Comments on: My Dog is Lassie, Your Dog is Cujo https://shibashake.com/dog/my-dog-is-lassie-your-dog-is-cujo/ Dog Tips, Care & Training Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:21:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9 By: Alex https://shibashake.com/dog/my-dog-is-lassie-your-dog-is-cujo/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:21:42 +0000 http://shibashake.com/shibainublog/?p=340#comment-202 Most of the time the beep is sufficent in getting your dog’s attention off of something. I think Cesar used a e-collar on his dog to teach him not to go near rattlers. They did it a few more times than two, but just until he didn’t want to go around the snake anymore. I wouldn’t use it for a collar correction, though. We only use it to make an “invisible fence” around us so he doesn’t go farther than the designated area.
You can also get collars that vibrate instead of shock, and i’m told they are very effective. I would have tried one of those if I’d known about them before we got this collar.
My dog isn’t afraid of the e-collar, I’m not even sure if he relates the collar to the shocks, but he actually will put the e-collar on more willingly than his prong collar. Not sure why. Maybe it’s because the e-collar means he gets to go run in the woods, and the prong collar is just an ordinary boring walk. 😀

]]> By: shibashake https://shibashake.com/dog/my-dog-is-lassie-your-dog-is-cujo/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:57:02 +0000 http://shibashake.com/shibainublog/?p=340#comment-201 Hi Alex,

I did think about e-collars very briefly when collar corrections were no longer working for my Shiba, but I decided that it was really not for me.

There are some instances where I think it could be appropriate. For example, I have read that they use it to help dogs stay away from rattlesnakes. In these aversion exercises, you just shock the dog twice – and that’s it – they learn to stay away from the snakes. You may need to do a reminder lesson in about a year, but usually twice is sufficient. So it is very short-term use, to solve a very dangerous possibly fatal issue.

Other than that I have a difficult time justifying its use.

]]> By: Alex https://shibashake.com/dog/my-dog-is-lassie-your-dog-is-cujo/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:22:42 +0000 http://shibashake.com/shibainublog/?p=340#comment-200 It’s true she shouldn’t have been shocking her dog for growling at another dog, but that doesn’t mean she should allow that behavior. If the dog was being anti-social she’s not just telling the other dog not to get in her space, she’s not wanting to be a dog and meet others.

I use an e-collar on my dog so that we can take him to places like the park or out in the woods for a hike so he can be off leash but I can feel confident that he won’t run away. We someday hope to not have to use the collar, but since we’ve only been using it for a few months we’re not quite to that point. E-collars are perfectly fine as long as you use them properly, but should not be used as the only way to correct your dog as this lady was.

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