I have an english springer that likes to take off and not come back. I have put the electric collar on her and now she won't leave my side. I still want her to take off and do her thing, but when I call for her I want her to come back. she likes to stop and wait for you to get close and then she takes off again. How do I go about getting her to increase her distance from me.
Howard Knauf Webboard User Reg: 09-24-2003
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It sounds as though you may ahve been heavy handed with her when first using the e collar. She knows what the thing is all about, and she knows you are the one responsible for her discomfort or pain. She is probably going to have to be desensitized to the collar now. This can take some time. I'm sure Lou Castle can give you in depth details for a plan of action.
I dont know how much research you did prior to using the collar but now is the time to learn all you can before continuing to use it again.
Chris Duhon Webboard User Reg: 08-14-2004
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Put the collar on her and leave it on. Then just play with her, all fun. Dis-associate displeasure with the collar. You have to make her realize that the collar coming on is not a bad thing, but if anything it means playtime. I would just put the collar on the dog for a roughly a month with just playing and rebonding with her without using it. When the dog was completely confident with the collar on I would make sure and use low level stim with praise. work your way up the levels, with this dog I wouldn't imagine it would take much stim from the collar at all.
I have an english springer that likes to take off and not come back. I have put the electric collar on her and now she won't leave my side. . . How do I go about getting her to increase her distance from me.
It sounds as if you used a fairly high level of stim or worked on the recall too long. Now the dog is avoiding all stim by staying close to you. I'd suggest that you take a look at the articles my website, http://www.loucastle.com called "Fitting the Ecollar to the Dog" and "Teaching the Recall."
If you've used "too high" a stim level to teach the recall then the advice from Chris is excellent. But if the sticking close behavior is just from working on the recall too much you can fix it easily by teaching the sit, again refer to the article on my site. The error here is in teaching the dog a "safe spot" which occurs naturally when teaching the recall. Teaching the sit quickly breaks the "superstition" that the dog has developed that nothing uncomfortable when she's near you.
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