Training Collar Keeps Dog In Its Place

Training Collar Keeps Dog In Its Place LIVESTOCK DOGS 34-4-25 We wanted a free-roaming farm dog that didn't have to be penned up, yet we didn't want him bringing his "treasures" up onto our front porch. But teaching that to a black lab puppy is easier said than done. He liked to bring us old bones, dead field mice, ground nesting birds, trash of all kinds, and even old animal carcasses. We finally broke him of the bad habit by using an electronic dog training collar (ph 800 816-0810; www.dogtra.factoryoutletstore.com). During the learning process, when our pup entered forbidden territory we would use a control box to signal the training collar to emit an electric shock. The shock causes the animal to get out of the territory he's in. It didn't take many of those shocks to educate him. It's nice not to have all that mess at the front door any more.

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