Dog Training Shock Collars: Do They Work?
Written by admin on September 7th, 2008 in Dog Collars.
Training a dog can be hard work. It may seem fairly straight forward: You tell the dog what to do and when it does it, you give it a treat. However, imagine if you someone was trying to teach you something but you didn’t speak the same language. They would literally have to show you what to do physically and then have lots of patience until you picked up on the behavior. This is how dog training works. Show the dog what you want it to do, remain consistent and reward the dog when it does well. It’s going to take some time for the dog to pick up on what you want it to do. You can, however, employ other training tricks to help you along in the process. One of the things you can do is use a dog training shock collar. You should only employ a dog training shock collar for a dog that is really unruly and hard to train. If you use both positive and negative reinforcement and you remain consistent and have lots of patience, you should be able to have your dog do anything you want it to.
For Any Dog
Again, a dog training shock collar should only be used on unruly dogs. For a fairly good dog who just doesn’t know any better, a dog training shock collar would be a little cruel. If the dog bites, however, or does things that are dangerous to others, then a dog shock collar might be a good idea. Even if you have a little dog, they make small dog shock collars; which means you can use a shock collar on any dog regardless of size or breed.
Both Positive And Negative Reinforcement
If your dog does something you see as bad, give it a small shock through the use of a dog training shock collar. The shock isn’t enough to hurt the dog, it’s just enough to make it say, “Hang on, maybe we shouldn’t do that behavior again.” The dog may not get the connection between the shock emitted by the collar and bad behavior at first. You may have to shock the dog a couple of times for the dog to finally understand that the shock follows that type of behavior. You have to remain consistent, however. For example, if your dog bites you and you give it a shock, but it bites you again and you don’t shock it but you swat it on the butt; these are inconsistent training practices and your dog won’t understand that what its doing is bad.
Positive reinforcement should be used as well. If your dog does what you want it to, give it a treat to let it know that you’re pleased. This is called positive reinforcement and both negative and positive reinforcement will let your dog know the difference between good and bad behavior and you should be able to train your dog to do anything you want.
