pay very close attention to this because you can confuse your dog without being aweare of it resulting in frustration for the both of you.  For example: 

 If you command your dog to sit at point A and the dog instead moves to point B, 20 yards away, it is a mistake to reprimand the dog at point B. The dog will associate the correction with what he is doing at point B.  As a result, the dog will not associate the correction with the failure to comply with the “sit” command at point A and will have no idea what is wrong with what he is doing at point B. This will lead to apprehension, confusion, and lack of trust. With an electronic collar immediate correction can easily be given at the appropriate time and place.

Training dog collars have been a controversial item with the impression that they cause discomfort to your dog. Discomfort is one thing you never want to cause. The proper low level stimulus will not cause discomfort. State of the art training dog collars have various levels of stimulation. All you need is the very lowest setting that your dog will be aware of. If you are consistent in using low level stimulation every time your dog engages in a dangerous, or unacceptable action, your dog will soon associate the two and know what is acceptable.

You must provide your dog with immediate feedback; you do not want your dog to ignore a command because he would rather keep on chasing. We love our dogs and want to keep them out of harm’s way. There is no better way to protect them than through training. The goal in training is to teach dogs to comply with commands as a conditioned response, a response that they don’t think about each time they hear it.

Dogs learn by  association and repetitiveness. We learned how a dog associates through Pavlov’s studies:  By ringing a bell and then offering food repeatedly Pavlov’s dogs began to salivate upon hearing the bell alone.   Because the food presentation always followed the sound of the bell, the dogs anticipated and expected that a snack was soon to come once they heard the ringing. In other words, the dogs developed an association between the ringing of the bell and the presentation of food. The ringing of the bell and the food presentation was consistent.  Consistent repetitions are the key elements to successful dog training.

In obedience training you want to create a conditioned response to a specific cue or command. This is where electronic collars  with “low level stimulus” can play a big roll. In Pavlov’s experiments, he was able to have dogs automatically salivate when he rang a bell. As a trainer you need to train a dog to respond to specific commands the first time you give them. Your electronic collar with low level stimulation becomes Pavlov’s bell.

People are more receptive to learning a foreign language when they’re young and not yet set in their ways. The same principle applies to dog obedience training in that puppies can be taught acceptable behavior before they demonstrate destructive habits. That’s not to say you can never teach an old dog new tricks, but there will certainly be extra effort involved.

More than simply teaching a dog to perform tasks upon command, obedience training helps strengthen the bond of trust between pet and owner. In many cases, obedience training helps to socialize a dog so that it won’t bite or growl at small children. It is important to have some means of telling the dog when they are disobeying, such as a Petsafe electronic collar. Even older dogs can have their behavioral problems corrected, but be prepared to invest time and dedication.

Have you ever noticed that when you yawn, your dog yawns with you? Crazy as it may seem, recent scientific studies have proven that when a human yawns that yawn is contagious to dogs, indicating that they may be capable of empathy.

Dogs have proven to be skillful at reading human intentions, picking up human hand gestures, and other behavioral cues. If your dog is yawning, it may be time for him to go into his marchioro dog crate to get some shuteye.

When it comes to training a dog, there are two elements that lead to success: patience and repetition. Patience is necessary because people have to realize that a dog’s brain doesn’t work like a human brain. It may take a dog days or even weeks to understand what you want from them, and this is why repetition is important. Dogs learn through repeating a particular activity over and over again.

There are numerous books available on dog training, and each one works it its own right; just as with people, there are multiple successful approaches to education. You can also employ training aids, such as training dog collars, which will expedite the process. But it’s always important to be patient and to repeat the learning activity with frequency. Just as with people dogs can get frustrated or worked up when they’re unable to learn something. Under these circumstances, it’s best to stop the activity and continue it at another time. Don’t be afraid to wait even an entire day before resuming dog training, but as long as you train your dog often, they’ll learn faster.