Contrary to what some believe, the goal behind letting dogs wear Electric Dog Collars is not to administer voltage high enough to cause yelping pain. Dogs can bark excessively or keep tearing up other people’s gardens – the aim of the pain is to disrupt such behavior. The more times the dog is annoyed at the interruption, the more chances it will remember when it receives such interruptions.

The dog that receives the shock is not hurt in any serious manner, nor his motor functions reduced in any capacity. The level of shock the dog under training receives is no more painful than static electricity from a carpet. Many responsible dog owners already institute this type of obedience regimen.

There are two types of shock collars. One is activated by both your dog’s bark and the vibration his barking causes. This set up makes sure a loud truck or an airplane flying overhead do not set off the collar. The other kind is triggered remotely, via radio signals from a transmitter. The bark-activated obviously discourage only one kind of behavior – barking – while the remote one can be used to discourage many other bad behavior.

Bad behavior can range from dangerous ones (chasing vehicles) to annoying, destructive ones (chewing up shoes and plants).
The immediacy of the owner’s disapproval – in the form of a shock – and the instance of the bad behavior pays off in the long run. Remote electric collars have also been used in other types of training. Agility training, pet containment, and hunting are some of these regimen.

The principle of instituting an irritant to disrupt your dog’s behavior applies to shock collars as well as to other types of irritants. These include harmless Citronella sprays, ultrasonic tones, and vibrations.

The instantaneous response your dog gets from the remote shock collar is effective enough to establish an experiential link between the deterrent and the type of behavior you don’t want your dog to keep carrying out. Over time, you will appreciate the use of Electric Dog Collars, especially the problem behaviors stop manifesting.

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