Elizabeth Balcomb
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone. I have recently started researching e collars on the net. Lupo at 2 years old has just started lunging aggressively at other dogs, and even at his dog friends. I am always ready for it at this stage and keep him on a lead and jerk him back and reprimand him when he does it, give him a bit of time, and he moves into tolerating his dog friend and then into playing and back to his old friendly way. This is with dogs that aren't part of the household, but he knows them, and they are his play mates. This weekend we went to visit my parents, he did the same thing, and for 5 days they got on extremely well except for 1 food guarding incident. At first I thought perhaps he is moving into his adulthood , he is intact, and he wants to be the main ou.. but i also noticed him licking the lips of my parents neutered male regularly. Which I see as submissive? I'm not entirely bought into the alpha thing, but do still consider it sometimes. I have to give him a lot if space from strange dogs we encounter on walks, he is very charged. Because of lockdown I haven't been able to take him to our usual training sessions. My feeling is that once we start going back that we will get over this. In my searches on the net I came across the e collar. I'm sure like everything it needs to be used correctly,. I was wondering whether anyone here has experience with one? I am interested in the fact that it could distract him from say for example, barking madly at a stranger and to come to me if he is off lead, if i train him that that's what I want from him when he feels the vibration? If I train that I want the "eyes" command when he feels the vibration? I've also read that it can help with anxiety if used correctly, by teaching the dog to focus on you when his anxiety is triggered, and in so doing to tolerate that which is anxiety causing, and eventually through experience to learn that that thing isn't actually so scary..
I would greatly appreciate if if anyone here has experience with the collar could share tbeirexperi, and thank you for your time.
I would greatly appreciate if if anyone here has experience with the collar could share tbeirexperi, and thank you for your time.