robinb

Hi dobe8,

I actually don't train with a e-collar. Rex wears his for off leash hiking as an insurance policy if we were to run into a wild animal and the prey drive kicked into overload. However, even running into deer his recall has stayed solid without me having to use the collar.

My dog prior to Rex, Baron did need to have his recalls proofed with the e-collar. I would only use the e-collar to proof an already fully understood command that for whatever reason the dog ignores, and distractions are fair game to put in the mix. And even with that I wouldn't use an e-collar for anything other than the recall or maybe the stay command, and I'd have to think about that one. I'd never use it for retrives or holding dumbbells etc.

I have horses and my dogs are never out with the horses without my escort, but I do teach the dogs with the e-collar to not to go running up to the horses. That's just something we do here when the dog is around a year old as I won't take the chance of an injury to a horse or dog by the dog running up to the horses. Fence running when the horses are in the adjoining field next to my dog yard is another time I would use the collar.

I sort of think of e-collars as for use in life threatening or life saving situations and solid recalls certainly falls into that category in my opinion.

Of all 4 of my dobes Rex and Baron both were high prey drive, but I probably did a lot better job with some early imprinting on the recalls with Rex, that might have been why Rex has stayed solid without any e-collar corrections.

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