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<blockquote data-quote="Abbey" data-source="post: 296275" data-attributes="member: 179"><p>haha...you're not going to kill them. You make a point. I'm in charge. Back in the day they called them 'pinch' collars. It's like a normal choke collar, but with spikes. Smaller dog...smaller spikes. I think my husky had about 1 inch spikes. I'll tell you what...after a few weeks on that thing, he was tamed and trained. I'd just have to make the hand motion of a quick jerk and he'd get right in line with no collar on.</p><p> </p><p>As far as the cocker - they are nose to the ground dogs. It is what they are bred for. There are times you can sniff every inch of the ground, but there are times you need to listen to me. But, you can respect that and also have them obey you. Small collar, small jerk.</p><p> </p><p>As I said, you don't use it constantly. They can wear it all the time, but only give it the yank when it is really necessary. Pick one behavior at a time. Learn one and then on to another. Once you move on to a different behavior they're like...oh, geez...collar time. I guess I'll just behave.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue:" title="tongue :tongue:" data-shortname=":tongue:" /></p><p> </p><p>Eye contact is also a training tool. Hard to describe, but if you train your dog to make eye contact with you, they will learn to look to you for what they should be doing. One of the more tough ones to train, but it usually involves a small jerk, then a treat when they look at you. After the look you give them a command. Just watch any video on shepards and such that are police dogs. They NEVER take their eyes off their owners.</p><p> </p><p>Hope this helps. Now if I could get Stang's dog off my mind I'd be good.</p><p> </p><p>Abbey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abbey, post: 296275, member: 179"] haha...you're not going to kill them. You make a point. I'm in charge. Back in the day they called them 'pinch' collars. It's like a normal choke collar, but with spikes. Smaller dog...smaller spikes. I think my husky had about 1 inch spikes. I'll tell you what...after a few weeks on that thing, he was tamed and trained. I'd just have to make the hand motion of a quick jerk and he'd get right in line with no collar on. As far as the cocker - they are nose to the ground dogs. It is what they are bred for. There are times you can sniff every inch of the ground, but there are times you need to listen to me. But, you can respect that and also have them obey you. Small collar, small jerk. As I said, you don't use it constantly. They can wear it all the time, but only give it the yank when it is really necessary. Pick one behavior at a time. Learn one and then on to another. Once you move on to a different behavior they're like...oh, geez...collar time. I guess I'll just behave.:raspberry-tounge: Eye contact is also a training tool. Hard to describe, but if you train your dog to make eye contact with you, they will learn to look to you for what they should be doing. One of the more tough ones to train, but it usually involves a small jerk, then a treat when they look at you. After the look you give them a command. Just watch any video on shepards and such that are police dogs. They NEVER take their eyes off their owners. Hope this helps. Now if I could get Stang's dog off my mind I'd be good. Abbey [/QUOTE]
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