Akeisha wrote to me with some terribly good questions. I’ve included her letter (and my responses) below:
Hi,
It’s Akeisha again.
I do see what you mean if it’s on repeatedly the dog will soon forget it is on and then will behave regardless. Ok, thus the dog never wears a buckle collar once more? This is what irks me. I want to be ready to control the dog no matter what collar is on not simply the pinch or it might be no collar in the slightest degree and therefore the dog still behaves. What if the owner for a few reason takes off the collar then they put the buckle collar on for ID but then forget the pinch collar? Then there’s no control.
[Adam Replies] WRONG! The dog gets conditioned. Come out the collar for awhile. Doesn’t matter.
Does one ever within the training return to the buckle collar after months of what you recommend with a dog that is proud of doing the commands?
[Adam Replies] Yes, the dog does the command because he’s happy and he likes it. However eventually, there will be one thing that tempts him. This is where conditioning comes in. Think of it like this: You’ve lived in the identical house for 10 years, right? You rise in the middle of the night and you reach for the sunshine switch that’s to the LEFT of the door. Pretty soon, you get conditioned to achieve out to the LEFT of the door.
Someday you travel and stay in a hotel. You get up in the middle of the night and reach out to the LEFT of the door for the switch… while you cognitively saw {that the} switch is on the RIGHT.
In fact, you may awaken for several nights– maybe even weeks or months– and still reach out to the LEFT, while the switch is currently on the right. Some people can continue aiming to the LEFT for the remainder of their lives. Some will begin progressing to the right.
Those individuals would like to be reinforced. Get it?
Motivational corrections if on the right dog won’t frighten them or build them hate you I understand but aren’t there different ways in which except using the collar that will eventually be established thought coaching that can permit you to require the collar off and have control? [Adam Replies] Yeah, this manner you’ll be able to take the collar off and have control, ONCE THE DOG IS CONDITIONED. However eventually you will have to travel back and reinforce, for most dogs. And positively if you begin expecting to work the dog around new distractions that it’s never been proofed around, like chickens if the dog has never seen chickens.
Look, I don’t make the rules. The dog is not a robot that you’ll be able to suddenly say, “He is done” and expect him to act consistently for the rest of his life. Like several relationship you have with another person, boundaries need to be established and maintained. The dog is like your wife or husband… they can eventually take a look at you.
Last question , how will the dog not notice the don’t have it on since it feels a ton completely different than the buckle? Its like my id around my neck at school I have gotten used to it however I do notice when it’s off? Simply for the record I have no downside with pinches, many members in my four-H club use them and they work nice on the correct dog.
[Adam Replies] Because the method you must be using the pinch collar is {that the} dog (since he has limited reason and logic) will not KNOW that it is the pinch collar that permits you to convey him smart corrections. But it’s additional than the pinch collar. If I put the dog during a variety of tiny yards, with no collar on … and I am in a position to chase him down and make him return back to me, if he does not return when I call… then the dog will learn THE UNDERLYING PREMISE that I will create him do it, if he doesn’t. Therefore, the pinch collar and therefore the long line build my job easier, however ultimately, the dog is aware of (or he thinks a minimum of) that I’m a person of my word and once I tell him to do something: If he does not do it, I’m going to make him do it. And his life can be a heap additional fun if he will it willingly. Therefore the dog starts to extrapolate this principle to alternative commands, too.
Hope I’m not being irritating I just like to understand why sure trainers price certain strategies over others since I really like competing in obedience with my dog. [Adam Replies] Keep training. That is all for currently, people! Adam
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