About Dog Training Collars
Dog training collars are an innovative, simplified way of training your dog. This kind of dog collar is used temporarily by means of training your pet for basic obedience, such as not chewing on furniture, digging, barking or jumping on guests. Once the dog learns how to distinguish the difference between right and wrong behavior and refrains from undesirable behavior, your dog will be ready to respond to your commands without the collar.
Training collars also allow you, the owner, to train your dog to respond to basic commands, such as sit, come or stay. Some collars are a bit more advanced and allow the dog owner to train his/her dog to respond to many more commands. Whether you just want your dog to listen, or you are thinking of training your dog for show, or even as a guard dog, training collars are used effectively for any of these situations.
How do Dog Training Collars work?
Training collars basically come with a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter is a device that the pet owner uses, like a remote, that generates the stimulation or sound. The receiver is located on the training collar, and receives the stimulation or sound signal that is sent by the transmitter.
Many collars will allow you to select either stimulation or sound to train. The collars have adjustable stimulation so that you can set this as high or low as you need, depending on the temperament of your pet. These stimulation collars, are sometimes called shock collars. But in reality, the collars are designed to get your dog's attention. They are uncomfortable enough to do this, like if the teacher rapped your hand with a ruler to get your attention. Professional dog trainers all over the world have been successfully using these types of training collars for years.
For starters, you should always start the stimulation at the very lowest level. If that level gets your dogs attention, then there is no need to go to a higher level. Often, many smaller dogs respond perfectly fine to the 'sound' training collars and do not need the stimulation in their training. It is up to you, the owner to determine what is the best way to safely train your dog, since we know that all dogs are completely different.
How to properly fit your dog with a Training Collar
There are right ways on how to put the dog training collar on your dog's neck. First, you should check on the clear instruction provided for you to follow. If there is no instruction, you should ask a copy from the shop where you bought the collar.
You should also know when to use dog training collar. You should only make your dog wear the dog training collar only during the training sessions. Use them when you need to enforce commands that you want your dog to obey, not for continuous use. To effectively train a dog with a collar, the dog needs to know when it is time to train (when the collar goes on), and when it is time to play (when the collar comes off).
Following these basic rules on how to use your dog training collar will ensure you that you are using the dog collar in a safe and effective manner and as long as you use your dog training collar correctly and humanely, they can be very useful tools when training your pet.
Dog Training Collar