That was such a good video. I love these Ask Cindy videos because they are small, real life examples that can happen to anyone and the answers are informative nuggets of gold. I appreciate how this owner was truly concerned and caring about his dog and wanted to learn about what he was doing, thumbs up for the owner!
How about planting treats on the ground in a line and then walking the dog at heel (on a short leash so he can't actually grab the treat), and as he tries to dip down for the treat, you're ready to apply stim, then a few steps later, same thing and so on, so the dog understands the stim happens when tries to grab food off the ground?
Teach the leave it command well before attempting to use to "correct" taking a treat. If you use it too soon/before the dog understands what you're asking/has a working relationship with you, it is incredibly unfair to the dog. An ecollar reinforces previous training, not to teach a new behavior.
I think it would be better to have a command first. For example a "leave it" or "look". That way they know exactly what they are being asked. You have to introduce everything correctly. I personally think that e-collars should not be used without a command first or a previous expectation. Rattle snake training would be the one exception because you want them to develop that association that rattlesnakes are dangerous.
@@mbh4960 Thank you. The distinction I would make is that the dog already understands the heel command. Your suggestion seems to be that the heel command needs a separate prohibition command for each type of breaking possible. For examples, should I also teach him a command that means "do not run away while heeling"..and one for for "do not jump up" when heeling?
@@efrawley55 If I were you I'd reconsider due to the enormous number of prohibition commands which would be necessary to accompany any trained behavior, a such as heeling. Isn't "heel" an implicit demand for "no excursions" without specific other commands related to each type of breaking the command possible? It would seem to me, that following that route means you need multiplicities of commands in order to cover breaking an already learned behavior command.
That was such a good video. I love these Ask Cindy videos because they are small, real life examples that can happen to anyone and the answers are informative nuggets of gold. I appreciate how this owner was truly concerned and caring about his dog and wanted to learn about what he was doing, thumbs up for the owner!
It sounds way too easy to use an e collar incorrectly. It’s sad to think of how many people using them are probably messing it up.
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How about planting treats on the ground in a line and then walking the dog at heel (on a short leash so he can't actually grab the treat), and as he tries to dip down for the treat, you're ready to apply stim, then a few steps later, same thing and so on, so the dog understands the stim happens when tries to grab food off the ground?
Teach the leave it command well before attempting to use to "correct" taking a treat. If you use it too soon/before the dog understands what you're asking/has a working relationship with you, it is incredibly unfair to the dog. An ecollar reinforces previous training, not to teach a new behavior.
I think it would be better to have a command first. For example a "leave it" or "look". That way they know exactly what they are being asked. You have to introduce everything correctly. I personally think that e-collars should not be used without a command first or a previous expectation. Rattle snake training would be the one exception because you want them to develop that association that rattlesnakes are dangerous.
We would never do this - I agree with the 2 posts below.
@@mbh4960 Thank you. The distinction I would make is that the dog already understands the heel command.
Your suggestion seems to be that the heel command needs a separate prohibition command for each type of breaking possible.
For examples,
should I also teach him a command that means "do not run away while heeling"..and one for for "do not jump up" when heeling?
@@efrawley55 If I were you I'd reconsider due to the enormous number of prohibition commands which would be necessary to accompany any trained behavior, a such as heeling.
Isn't "heel" an implicit demand for "no excursions" without specific other commands related to each type of breaking the command possible?
It would seem to me, that following that route means you need multiplicities of commands in order to cover breaking an already learned behavior command.
It is just wrong to think these things (collar) can make dogs understand things in a good way