Pat Stuart: Low Level Stim E-Collar Conditioning

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw and Pat Stuart discuss:

Utilizing e-collars for more than just negative reinforcement.
Understanding what low-level actually means with the e-collar.
Creating learning phases and utilizing more than one tool in your training tool kit.
Negative reinforcement and positive punishment.
Activation in e-collar training.

Key Takeaways:

The level of e-collar stim needs to be at a level where it doesn’t derail the dog from what he was going to do anyway.
Duration matters with e-collars, and with pressure in general. Intensity and time both matter when it comes to the pressure being applied.
The e-collar is a tool in the tool kit, not the only resource available.
E-collar requires a mental reframing. Negative reinforcement can become playful for the dog, and they cannot win with an e-collar in the same way they can with a line.
Just because somebody is using a tool incorrectly does not make the tool inherently bad.

“I think the way that people make a dog e-collar aware is by not using the collar enough, and by that I mean not wearing it enough, not necessarily using it and being on the buttons enough.” — Pat Stuart

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