Dog Health Questions: Has anyone had success with a vibration/shock dog training collar?

I have a 2 yr old very hyper female rottie that has some bad behavior with fixating on chasing cars up the driveway on the other side of the fence, and now going crazy at my sisters horses on the other side of the fence. She won't respond to anyone when either distraction is there and you can't get near her she takes off and then returns to the crazy barking. I would like to try a vibration/shock collar that is remote controlled to break her fixation and get her to listen since nothing else has worked. Has anyone else used this in training a hard to train dog? Are they safe when used responsibly? I do not want to hurt her but her behavior is going to get her injured if she gets out and get's in that horse pen the horses will kick her. And she is only getting worse in her fixation on vehicles and larger animals not better as she gets used to them being there. Any suggestions would be great. She also has a acre of yard so she has lots of room to run just is so hyperactive though.

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I refuse to use them. Try classical conditioning, operant conditioning and speaking to a behaviorist. You can actually make the behavior worse if you aren't careful. If worse comes to worse use a citronella spray collar. They work on the same principle but do no harm to the dog.

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• 2 yr old very hyper female rottie ..................UMMMM that sounds fun bet your place smells nice ~YA RIGHT~!


• I'm starring this so that hopefully one of the trainers on here that has used a shock collar will see it.


• A petsafe shock collar. That is the brand "Petsafe". My new (now 1year old) puppy needed something to. And all this does is give her a short painles vibration/shock, and it increases the more she barks. It never hurt her at all, so maybe give that a try, you have to order it online though, and u may want to get an extra battery for it while your at it. I hope it works for you if u try it! Good Luck!


• I think there are better ways to go about that. Try looking up local Dog training places and see if that won't work over a course of time. See that she gets walked like maybe Twice a day. Once in the morning before it's to warm and then in the evening. That might burn off some energy.


• i have 2 dogs a 3 yr old shepard and a 5 mth old black lab, i bought a shock collar for my 3 yr old when he was a puppy and i will never go back. once he learned what it was and was trained to the sound of the beeping i very rarely have to push the shock button, usually only the beep button. my 5 mth old is learning she is a little more defiant but she is learning. i would spend lots of money on shock collars, if something should happen to the set that i have. i highly recommend them to people with "unruly" dogs but its all on how you want to train them.


• Shock collars create timid behavior and can result in fear biting. Your problem is not a diciplinary problem but a familiarization problem. Your dog is facinated by new things and the best thing to do around new things is to put your dog on a leash. Walk her around an remain calm. This creates a calm atmospher and a calm dog and she will associate everything around her as being calm. Second, the reason your dog is trying to chase cars is because he is satsifying his prey drive. You need to do this instead of leaving him to do it himself. Throw balls, frisbees, toys. Let him chase things just to get it out of him. Otherwise it's suppressed energy and frustration.
  
  Shock collars have also been shown to inadvertently go off. One person even reported that the collar burned through her dogs neck because it was mistriggering. These collars are not a substitue for proper training and should not be used. Often the short cuts cause more problems.


• I had a friend who used a shock collar on his dog, but only for a little while. HE still uses it, however, he took the batteries out, and only uses it when his dog is barking too much.


• If the issue is barking I would not use a remote control collar. I would use a bark control collar. Start with it at its lowest setting. If the dog does not respond to that, turn it up until the dog reacts.
  If you want to use the collar for other types of training, get a remote control collar. These can work great, but do not over do it. Don't leave the collar on the dog constantly as the metal contacts can irritate the dog's neck. I have learned the hard way not to but the cheap collars. The only brand I would recommend is Tri Tronics. The others don't last.