Please forgive my ignorance. I have tried to search for this but for obvious reasons the search results were less than useful.
What exactly are dog trainers meaning when they say to 'pop his collar'? Do we keep bubble wrap on there? Are we supposed to give it a quick, but gentle, tug? Or do I need to look in to buying my dog some polo shirts? I'm unclear on how making him dress up and look like a Justin Beiber reject is supposed to help with training.
Also: is this collar popping thing effective? Is it what 'professionals' are doing and recommending to their clients?
I don't hit, and generally don't yell. I do raise my voice, but I'm kinda thinking its not effective. When I tell Keiser (or any other dog) 'no', 'sit', 'stay' when they are distracted I want the result I'm after.
Example: We're in the living room watching TV and the humans are having lunch. Keiser proceeds to jam his nose in to my daughters pasta to make sure its safe for her to have. I managed to get him out and over by me but it took a lot of effort. To be clear: the dumb humans are at fault here and we were laughing b/c it was pretty funny watching the whole scene unfold. All the same though, the boxers were like 'WTF? We can do that?', no they can't and they long ago have learned how things operate in my insane asylum.
Keiser is honestly an amazing dog who in the hands of a more formal dog handler would be an A+ student. But he is mine and I'm not a formal dog handler. That said, we are not going to have a "Marley and me" type story to tell. So I need to learn more dog handling stuff to help make sure I'm doing the right things for our newest pack member.
All info is very appreciated.
I think I literally snickered out loud at work.
