Old and New Electronic dog collars
Dog training collars have changed substantially over the past few years.
Electronic dog collars used to be called “shock collars.” They were used by some trainers, but several avoided them. The reason that they were thought to be inhumane by some trainers were that they offered one jolt of electric shock to the dog whenever he did something wrong. Sure, it was effective – but was it essential?
Imagine trying to train a child. Each time the child does something wrong, he or she gets the same punishment.
Well, training a dog is pretty much like training a child. In fact, it’s said that a dog has the mentality of a two year old child. The electronic dog collar is effective because it corrects the dog’s behavior immediately. Dogs, like children, don’t have a long memory and won’t remember something that they did a minute or so ago that might have been wrong. So they’ll not understand why you’re yelling and screaming at them. When you use an electronic collar, they get a “nick” right away that tells them that their behavior is inappropriate.
The issue with the old shock collars is that they delivered the same “nick.” It was not fair. Trainers felt that they were always punishing the dogs. Too much negative enforcement isn’t good or effective when it comes to getting a dog to do what you require it to do. The new electronic dog collars, however, are much more effective.
How are the new collars better?
The new electronic dog collars are more effective than the old shock collars because they deliver two different types of stimulation – both continuous and momentary as well as different levels of stimulation. You can use a very low level of stimulation when you’re giving a dog an instruction. This is especially important when you’re training a dog to do a specific job, like hunting. Although he has natural instincts for this, he requires to be trained so he can be an asset to the hunting party.
For the most part, you can use the momentary means of stimulation on the lowest level to teach the dog how to do what you require him to do in the field. If, however, the dog gets it into his head to go running off after a bird or some other animal, you can use the continuous stimulation. This should give your dog enough stimulation that will stop him from running off.
Time out for safer use
A continuous stimulation would be ineffective and painful for a dog if used for a prolonged time period. To stop this from happening, electronic collars will time out after about 7 seconds of using this stimulation, making it impossible to harm your dog. This is among the safety features that have been added, along with levels of stimulation, to make today’s electronic dog collars much safer, gentler and easier to use for training dogs today.
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