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Eastern NE KS | I have a training collar for my dog, Lexi. Her habit was running to the neighbors and jumping on people. The collar has tone, vibration and shock.
Training myself to the controller:
With the collar in one hand and the controller in the other. I practiced the escalation steps. I wanted to be able to operate the controller without looking at it. I wanted to keep my eyes on Lexi. My thumb needed some practice to execute the controller properly.
I worked with her wearing the collar to just come to me then sit before working on the bad stuff. I used the collar with escalating enforcement but not punishment. However, I had to teach her the results of bad choices (ie escalation towards a painful result).
Come to me:
1.Voice call "Lexi".
2.Collar tone
3.Collar vibration
4.Collar quick shock, short duration.
5. Collar shock, continued until I let off this button.
2-5 are the escalation steps. Step 5 was not used very much if I properly trained her to the escalation. If Lexi came to me at any of the steps the reminder steps were stopped and I praised Lexi with a "good girl/good dog" and optional pet. The pace of escalation was variable. If in previous trials obedience occured at a low step she earned a slightly longer pause before executing the next step.
Sit by me:
1.Voice command "Sit".
2.Collar tone
3.Collar vibration
4.Collar quick shock, short duration.
5. Collar shock, continued until I let off this button.
Same escalation process as above. Sit and Come can be/should be done independently and in any order.
All the above is done without anybody around and it is preparing for a visitor. I suggest your dog should obey the voice command 95-100% before your first visitor.
I'd recommend staging a visitor carefully, probably outside a fence so your dog can successfully attempt her old habit without a wreck. The fence gives you time to let your dog error and yet you get to calmly start over with one of the commands. We just don't know how much the dog thinks she is behaving correctly by protecting herself, her home territory, or you.
This last thought should help you keep in a training mindset. Getting mad at your girl will get you no where.
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Other thoughts:
Caesar Milan has several dog training books. I watched him work with a dog trying to dominate Caesar and make him a part of the dogs pack. The above training can work if your dog knows you are the leader (after all you supply the food). If he thinks otherwise, if he thinks he is the leader, you have a bigger problem that the above training will have a difficult time fixing.
My dog collar came with two sets of shock prongs, short and long. Thick hair can insulate the dog from the shock. The long prongs fixed that.
The shock collar had an adjustment for shock intensity. My dog responded well at a low 3 setting on a 1-10 scale. Higher than that and it damn near scared her to death, temporarily she lost her mind. I could not make progress when she was scared of me or her surroundings. I found I achieved more with a measure of compassion than acting like uncaring bully.
Instead, act like a leader. All dog packs have one. You want to become a leader your dog will learn what is allowed and what is not. It is your job to show her the way to get along in you 'pack'.
Edited by Doug61 9/2/2025 15:09
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