e-collar prongs

[LouCastle]

Originally Posted By: caview
Why "I was told that Leerburg video should be the last to watch"? I haven't seen this video, but I came to have a great appreciation for them. I find his and Cindy's approach very respectful to the dog.. You may disagree with some principles, like often they have individual dogs and not family dogs, but they are very upfront with all of this and you can pick and choose... They live and breath dogs and invest a lot of time in helping others..

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[bergwanderkennels]

Lou, I just want to thank you for your article about crittering. While crittering is not my problem Dog aggression from my boxer was. I am now following your tips after reading your article and finding it helping alot. Thanks.

[LouCastle]

Originally Posted By: Berg WandererLou, I just want to thank you for your article about crittering. While crittering is not my problem Dog aggression from my boxer was. I am now following your tips after reading your article and finding it helping alot. Thanks.

Thanks BW. It's posts like this one that make all the silliness that happens on these forums worthwhile. I truly appreciate it.

[HeidiW]

Hey Tanya,

You get a pik? If not that is okay just wondering.

thanks.

[bergwanderkennels]

Your welcome Lou.

By reading your posts and belonging to your Yahoo forum I can read and understand where I have gone wrong and where I have made the right training methods with the dogs I am working with.

Currently (Not including my 2 dogs) I am working with another GSD another Boxer and a golden retriever. All these dogs however are just pet training not for competitions.

[LouCastle]

Originally Posted By: Jax08
What length points work best on a GSD?

One of the reasons that you did not get an answer is that it's impossible to give you one. Without seeing your dog we have to rely on a description of your dog's coat. The words you use to describe it may not be the same ones that we'd use. Everyone definition of a "thick" or "heavy" coat will vary to some degree, depending on experience. GENERALLY 3/8" points are too short for the average GSD double coat. You've already told us that you're getting sporadic contact. Too–long contact points will give you problems of sores on the dog's neck.

Without seeing your dog we can't tell with any degree of certainty. I'd suggest that you try some that are 3/4" and if they're not long enough go to the 1" You might also try the SCG (Surface Contact Grid).