Indeed, dogs are very clever that they can easily learn with associating things. See how Pavlov’s dog is. He is a psychologist and he did an experiment on his dog. When it was time to feed his pet, he first rung the bell and afterwhich he set the food bowl. Repeatedly Pavlov made this, ringing the bell, setting the food, ringing the bell and setting the food. Until eventually, the dog had so strongly associated the bell with the coming of food, that the dog would salivate when hearing the bell, even if there was no food present.
This is the basic concept behind dog training collars. You are able to create a quick irritating, but not painful event that your dog will learn to associate with negative behaviors. Let say for example, if your dog loves pulling things when you go out for walks, you can have a prong collar for it to wear so that whenever it pulls, you can quickly check this wrong behavior by just pulling and loosening the cord. Gradually, with your persistent reaction to its behavior,your dog will soon associate the tight press with its inclination to keep pulling. Evidently, a negative experience is clasped with a negative behavior so your dog will refrain from a negative behavior in order not to experience anything negative.
It is now your choice if you will opt for a head halter or maybe a prong collar to check your dog’s unpleasant behavior. Electronic dog training collars are especially desgined for reactive dogs. This kind of training collar is convenient as you are not required to be physically tagged to your dog to train it. For example, when your dog barks unnecessarily, like at a mailman, an ice cream vendor, then an electronic dog training colllar can remotely correct this type of behavior. Most collars of this type will have an automatic setting which you could set to emit and ultrasonic sound (heard only by dogs), a spray, or an electric jolt at any bark that goes above a predetermined decibel.
Also, these types of dog training collars have the potential for manual issuance of the gentle trouble for you to correct behaviors that are not bark-related. Naturally, the capabilities of electronic dog training collars have gained popularity with many dog trainers. Use a little reward-based positive reinforcement with any dog training collar and you will have the best behaved pooch on the block in no time!
Posted under Miscellaneous Content
This post was written by Noel DCosta on December 26, 2010










