Perfect Companion K9

Someone asked me a question that l have been asked many times. I like to take this opportunity to address this in public. Q: lf l put a prong/ecollar on my dogs, do they need to wear them forever? How long before l can remove them completely? A: Many dogs have to wear a flat collar, martingale, harness, or a halti during their entire life. But for some reason, people don’t think there is anything wrong with that. But once they see a prong collar or an ecollar, they

Sadie used to love chasing squirrels, skunks, cats, rabbits, and racoons. She had pinned a cat down and almost killed the cat when l first got her. I almost lost my finger when she took off after a cat on the street. I recently have adopted a cat in my house, and l walk my dogs around lots of squirrels multiple times daily. We walk past many squirrels when l and my dogs walk my kids to school every morning. We can't have a big powerful mastiff going after squirrels with a bun

Why should I train my dog? Why can't I just let her run in the park? Training is very important because it is the common language that both the dog and human can understand. Just like learning a new language in school, the more we practice, the better we will become. Similarly, the more we spend time training our dogs, the better we will understand each other. Training should be very fun, it is something the dog should really look forward to. By making it a lot of fun to list

Several clients have asked me to show them what l do to train my own dog to walk on a loose leash next to me during our regular walk. I basically just communicate with my dog via my body, my words, and ecollar tap. I keep my leash very loose so there is basically no tension. By not clouding the communication with leash/collar pressure, my dog learns to pay close attention to and respect the sensation from her ecollar. In turn, my dog gets to feel the contrast between tension

This is Anja. She has a very intense ball drive. She will do anything for her ball and will run through fire to get it. When she sees her ball, nothing in the world matters. When we play ball, which is her favorite game in the world, l always use the opportunity to exercise her impulse control. I think of it like teaching her the meaning of the stop sign. I need her to learn how to take a moment to pause when she is very excited so she does not just get in high drive and fly

There are lots of misconceptions out there about what ecollar does and what a dog that has been trained with ecollar will look and act like. Ecollar training has come a long way. In the olden days many trainers were using ecollar just to correct and ecollar back in those days were very harsh. Nowadays, we use ecollar as a communicative device, not just for correction. Ecollar is a training device meant for communication much like a leash and collar do. In modern day eco