Our dog needs correction. We use to have a bark collar, but the dog quickly learned that the shocks only come whent he collar is on. Do they make one with a remote control, so that you can correct the dog when you want? This would have more uses than just barking, like when the dog chases cats, deer, etc.
OldDude
09-24-05, 01:06 PM
I think they do, for training. Be sure to set it to stun.
we had one with a remote. used it to try to get the dog to stay away from the road but be aloowed in the whole front yard
later we got the radio fence instead and didn't even let the dog get close to the road at all
we had one with a remote. used it to try to get the dog to stay away from the road but be aloowed in the whole front yard
later we got the radio fence instead and didn't even let the dog get close to the road at all
I thought seriously about it, but we are dealing with 40 acres. I have a cyclone fence in the back yard, but she gets out. May do something just to prevent her from getting out of about .5 acres, but we have a creek in the back, and she likes to play in it.
DAYAM!! $200 for the cheap one. I can buy a tazer for less.
Canadian Bacon
09-24-05, 01:34 PM
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Works on horse I know, I'm sure it's effective on dogs as well :up:
jaelliot
09-24-05, 02:25 PM
My neighbor just put in an invisible fence for his Boxer and he said the first time she got shocked she didn't come out of the garage for 3 days... Seems to work great because that dog was always coming over to my yard and now I never see it very far from his house, even though he put in extra wire covering a good portion of his nearly three acres.
Side note a friend had a yappy Sheltie and he bought a colar with a remote to shock it when ever it barked.. It had two buttons. bottom one was low, top was medium and both buttons was high. He never used anything but low on his dog but he always wanted to try the medium just to see how it reacted, but he was too much of a softy to use it on that damn yapper. One day we are outside smoking cigs and he goes in to answer the phone and leaves the remote outside. Dog starts yapping, I pick up the remote and proceed to give the dog both buttons at once..... The dog jumped straight up and did a backflip landing perfectly on all fours, I would have felt really bad if I wasn't trying so hard not to piss in my pants laughing so hard.
One thing to be careful of, I hear that those collars will not work if they get wet, so if your dog plays in a stream, it might short out and not work.
Giantrobo
09-24-05, 02:25 PM
DAYAM!! $200 for the cheap one. I can buy a tazer for less.
Shop around Suckah. :lol:
CKMorpheus
09-24-05, 02:51 PM
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One thing to be careful of, I hear that those collars will not work if they get wet, so if your dog plays in a stream, it might short out and not work.
Or kill him. :rimshot:
Tracer Bullet
09-24-05, 05:16 PM
Our dog needs correction. We use to have a bark collar, but the dog quickly learned that the shocks only come whent he collar is on.
This is exactly why negative reinforcement very rarely works consistently, if at all. Dogs learn much better when you praise them for doing what you want, rather than punishing them for doing what you don't want.
kvrdave
09-24-05, 05:24 PM
If she ever does something I want, I'll definately post about it. Hasn't happened yet. :shrug:
pedagogue
09-24-05, 05:40 PM
This is exactly why negative reinforcement very rarely works consistently, if at all. Dogs learn much better when you praise them for doing what you want, rather than punishing them for doing what you don't want.
Not to get into a philosophical discussion about behavior modification....you are partially right. Negative reinforcement (depending on environment, variables, desired behavior) produces weaker long term results than positive reinforcement coupled with negative reinforcement. A major component of behavior modification is to model good behavior and utilize positive reinforcement, and not just punishing bad behavior.
DAYAM!! $200 for the cheap one. I can buy a tazer for less.rotfl
If she ever does something I want, I'll definately post about it. Hasn't happened yet. :shrug:rotfl :lol: rotfl
Gee, how did I know this thread was going to go downhill quickly... :D
Tracer Bullet
09-24-05, 07:27 PM
If she ever does something I want, I'll definately post about it. Hasn't happened yet. :shrug:
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