| In thread "Two quick training collar questions" below there is a lot of thrashing things out in re: e-collars. The next to last post by Larry pretty well sums up when use is appropriate and when not, I think. 'when Not' includes when dog is not already basically trained to understand without it. (your friend's pup's situation).
If you do a search under e-collar there are also some helpful posts on the subject by Lou Castle. "Uncle Lou"?
Even when it doesn't hurt, there is no question that the feeling of the ecollar can be disturbing in a way that is very different from a regular training collar. |