This is my first time to this board, and I'm here at the suggestion of my trainer. A little over a year ago, my 3-year-old Samoyed/Golden Retriever mix neutered male(we're guessing at the mix based on thoughts of my vet and trainer) that we adopted from the pound (at age 2) got out of our fence and attacked a dachshund that was being walked on leash. We had no idea that he would ever attack a leashed animal (although we knew he chased cats and rabbits).

He had been living with us for about a year at this time, and although he took one quick bite out of our 13-year-old American Eskimo neutered male the moment they first met, that one bite was it and they were best friends from that point on. He also seemed to get along with our neighbor's feisty Pomeranian intact male. So this aggression was a surprise to us.

Since then, we have had him through a 16-week total dog obedience course with an excellent trainer who has helped us tremendously. Our dog now does extremely well with his obedience...but we still have some problems.

He cries incessently when he sees other dogs. When I take him for a walk and he sees another dog, he immediately begins to cry as if he is being torn to pieces. I can put him on a downstay (he will listen to his basic obedience commands)without any problem, but he lets it be known in increasing decibles that he's not happy about it. (Not barking, just a squealing.)I never let him get close to the dog because he will immediately go in for an attack if we get closer than say about three feet. At that distance his frustration takes over and he'll break the downstay. (Yes...he's been trained on a prong collar, but I can whip him off his feet and he'll still go for the dog if it's that close to him. He will not, however, turn on me.)

He also cries like crazy when he sees dogs walking by our house. At those times I usually put him on a downstay where he can't see out the window, otherwise his crying/screaming is unbearable.

My trainer has suggested that now that we have the basic obedience down we move on to the electronic collar to try to stop the crying...sharp verbal correction and tough use of the prong collar hasn't seemed to make a dent in this issue. Has anyone had a similar experience? Advice? Recommendations for the proper collar and tips on using it correctly? I'd truly appreciate any assistance anyone can give me.
Thanks

Oops! I guess I didn't word the above very well. I'm not seeking advice on using an e-collar simply to stop a dog from crying. What I'm trying to do is show this dog in no uncertain terms that my command to "ignore" must be accepted whether he wants to ignore the dog or not. Ignoring ME is unacceptable. Especially when this crying is a pre-cursor to his wanting to attack another animal. He needs to know that his lack of respect for my command has consequences. And so far I can't get that through to him with the prong collar. It is the only command that I've found so far that he refuses to obey.

Ed has a tape on obedience training. I would suggest you purchase it and follow his directions.