Dog Tracking Collars Advice
There is a whole new market created since a few years: the market for pet’s owners… you have specialty shops nowadays with tools you’ve never dreamed of. Some of these tools are just gimmicks or simple toys, but sometimes you find some very useful and adequate tool. Buying a dog tracking collar was one of the most humiliating experiences of my life. You see, I had always prided myself on being in control. Whether I was training a dog, raising a child, entering a competition, or going to school, I wanted to show everyone that I could do it flawlessly and with minimal effort. Dog tracking collars, however, give just the opposite message. They show everyone that your dog has gotten out of control – that you need a tracking collar to take care of him.
The dog training collars were bad enough. A dog training collar is basically a collar that gives your dog an electric shock on command. It is a simple behaviorist technique. You can use it to train your dog by giving negative reinforcement whenever he does anything wrong. It seems cruel to me, but I have one of the most willful dogs ever. I knew that I needed to get the dog trainer collar, or else I would never gain control
No matter what I did, however, he kept on running off. After the third or fourth time, I decided to try dog tracking collars. I was sick of having to chase him all over the neighborhood, and I was especially sick of getting calls from other counties telling me that my dog had been found wandering around on the side of the road. He always seemed happy to see me when I picked him up, yet he always ran off again. With the dog tracking collars, I do not have to understand his psyche. I can simply track them down much more quickly when he runs off, give him the appropriate punishment, and hopefully teach him a lesson.
No matter how many dog training collars, dog tracking collars, anti bark collars, are other tools of behaviors conditioning that I use, he does not seem to learn. My dog has resolved to do his own thing, come hell or high water. Part of the problem is that I adopted him from a dog adoption rescue program. I think he was abused by his previous owner, and although he has grown to like me, he has not been able to follow orders. No matter what I do with dog tracking collars, I know that it is not the last time he will run off. I guess I will just have to deal with him on a day-to-day basis. Although he is a pain in my neck, I love him.
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Posted: April 20th, 2007 under Dogs.
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