Remote Control Dog
13 Aug 2010
The electronic, and subsequently with the tonal and vibration options, dog
training collars have been with us since the JFK days. They were
at the outset used to prepare hunting dogs, and subsequently, police and military
dogs. now there are a broad array of dog training collars available
for pet training.
In years past there were a lot of techinical limitations to these dog
training collars. It was tough to control and modulate the
strength of electrical stimulation in the collar, thus defeating the
idea of training the dog in different targeted behaviors. Often the
stimulation wasn’t appropriate for the behavior in question. It
could be puzzling to the dog.
today the technology has advanced vastly and contemporary collars are
increasingly more technically sophisticated and sensitive to the dog’s needs and the
trainer. It is normal now to have a remote control unit with a diverse set of options.
Now features like vibration, soft to more electrical impulsing and
stimulation, shut-off (manual and automatic), etc. Some are even
controlled by the dog, like bark collars.
There are a number of uses for dog training collars. Bark control collars
give negative stimulation to the dog
begin barking. This can be in the form of vibrations, scents, loud
‘dog can hear only’ noises and electical impulses. They have become
sophisticated enough to work only when the dog barks and not due to
external noises.
Another familiar and popular sort of collar is the behavior training
collar, normally remote, of varying degrees of technical caliber. The
better ones provide for more exacting, fine-tuned training of a diversity
of behaviors.
A well known sort of dog training collar is the ‘invisible fence’
sort. The collar warns the dog through tones or vibrations when they
are getting near the border of the property. If
the dog doesn’t heed the warning and goes across the invisible line, they get an
electrical current, the intensity of which is set by the trainer.
With all the resources available for dog training, especially the new
remote collars, dogs and owners will be able to love one another for
many years.
