by lkaim | Jul 3, 2024 | Dog Training Anecdotes, Dog Training Tools, Electronic Dog Training Collars, How to train a dog, negative punishment, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, Positive reinforcement, prong collars
I have written about quiet hands a lot. Our primary communication with a dog is transmitted through the leash and it’s important to understand the mechanics of leash handling. The way we handle the leash tells our dog that what it’s doing is either right...
by lkaim | Jul 3, 2024 | Dog Training Tools, Electronic Dog Training Collars, How to train a dog, negative punishment, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, Positive reinforcement, prong collars
There isn’t a day that goes by where someone isn’t making a comment somewhere on the internet about dog collars. What should be used, what shouldn’t be used, why one is better than the other, etcetera. You would think that one’s proximity to...
by lkaim | May 17, 2023 | Dog Behavior Training, Dog Trainers, Dog Training Anecdotes, Dog Training Tools, Dogs, Electronic Dog Training Collars, How to train a dog, Maryland Dog Training
Dog training tools are generally comprised of a leash and collar that we use to communicate with dogs. Whether that collar is a buckle, martingale, chain, prong, or electronic, it is still accompanied by a leash that acts as a conduit for information that flows both...
by lkaim | May 26, 2019 | Dog Trainers, Dog Training Tools, Electronic Dog Training Collars, Maryland Dog Training
I have to say, I am almost embarrased to admit that I train dogs. What used to bring me great pride and incredible fulfillment has become a hotly devisive, contentious, provocative topic. Between the Trainer Wars with various camps extolling the virtue of a particular...
by lkaim | Jan 15, 2012 | Dog Training Tools, Dogs, Electronic Dog Training Collars, Maryland Dog Training
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh6FGF9dfTk In the second video of the set, the same conditions apply with the additional application of an electronic dog training collar. The electronic dog training collar is used as a conditioned reinforcer that enables the dog to...
by lkaim | Nov 16, 2010 | Dog Training Tools, Electronic Dog Training Collars, Maryland Dog Training
I was asked to look in on a client of mine from quite a few years ago, a clever little Schnauzer I had initially been called upon to help with housebreaking issues. It would seem that although his previous issues were long resolved, he had become intolerant of...
