Training a dog can be difficult. Some dogs will not catch on to what is taught to them no matter how hard you try. They will be distracted, want to play to much, or just has an inability to learn through traditional methods.  An electric dog collar might be the tool to t each your pup the proper behavior that you desire.  This is not a gadget to help teach your dog treats, but to teach your dog life and sometimes life saving lessons. Considered cruel by some, this tool may be your last hope of teaching your dog how to stay in the yard or not to chase cars.

The electric dog collar can be used to help control barking.  Some dogs will bark until they are not only an annoyance for you, but they become an annoyance for the whole neighborhood.  The electric dog collar can be set to deliver an electric shock through electrodes place on the collar itself to the dog’s throat.  Every time the dog barks a small electric current will be applied to the dog.  This small charge will cause enough discomfort that the dog will eventually figure out that the bark causes the shock.  It is a simple conditioned response that modifies the behavior.

If you have a remote controlled electric dog collar you could teach your dog some serious life lessons that could save the dogs life.  If your dog has a habit of chasing cars or running out of the yard, it only takes a couple of training sessions for these deadly habits to be over with.  Stand where you can see your dog in the yard and when he or she exhibits the behavior that you want addressed push the remote.  The dog should be able to associate the behavior and the shock after a few trials.

You must make sure the shock is appropriate for the dog’s size and build. You would not want to give the same shock to a German Sheppard as you would a Poodle. Ask your veterinarian what the appropriate charge should be and how long you should hold down the shock button before there is a chance that you might do harm to the animal. A prolonged shock could over emphasize the training and the dog might not know what behavior they are exhibiting and why they are being shocked by their electric dog collar.

If you are using an invisible fence with your shock collar you really need to make sure that the shock is for a short interval. In the early days of the technology, the shock would be continuous until the animal came back into the parameters of the fence.  An incident where the electricity went off was once recorded and a dog with a shock collar left the area.  When the electricity came back on, the dog was shocked to death by the collar because it did not have a shut off outside the fenced enclosure.