Remote training collar

zaksmum

My dog Jack is 20 months old and a black Labrador/Whippet first cross. He has not been neutered.

In most respects he's lovely. Totally non aggresive, was house trained within a week, no problems really...except for one! When he's off lead, he's fine, stays close to me and comes back as soon as I tell him. Until he sees another dog...! He bombs over to it and starts leaping all around it and goes completely deaf to all my commands. So far, he's been fortunate not to encounter any intolerant dogs, the odd growl is the worst he's had.

But he's bound to get bitten if he keeps on like this, and of course it's not nice for the other dog, especially if it's small like a yorkie or bichon frise. They tend to end up on their backs wondering what hit them, and their owners are less than pleased...rightly so, too.

I've seen ads for remote training spray collars, and I'm thinking of trying one. Jack is very quick to learn - usually.

Has anyone had any experience of these collars, and whether they serve a useful purpose?

Thanks.

Proc

The electric ones are far more effective in my experience.

Quite funny as well when you just press it randomly for no reason.

"Click click"

Dog cowers

"BZZZZZZZ"

Dog wets itself.

LOL!

Yes this is a joke.

Raksha

I find a lead attached to a collar the most effective way of keeping a dog out of trouble as you've described. A long line is like a lead, only longer, and it's a great way of practising and reinforcing the recall.

The problem with (even) a spray collar is that it's an aversive, and reliant on correct timing - use the spray at the wrong time, and bingo, you're dog associated whatever he was thinking about with an unpleasant process, if this happens several times, he starts to view little old ladies or small children as something he wants to stay away from...

tandraig

like raksha I am wondering why you dont use the long line method? I have no experience with remote control spray (whatever that is) but in my experience remote controls use batteries - and the one thing you dont want is batteries dying at the wrong moment!

foreign_correspondent

I would avoid using any aversive methods - if he starts to associate getting near to other dogs with an unpleasant experience, you may actually drive him towards becoming scared and/or aggressive towards other dogs.

At the moment, he is sociable (which is brilliant!), but needs work on his recall, so he comes back even when there are interesting distractions (like other dogs) - a long line would be ideal.

zaksmum

foreign_correspondent wrote: »

I would avoid using any aversive methods - if he starts to associate getting near to other dogs with an unpleasant experience, you may actually drive him towards becoming scared and/or aggressive towards other dogs.

At the moment, he is sociable (which is brilliant!), but needs work on his recall, so he comes back even when there are interesting distractions (like other dogs) - a long line would be ideal.

I've worked on his recall constantly since I got him at 12 weeks. He gets everything else in an instant, but not this.

We have a caravan in Anglesey which we will be returning to next month for the start of the season, and I really do want him to have the freedom to be off lead there, like all my dogs have had. But how can I if he's like this with other dogs?

olias

Proc wrote: »

The electric ones are far more effective in my experience.

Quite funny as well when you just press it randomly for no reason.

"Click click"

Dog cowers

"BZZZZZZZ"

Dog wets itself.

LOL!

Yes this is a joke.

And the prize for the kn0b of the week goes to...........

zaksmum

olias wrote: »

And the prize for the kn0b of the week goes to...........

Yeah, that's what I thought too. What an idiot.

Fire_Fox

Please don't feed the trolls.

zaksmum

Fire_Fox wrote: »

Please don't feed the trolls.

ok Firefox! Thanks for that

bigblackdog

was thinking about this for my dog , he is a 3 year old un neutered male lab , goes for other dogs or if he gets on the scent of something pleases himself and wont come back , nightmare i now have to keep him on the lead all the time for fear he willl be off annoying other dogs or worse