Thanks for the quick tips here, I should definitely work harder and take a few steps back in obedience training to repolish all the behaviors. I am currently re-watching the leerburg video again on e-collar training, and I notice there are some small mistakes that I make when using the e-collar based on Leerburg's theory.
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Originally Posted by JKlatsky
This that you said jumped out at me. My assumption on this quote is that your dog probably had some poor training and has had too much defense or suspicion work done and that your helper thinks the dog needs more balance. Jane is right. He doesn't know what to react to. If he is not considered safe at training, he may not be safe to have out in public.
Also in regards to the E-collar. If your dog does not understand the collar, or respect you, and is at least a little hard to the correction, you can actually create more aggression while they go ahead and do what they want anyway. The pain the dog receives from the collar can cause them to unload on the object of focus, or it can also cause them to redirect to you.
I would always have him leashed or work in an area with no other people where he can be safely contained. I would work on recall exercises and keeping him focused on you and I might consider scrapping bitework for a little while or focusing on control and mental clarity in bitework.
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