[crs996]

Recall training might not be high on my priority list for e-collar use (although it is effective), but there are many situations involving obsessive behavior, poison proofing, or behavior that only occurs when the dog thinks you're not home that can quickly and easily curbed with e-collars. I don't know how poison proofing can be effectively done otherwise. They are effective in cases where standard corrections are not possible and you don't have 6 months for chicken treat clicker training.

An example is when I had a dog that was crazy about chasing livestock when we weren't home. He'd jump fences etc. to get to them, so I hired a trainer and in just one afternoon, the behavior was stopped with an e-collar. Where I lived, dogs could be legally shot for harassing livestock, so clicker food bribing was out of the question, it needed to be stopped NOW.

By the way, I had my dogs poison proofed with an e-collar due to some local dog poisonings, the avoidance of food thrown over the gate was amazing and lasted for years, and gave me peace of mind.