Have you ever wondered what is the best way to acclimate your dog to an E collar? There are two main functions on most e collars and you need to decide which ones you will be using and in which order to introduce them to your dog. You need to think about the vibration function and the stim function. These are two very different things and are introduced differently and are used for different purposes.

Here is a link to a video showing explaining the Dogtra Arc which is one of our favorite collars:    • How To Use a Dogtra ARC E Collar  EV...  

Most E collars have a correction function, and a pager function. We prefer e collars that have a vibration function as opposed to beep for their pager. The main reason for that is there are a ton of things in everyday life that beep or chime so it can be confusing for your dog and the noise can be harder to hear in a loud environment.

Keep in mind, the first step when training your dog on the vibration function is to make sure your dog already knows the come command. We are firm believers that your dog needs to know everything before we start e collar training. We reinforce on an e collar, not teach. Trainers who teach with an e collar tend to scare dogs and turn them into robots. This is NOT how we do it. We introduce an e collar late in the training process in order to give your dog more freedom to be off leash in public.

To teach your dog to understand what the vibration function means is easy if you know how to do it right. We recommend using whatever motivates your dog. Some well timed treats and praise goes a long way here. Start off by making sure your dog is not fearful of the vibration. We typically will vibrate the collar near the dog, and if they respond well we will praise them. In cases where they are fearful, we will do the same process and heel them to teach them to relax. The next step once your dog shows no fear of the vibrate is to start as easy as possible from a short distance away. You want to pair the come command with the vibrate at the same time. If your dog shows any fear, reset with heel. Make sure you do a ton of repetitions and have fun!

The next step is adding more and more distance. If you are training your dog on the vibration function before ever using the stim function keep in mind that you need the correction level set to zero to prevent mistakes! If working in an unfenced area, you should be using a long line as a safety measure in case they run off.

Eventually we will work on using the vibration only, without saying come. As you can see in this video, it can be done in the first session, but it is not a race! Start off in short distances and eventually work further away. If your dog is struggling, go back to the beginning step of pairing the verbal come command with the vibrate.

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:04 Vibrate Acclimation
04:31 Things That Can Go Wrong/Mistakes People Make
05:53 Advancing: Vibrate Only
08:08 Use Of Treats
09:15 Closing Thoughts