Hi Comet, didn't that other Jim Keller write a book on obedience training for dogs years and years ago ....... I've got a memory of reading it .... I think ?
I'm far from being anti - collar Comet. I've used one on myself and on dogs too. I joined a U.S. forum in order to learn more about how best to use them before I did much at all with dogs using one. The first collars I saw used about 45 years ago were horrendous and made me anti-collar for many years.
The modern collars, as you've said, are much , much better due to the "levels dial" on many of them.
I much prefer to train without using a collar however, I'm not keen on the idea of whole dog training programmes revolving around e- collar use. In the U.K. , Wales has already made e- collars illegal . An incredibly stupid knee jerk reaction by a bunch of politicians who know nothing about the subject !
It is very difficult in Britain to find anyone knowledgeable enough about sensible e-collar use to learn from. I believe education is better than prohibition ....... then folk can make up their own minds . I found the U.S. forum I joined very informative and when I asked what probably sounded like stupid questions I still got good answers both on the forum itself and by P.M. from folk trying to help. A couple of them wanted to know more about British training methods in return and I obliged whenever possible. The Internet has made the exchange of information so much easier ......... if you have a question , just ask and answers come flooding back ! This seems incredible to someone my age ......... it was the Science Fiction stuff of my youth !
Wullie
I think not too long ago as well, I found this old thread a very interesting read.
but who couldn’t agree with the sentiment in this. Too often you hear handlers talking about their dogs as if they were the enemy rather than their shooting buddy, or equally as bad, a ‘tool’. 