Canis lupus hominis

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1. on March 10, 2010 at 4:28 pm retrieverman

   He also uses shock collars incorrectly:

   
   
2. on March 11, 2010 at 2:06 am Bill

   I laughed hard at the Charlie Murphy clip, and said “so what” about five times during the second video. I don’t know what the right way to use a collar on an agressive dog ( I have spaniels), but I do know that if I would light a dog up like the Las Vegas strip if it tried to kill another pet in the house right in front of me, and happened to be wearing a collar.

   I real life, I would guess that most dogs get a boot in the ribs for behavior like that, which is a lot less precise and more dangerous than say, a 2 second nick on level 6.

   
   
   • on March 11, 2010 at 2:50 am retrieverman

     The dog hasn’t been collar conditioned. You can tell. Millan has this on the highest frequency he can find. This dog does have predatory behavior towards a cat, which is actually something that can be hard to break without an e-collar. No dog should be stimulated with an e-collar to the point that it redirects its attack onto a person.

     It can be broken of doing so without one, but I wouldn’t try it.

     And I’d never trust that dog with a cat, even if I had it under control.

     
     
   • on March 11, 2010 at 3:15 am retrieverman

     I don’t think Cesar has heard of this:

     http://www.averysportingdog.com/TrainingCamp/2006August.php

     Finding your dogs level of stimulation is not an exact science. Always start with the lowest level your unit has to offer. Slowly increasing the level until you notice the slightest reaction. This may be the turning of their head, a twitch, or a general look of bewilderment. This will for the foreseeable future be your base level of stimulation

     
     
3. on March 11, 2010 at 5:15 am Bill

   The vibrate function is pretty cool to. It’s just a way to break their attention from whatever they are focusing on for a brief moment. And it can be done at 500 yards. A lot more collars are offering it now.

   If someone is against that, well, I don’t think we could ever have a reasonable discussion.

   
   
   • on March 11, 2010 at 5:19 am retrieverman

     But people use something very similar to contain their dogs.

     It can be used for a correction, and it’s better than the old way– slingshots were the norm!

     
     
   • on March 11, 2010 at 8:48 pm Viatecio

     I’d rather use the vibration as communication rather than correction, but there is indeed more than one way to skin the proverbial kitty.

     What other brands are incorporating vibration features on their collars now? I thought Dogtra had it patented, but I don’t know when it was, or when the patent runs out.

     
     

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