My mom needs help with her toy poodle. The dog has been through advanced obedience and is now training for agility. She does beautifully in class and while on leash, but regularly will escape from my mother when they are training off-leash outside, resulting in my being enlisted to poodle-search.
The dog knows the "Come" command and deliberately ignores it when she knows my mom can't capture her. In addition to teeing my mom and me off, this dog is very likely to get injured when it escapes because of it's small size and fearlessness/friendliness with large dogs, as well as being a magnet for dog-snatchers.
If this was a big dog, I would definitely tell my mom to train with an e-collar but she's teeny tiny-about 9 pounds. Can a dog this size train with an e-collar, and if not, any recommendations on improving her response off-leash? In agility competition, they can't have one.
Ecollars can be used on little dogs too........I am sure there are some folks on this board who have experience with this.......... LOU??? Where are you?? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
What about e-collars for a dog as fiesty as a jack russell? My brother is wondering if they even have an e-collar small enough and safe enough for a dog this small.
For a JRT get the biggest, most powerful collar you can find. You'll need it! The extra weight MIGHT slow it down and the extra power MIGHT get it's attention. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> JKN of course! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Dogtra mkes some pretty small collars that would be fine for either dog in this thread.
I know someone suggested the 150 NCP - but they had a lot of problems with that model and stopped making it over a year ago.
The 175 NCP and the 200 NCP would be the way to go. They both have the same size collar, are inexpensive - fairly rugged and have a very flexible range.
I just want to point out though that if someone is wondering if there is a collar for this application - they probably aren't the most experienced people with ecollars and should probably enlist the help or service of someone to show them the proper uses in training so they don't make a mess.
You can check out Dogtra's site for more info: http://www.Dogtra.com
I've used it but do not like the fact that the batteries are not rechargeable. They're watch-like batteries that have to be replaced.
It was just an ok product. I only used it because my client was concerned about using an ADV300 on her Yorkie. I told her I had no experience with the lap dog collar but that we could try it out.
It's an option you can look into.
I've used an ADV300 around the neck of min pins and they were very small dogs.
Lou Castle in the past has suggested using the collars around the waist if the neck is to narrow, so there's another option.
Well I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong, but my thought would be to start working the obedience recall on a long line first. Then progressing to the long line in conjunciton with the ecollar. Then you can make the final step to letting the dog just wear the ecollar. My parents also had toy poodles all throughout my childhood. Ours ALWAYS took off whenever he got the chance! :rolleyes: JMO
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