I received an inquiry from a potential student the other day. The sum of the conversation focused on the question as to what I thought about e-collars.
The dog is 7 months old, and they are already asking about how to correct their dog.
I know that a lot of trainers, and owners, have no problem introducing advanced, adult-level corrections on any dog of any age.
There is no way a 7-month-old dog, owned by a novice level handler/ owner, has enough foundation to do any kind of corrections as proposed. I know this even without ever seeing this dog. Corrections like this would be unfair and limit the potential of the dog, possibly permanently.
I get that some owners, and trainers, are impatient… and sometimes even lazy… and don’t want to put in the necessary work to get the foundation in place for every desired skill.
Those aren’t the types of students I want.
I do feel sorry for their dogs.
We never even discussed, in any detail, what the dog had learned and what kind of methods had be used up to this point. The only interest was in figuring out how to correct this puppy with an e-collar, and picking my brain as to what I thought.
All wrong from my perspective.
If you train with me, we do things differently.
Plan accordingly.
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