subject: Electric Dog Collars - Control Your Dog's Troublesome Behaviour [print this page] 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. The goal is to interrupt your dog's particular behaviour, for example, barking. The more instances that behaviour is interrupted, the higher the chances of the dog's remembering the discomfort and the interruption.
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.
Shock collars belong to two categories. With one type, the combination of your dog's bark and its vibration combine to activate the stimulus. This is to ensure that the device can discriminate between your dog's bark and any other loud sound. The second type is activated via a remote control. The remote type can be used to "punish" many types of behaviour, unlike the bark-activated one, which is limited to deterring barking.
Bad behaviour can range from dangerous ones (chasing vehicles) to annoying, destructive ones (chewing up shoes and plants). The quick succession between bad behaviour and unpleasant stimuli, experienced by the dog, pays off over time. Other types of training have also benefited from the use of remote electric collars. Agility training, pet containment, and hunting are some of these regimen.
The idea of interrupting your dog's behaviour is to discourage it from ever engaging in them in the first place - a principle shared by other types of no bark collars. The types are sprays, ultrasonics, and vibration.
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 behaviour you don't want your dog to keep carrying out. After some sessions with electric dog collars, your dog will respond and curb the actions you disapprove of.
