In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:

• Drills to teach your dog to give up something to get something.

• Utilizing multiple types of reinforcement to increase positive behaviors.

• Adjusting e-collar settings to change the type of pressure on the dog.

• Differences in different models of e-collars and how your dog may react to them.

• Pre-empting the mistakes that you can.

Key Takeaways:

• A lot of common outing mistakes have to do with e-collars and the misuse of certain functions for outing behaviors.

• Consider going lower on stimulation and longer on the taps of the e-collar rather than a high stimulation with an extremely short duration. This will change the type of pressure on the dog.

• Avoid habituating your dog to the higher levels of stimulation. These dogs are bred to fight through adversity, you don’t want to stress innoculate the dog to the e-collar pressure.

• Try a few different types of e-collars on and see which one they respond better to based on their temperament and the sharpness or bluntness of the e-collar. Experiment and see what works best with the minimum force rule.

"Outs must be rewarded. No behavior will be maintained without some form of reinforcement." — Jerry Bradshaw

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