Teaching Manners with a Remote Dog Training Collar
If the once small puppy you used to have is now a big dog that runs at cars, jumps on people, and barks at night, keeping you and your neighbors awake, then it’s time to get a remote trainer. A humane breakthrough in dog training, a remote trainer is a package deal where you get a remote dog training collar and an owners device, which is the control unit. This simple idea allows you to train your dog from a distance, without the need to put it on a leash.
The dog wears the remote trainer collar in the same way as it wears a normal collar, you should remove the normal collar so there is nothing else to get in the way. The collar contains a small box with two small electrodes that must make contact with your dogs skin, through his coat. If your dog’s hair is unusually long, you might need to use your scissors to trim it a bit in order to make sure that there’s contact.
The remote control that comes with the collar will allow you to make the collar give different levels of correction to the dog in the form of static shocks in order to call its attention during training.
How to Start Training
Training with the remote trainer is very similar to any type of regular training. For example when learning to sit, you may choose to reinforce the word ‘sit’ with a small static shock, keeping your dog on his leash.
Once you think he has got the hang of it you can try with the dog off leash, and this is where the remote trainer will come into play. Should the dog choose to disobey, you can increase the level of static while repeating the command until he obeys.
Remote trainers can also be used for proximity training when you need to ensure that your dog isn’t straying too far from you, and can be a vital aid in ensuring that he reliably returns when called. With time, you can forget about the leash completely when you take your dog out for a walk.
