Remote Training Collars?

    • Gold Top Dog

    Remote Training Collars?

    Has anyone used the remote training collars?

    I  want desperately to be able, one day,  to take my recently adopted 3 yr old, Dob/Lab walking in our back fields. I think she has been on a leash all her life. She got loose from me the other day and ran off into the woods, not good as she is dog aggressive, and i shudder to think what might happen.

    The remote collars (either citronella or electronic)sound to be the only hope for us.
    • Gold Top Dog
    I think my first defense in a situation like that would be to start over at training a recall - just as if she were a puppy. Here's an article I LOVE:

    [linkhttp://www.shirleychong.com/keepers/Lesson6.html]Recall Redux - Shirley Chong[/link]

    There are books too - but I'm not the link goddess, so hopefully someone will be along shortly.

    To be honest, a remote training collar would be my LAST resort. I don't know what else you've tried, but I would start over and give the recall a new name.
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