Comments on: Training Collars http://www.allthingsbeagle.com/blog/?p=8 Beagle Health, Training and Behavior Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:12:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Elizabeth http://www.allthingsbeagle.com/blog/?p=8#comment-43 Elizabeth Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:37:59 +0000 http://www.allthingsbeagle.com/blog/?p=8#comment-43 I just thought I would make a suggestion. The next time you go to the pet-store, put a prong collar around your arm/leg and then put a choke collar around your arm/leg. Which one hurts worse? Which one gets your attention faster? You might be surprised. If you are really brave, put it around your neck and try the same thing. Prong collars are less painful in all three instances. They don't harm the dogs sensitive trachea, the dog isn't likely to hurt its neck or shoulder (as in the Halti and Gentle Leader) and it is very effective at mimicking how a mother would get a young puppies attention. I just thought I would make a suggestion. The next time you go to the pet-store, put a prong collar around your arm/leg and then put a choke collar around your arm/leg. Which one hurts worse? Which one gets your attention faster? You might be surprised. If you are really brave, put it around your neck and try the same thing.

Prong collars are less painful in all three instances. They don’t harm the dogs sensitive trachea, the dog isn’t likely to hurt its neck or shoulder (as in the Halti and Gentle Leader) and it is very effective at mimicking how a mother would get a young puppies attention.

]]> By: John http://www.allthingsbeagle.com/blog/?p=8#comment-30 John Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:59:09 +0000 http://www.allthingsbeagle.com/blog/?p=8#comment-30 We have got a 1 year old male beagle who started chasing sheep so something had to be done to stop it, after a lot of deliberation I bought a shock collar which retails around £100. I went out with the lead on the dog and went to where I knew there were sheep. He started chasing the sheep so I us used the shock collar and it stopped him in his tracks. Because the collar makes a beep sound before he feels the shock I only had to shock him twice before he learnt that when he hears the beep that there is a shock coming next. I then went to where I could see another sheep to see what he would do and as soon as he showed an interest in that sheep I pressed the button on the remote to make the beep sound, this was enough to distract him and he came running back to me. Since then I put the collar on him when we are going out near sheep but he does not show any interest in the sheep. I would recommend the use of a shock collar for this kind of behavior but it has to be used sensibly and within the manufacturers guidelines, I do not use the collar for general training as it could have the wrong effect if you get the timing wrong and I feel that it's better to reward the dog for good behavior instead of punishing him for being a bit naughty. We have got a 1 year old male beagle who started chasing sheep so something had to be done to stop it, after a lot of deliberation I bought a shock collar which retails around £100. I went out with the lead on the dog and went to where I knew there were sheep. He started chasing the sheep so I us used the shock collar and it stopped him in his tracks. Because the collar makes a beep sound before he feels the shock I only had to shock him twice before he learnt that when he hears the beep that there is a shock coming next.
I then went to where I could see another sheep to see what he would do and as soon as he showed an interest in that sheep I pressed the button on the remote to make the beep sound, this was enough to distract him and he came running back to me.
Since then I put the collar on him when we are going out near sheep but he does not show any interest in the sheep.
I would recommend the use of a shock collar for this kind of behavior but it has to be used sensibly and within the manufacturers guidelines, I do not use the collar for general training as it could have the wrong effect if you get the timing wrong and I feel that it’s better to reward the dog for good behavior instead of punishing him for being a bit naughty.

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