Rambo the GSD Puppy and His'' shock'' Collar ...after two weeks of'' shocking'' - Page 3

Actually, the videos do have some merit.  Because of all the negative reactions, puppy owners who think they have aggressive pups may wise up and learn they don't. I watched these videos last night when they first appeared.  Between gagging over all the shit these dogs ran around in, the annoying pager and the labeling of the pup aggressive......sigh.....I was kind of numb....disillusioned....and, yes.....disgusted.

Very scary stuff.  How could she not see that the lab was overly tolerant.....especially after Molly (that was her name, I think) finally had enough in the third video and put the pup in his place.  Bet those two little scrappers told him off earlier.

The puppy is blowing you off, Leif.  You took all the fun away.  Ever hear of the term one-on-one.  Honestly, it's sad.  And.....who's Susan?  Is she Rambo's owner?  If she is, you've given her a bad impression of this pup.  NOT fair.  WAY too early to be given a definite label of ANY kind.  He wanted to play, and he's mouthy.  Maybe you should focus your attention on those pasterns.  They would concern me more than your take on this baby.  And, please, stop annoying him.

Thanks gag.... I just lost my breakfast when clicked her kennel link and the message popped up they have all kinds of lab and gsd pups on the way ;(



oh yeah like I suspected.... she is trying to drum up business at the poor pups expense with this ad on her website. FL get ready for tons of issue dogs being dumped after she "trains" them.


"
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and omg its a family scam enterprise with the crud her relative is hawking that "cures" cancer with an immune booster product.

                      IMO, I worry about someone who puts the words SHOCK in quotation marks with regard to puppy training....Then disappears and will not give account to her actions to others with puppy training experience......BIG RED LIGHT...IMO......: (


              Deanna...

Ruger1, she said before that she did that for the "made you look" effect, and it worked pretty well. Her other "shock the puppy" thread had over 1,000 views.

Unfortunatly since she does not use her real name here the idiots considering her training methods cannot veiw the whys she should no be hired.

  I find it also irritating that her site is hawking pups but all she will post is what I assume purchased studs and none of her breeding females infos are available. I suspect huge puppy mill breeding operation and it needs to be looked in to.

"I think the "pager" (vibrate) feature of the Dogtra is being used instead of the electric-stim--except where she said she used the "nick" stim button. Which would be why "shock" is in quotes."

Right, that's what I'm saying.  It was the pager function but in order to get people up in arms and looking at / talking about it, she used the shock & puppy hook.

She clearly demonstrates and explains how she uses the nick function on the ecollar.  I think everyone can hear she also uses the pager function, but not exclusively.   This is especially obvious in the 2nd video.  After the 1st and 2nd video, I had enough, didn't want to see any more.

Personally I would not use an ecollar on any puppy.  The GSD puppy in the video certainly didn't demostrate any aggression and did not have over-the-top prey drive.  I guess she doesn't know dogs as well as she thinks she does.   Too bad for the puppy.

If this is a sales pitch, it couldn't be any worse.  If her goal in posting this was to "rev up" the board, she succeeded - YAY her.  She also succeeded in losing any credibility she might still have had here. Wow.

You compare the nick to using a choke or a prong- are you saying you would also use a choke or a prong on a 12 week old puppy? I am unlike a lot of trainers here, I actually will use a training collar on a pet puppy, but at 12 weeks? Unacceptable, for any type of correction device. If someone wanted to put an ecollar on my young puppy I'd tell them exactly where they could shove it.

Training should be about fun and building the bond between dog and handler. Training is not cutting a drivey, playful puppy loose with other dogs and cutting off their fun through constant negative reinforcement. This puppy, one on one, would be ridiculously easy to train due to his obvious drive and sociability. At 12 weeks he already shows avoidance, as does the lab.

I will use a shock collar as well, here are some of my cardinal rules:

The dog must have prior obedience training to at least the beginner off lead level.
The dog must be 12 months or older.
(These two rules are to ensure the dog has the maturity and knowledge to handle and understand the strong correction an e-collar gives)
Never use an e-collar on dogs with extreme fear issues. (You will worsen them)
Never shock a dog out of a stay. (Your stays go clean down the toilet)
Never shock a dog away from people or other dogs. (The dog will often react negatively toward the nearest person/dog)
You must always use lavish praise the moment the dog respond to the correction. (This is to ensure the dog understands not only the incorrect behavior but also the correct one. Note all the recalls where the puppy stopped halfway and did not want to complete the exercise and needed another page/nick.)

I'm sure some people here will disagree with my rules, but please remember these are my rules for pet owners who are using a shock collar to control a certain behavior, not experienced "working dog" people.

A trained dog is a dog who responds because it wants to, and in the back of their head knows they must. Not a dog who responds because they have no choice but no desire, either.