Can I Use An E-Collar On A Sheep Herding Puppy For Corrections?

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Uploaded on May 22, 2023 • 6 min

In this video, Ed Frawley shares a question from the Ask Cindy database. Today's question is about a young sheep-herding puppy who hasn't been trained yet. The handler is inquiring about adding an e-collar to correct the puppy when told no or not to do something. Ed gives his opinion and feedback on the situation.

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When people have specific training questions we recommend that they go to our website and post those questions in the ASK CINDY on the front page of leerburg.com. Cindy has been training dogs since she was a teenager and has competed in several dog sports at a regional and national level. She was also a vet tech and owned a boarding/training and grooming business for many years as well as breeding working Dobermans and Belgian Malinois under the kennel name Kaiserhaus.

Questions posted to ASK CINDY are answered almost every day. They are also recorded in our systems if a dog owner has additional questions Cindy will review the previous Q&As and this helps her give better feedback and assistance.

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AnnD2023

September 6, 2024

Excellent advice, not only for sheep guardian dogs, but for anyone thinking about using e-collars. In my own experience, I have an e-collar and I've ended up never actually needing to use it. I've always done all things necessary to change a behavior first, including first learning about my problem through listening to dog training advice. Interestingly, in my case, it always turns out that the e-collar sits in a drawer.