by katiek0417 » June 5th, 2006, 11:23 am
a-bull wrote:gotcha . . . I got confused because your last sentence said you didn't think an e-collar was any different than any othe compulsion training when used properly . . . or are you saying a vibrating collar is different from a shock collar, thus you don't consider the vibrating collar compulsion and you do the shock?
Or am I just being too dang blonde??
I don't know how Michelle feels on the topic, but this is MY opinion.
I use the e-collar on Sacha for corrections. When I have her on leash, the leash is clipped to her pinch collar. If she acts "stupid" she gets a correction using the pinch collar. Doing things off-leash is harder. When she is off-leash and acts "stupid" I give her a correction using the e-collar. She is very sensitive, so I can always keep my settings very low on her. The correction consists of a low-intensity shock (I've tested it on my hand).
On the other hand, the vibrate function is not compulsion. I use it to get her attention when she is too far to hear me. It mainly means: come to me, and heel...This comes in very handy if we are at the dog beach or dog part (with lots of people and lots of other dogs)...
"Rumor has it, compulsion is evil."
Katrina
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