eTraining Dog Collars

Having a dog that constantly barks and yaps can be very annoying to you as well as friends and neighbors.  Fortunately this can be corrected with a petsafe dog collar specifically designed to correct dogs that continuously bark.  They actually work by distracting your dog.   When he barks he receives a slight sensation, enough to distract him.  He soon he associates the sensation with his barking giving you the results you are looking for.

These collars are known as “No Bark Collars” and will work automatically even when you are not around.  However, here are times when you do want your dog to bark such as when you want to be alerted when certain things happen.  All you have to do is take the collar off.  The important thing is that you make the call as to when you want your dog to bark.  Your dog will soon associate the “no bark” collar with not barking and while wearing it he won’t bark even if it’s not turned on.   I saw a situation where the batteries in the collar died and the owner was not aware of it because the dog did not bark while wearing the collar.  The dog associated the collar with not barking.

Your dog needs to have a safe zone, a place where he can go when things aren’t going right for him.  He needs a place where he can get away and not be bothered.   He needs a sanctuary.   If you don’t have one for him he will find his own safe zone which may be away from the house.  Most of the time it may be a soft dog crate, a Marchioro dog crate or just his bed located in a quiet area of the house.

A safe zone is where the discipline stops.  If you are using an electronic collar he never receives stimulation in his safe zone. Interesting enough your dog will learn how to avoid the stimulation from the training collar by complying with the command.  During training whenever he obeys a command the stimulation stops and because he never receives stimulation in his bed or crate that becomes his safe zone.

 To be successful at hunting you gotta have stealth. You gotta  be nibble. You gotta be patient. You gotta be quick. You gotta be able to shoot accurately. You gotta practice right.  That’s a lot of gattas.

Most hunters make a mistake of just going out there on the hunt and expect wonderful things to happen.  They may site in their rifle or shot gun before going out.  That’s not enough.   There is an activity you can do which will significantly improve your reflects and shooting skills.  That’s shooting skeet.  With todays trap machines, particularly a flexible clay thrower; you can set the stage for a realistic shooting session honing the skills needed for the field.

State of the art trap machines can be quickly adjusted to shoot clay targets at various speeds, trajectories and sequences.  Once you are fairly proficient at shooting skeet you can bring it to the next level:  In shooting skeet you give the command to let the target fly.  Try having a friend release the target without you giving the command.  Have him change the speed and trajectory at will.  A great way  to get ready for the hunting season.

My dad spent a good deal of time traveling for business when I was little, so I cherished every moment I got to spend with him. Although he would be gone for weeks at a time, he always made an effort to do fun activities with me. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of long car rides and weekend camping trips to our cabin out in the woods.

We would wakeup early in the morning, pack the car full of gear, put the dogs in their Marchioro dog crates and head up for a weekend of hunting and bonding. While the hunting was fun, my favorite aspect of the expeditions was sitting by the campfire with the dogs, cooking s’mores and talking with my dad. Now that I’m older our camping trips are few and far between, but I hope I can establish a similar tradition with my son.

A major part of your gun dog training is to make sure that your dog is not gun shy.  This can happen when you first get a dog and he is not use to loud noises around the house.  Not a good thing in a hunting dog.  This can be easy to fix if done right.

Your dog should not be afraid of your shotgun.  On the contrary he should get excited when you take out your hunting gear because he should associate these items with going out in the field, a fun time for any hunting dog.  The first thing to do is have your dog get use to being around your shotgun.  Open the breach and have him get use to the scent, you can do this around the house.  Start your gun dog training in the field by bringing a friend with you.  Have him take your dog on a leash and go about a hundred yards away from you.  Fire your shotgun in the air and have your friend release the dog when you call him.  When he comes to you have him sniff the shotgun and give him a special treat.  Repeat this a few times at a closer distance until he associates the gunfire with the treat and praise.

Next try a Dummy Launcher which is a great tool to get your dog use to the sound of a shot going off as well as chasing and retrieving an item.  The dummy is launched with a blank .22 caliber shell.  With the proper praise this can be exciting and fun for the both of you.  Try it.

