Pampered Dog Blog

If you think that the point behind using electronic dog collars on dogs is to use the pain from electric shocks to instill fear, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. .Far from it – the idea is to simply interrupt a dog’s particular behavior, for instance the perennial problem – excessive barking. Barking is said to be a self-reinforcing behavior in dogs, which means the more often your dogs continues barking the more it will keep doing the same; an interruption is needed, a constant interruption that’s annoying enough for the dog to heed.

There is no mention here about debilitating pain as being a needed condition. Remember that the low volt shock is so low it’s only annoying at the most, so the dog doesn’t get hurt. Any training regiment using static correction collars only aims to instill a learned, conditioned response – a bark is followed by an unpleasant experience.

The two kinds of static or shock collars depending on how the static is activated. The first one is activated by both the sound made by a bark and the vibrations of the throat of the dog. This dual-sensing set up means no loud sound near your dog will set off the collar – only your dog’s bark will. Another type makes use of a remote control – a transmitter the size of a small phone. This bark-triggered kind works well both in and outside your home; but it only works on incessant barking, which is just one particular annoying dog behavior.

Your dog may even engage in digging up the soil in your garden (or someone else’s), or clawing up and peeing on your prized furniture. If you have the remote electric dog collar, the moment you see your dog engage in a behavior you disapprove off, simply activate the collar to deliver a shock to your dog from a far. This shows just how useful remote dog collars can be, as they can be utilized in just about any obedience training routine. Hunting routines, pet containment, anti-barking, and dog training to increase agility – these are some of the programs.

There are other types of dog collars that also rely on the principle of interrupting bad behavior with annoying stimuli, but which do not use any voltage whatsoever. The dog collars that do not make use of shocks as the behavior-disruptive stimuli use scented sprays or high pitched sounds.

You will notice a learned response from your dog the longer it spends time with the collar on, and as it gets used to the shocks following every bad behavior. After a few hours spend with an electronic dog collar, you will notice that your dog still needs work – it will put on a funny face or look bewildered in an attempt to figure out where the shock is coming from.