Ken, while I am not opposed to using a prong by any means keep in mind the level of distraction that is occuring at the time. A correction at 4 months is a bit much if you are in an area with dogs playing 15 feet away. Work your distraction from a distance with food and lots of praise and keep the focus on you. If your in the living room and no ones around and you've gotten correct responses before then the correction is appropriate. I was in the corps as well so think of distractions like this; after 30 days in the field doing forced marches you get back to base and theres a naked supermodel at a grill cooking steaks. would you pay attention????? 4 months is a baby, lay off corrections until youve done all your work. I have trained lots of dogs and 4 months is a bit early man, Keep training! Semper Fi
No prong yet...not for awhile. Just using flat leather collar now, and doing my best to keep the corrections to a minimum. I do realize he's going to be distracted and I don't really have a 100% distraction free environment for him. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> BUT, he knows the commands and has been doing pretty good.
I haven't had him around other dogs...he is usually distracted by trying to eat grass or seeing someone walk by. Or...he really hates the car and doesn't want to get in it to come to work.
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