Hunting birds requires you to be nimble, quick and accurate, tough to accomplish all three skills without continuous practice, let alone having your hunting dog on the same page as well.  Shooting skeet with the proper trap machines can hone in your skills and give your hunting dog the experience needed before you go out in the field.

Try this Remote Bird Launcher to enhance you and your dog’s hunting skills.  The last things you want are trap machines that cause problems.  This state of the art training devise is easy to use which will give you and your dog a rewarding training experience.  It allows easy loading and unloading of birds.  The trap door allows the loading of multiple target shooting birds and has a quiet release system which prevents spooking your dog.   It comes with a remote that has a 700 yard range and can control up to 16 different launches, more than enough to test and improve your flexibility.

You can inadvertently cause your dog to become “collar wise” because he is always wearing his electronic collar during training. Dogs learn by association so after a while he will associate the electronic collar  with your training  efforts.  Your dog becomes ‘collar wise” when he ignores commands when he is not wearing the electronic collar.

To avoid this  let your dog become accustomed to running around with an electronic collar on his neck and belly before beginning formal training.   Place the electronic collar on the dog, with the stimulus off, while going for a walk, while he is in the yard etc..  This will prevent him from associating the electronic collar only with  training.

Huge advancements have been made in the electronic collar world.  Today’s training dog collars are more of an eloctronic collar containing various obtions to choose from.  Once you have selected the proper level of stimulation (the lowest level that your dog sences) you can choose how the stimulation  is adminisered:

First, there is continuous stimulation; this method of stimulation delivers an electronic correction to the dog for as long as you presses the button on the transmitter.  With this option if you hold the button down for five seconds the dog will receive five seconds worth of stimulation. However, most models on the market today will timeout after seven to ten seconds of stimulation has been applied to the dog.

The second form of stimulation available on some collars is momentary stimulation. Momentary stimulation, sometimes called a “nick”, is different from continuous stimulation in one simple way; no matter how long the trainer depresses the button, the dog will only receive short electronic correction, the duration of which is measured in a fraction of a second.

Used correctly,  the electronic collar can be an invaluable tool when training your gundog. There is no other tool that can help you effectively apply a correction to your dog than an electronic collar.  The days of chasing down your dog to apply a traditional correction are long gone; because, when you do chase him down  the point you are trying to make is long gone.  Now you can effectively and reliably apply the correction at the moment when it is needed. Do your homework, if you have any questions regarding the selection an electronic collar, please don’t hesitate to contact us at www.etrainingdogcollars.com

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To avoid problems in the field your dog should already be able to heed basic commands.  Get him use to an electonic collar and leash by bring your dog into the house and keep him by you on the leash and electronic collar. The lesson is to keep him quiet in the house leaving playtime to the outdoor area and having him get use to these training devises.  Before beginning obedience training it is important to allow your dog time to adjust to the house rules and  boundaries.

You will be very happy to have taken the time to teach your hunting dog basic obedience before going hunting.  Not only do the lessons bond you with your dog it also developed a special partnership which will be with the both of you for years to come .  Use every opportunity to work with your dog. Take him with you on every outing, business or otherwise. You will eventually develop favorite places that you both will like to go.

In collar training  it is important to understand the behaviour that your trying to correct.  Look at the real difficulties that you would like to resolve.  Almost all collar training will work very well with issues such as extreme digging, non-responsiveness to being called, chewing on items all through the home, running after individuals or vehicles and jumping on people.  All of these actions can be changed during collar training.

One thing to observe is that if you’re dealing specifically with a behavioral concern which entails undesirable or too much barking, a genuine bark collar would be the much better product to meet your requirements. You can coach your pet to suppress the barking behavior while using a training dog collar, however you would need to be present to be able to transmit the stimulation while your pet is barking.  The benefit to using a no bark dog collar is that it does not require you to be close to the animal in order to administer the stimulation.   The collar’s stimulation is started once your dog barks, so it is really is successful in getting rid of this particular behavior.