Dog Health Questions: How much to charge for dog trianing?

Im 13 and I help teach a free dog training class at my park with a lady who used to show in obedience and conformation. In the class there is a chow chow german shepherd mix named Bear. The dog needs some experienced training and i was thinking about asking his owner if she would like to let me work with him over weekends. This means he stays overnight or she drops off/picks hims up saturday and sunday. I do show in obedience and have trained dogs for other people for free, but i would like to start charging a fee. He will be taught basics sit, down, stay, come, heel, and finish, And not to pull on the leash, no lunging at strangers, no begging, no jumping, and attention training. Bear is a very energetic and strong headed dog. He needs a lot of work, but will be no challenge for me. How much would you pay me if you were Bears owner?

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Since your young I wouldn't pay you but about 10 bucks an hour. No matter if you show or train other dogs. Sorry but you are way to young and I wouldn't pay much for someone of your age to train my dog. When I've paid for dog training before I try and make sure the person has many years experience and has had experience with many dog breeds. Sorry I just wouldn't pay much, but you seem to be on your way to be a good trainer. Goodluck. =)

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• ummmm i would be willing to pay $10 an hour, but since you are offering for the dog to stay all day, possibly over night, I would charge maybe $50 a day, so over the week end that would be $100 and I would ask the owner to bring food and toys and his fav treat, so you dont have to go buy it.


• Since you're only 13, I don't think you should charge very much. You aren't a professional dog trainer yet. How long would you be working with him? I spent $150 for a 6-week course, and that was one hour a week for 6 weeks. That seems to be the average price in my area.
  
  But since you're young, I don't think you'd be able to get that much money. I'd aim for more like $20 per session. Its reasonable and if you work with him a lot it'll add up.

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Dog Health Questions: Help with 4 month old dog?

So my 4 month old German Shepherd/Black Lab mix has a problem with growling and getting aggressive towards my family if he hasn't seen them for a short time. An example would be I'm in the computer room for an hour with him then my son or wife walks in and immediately the dog rushes forward growling and barking (I always snatch him up before anything happens). I just received the dog yesterday and understand that it will take time for him to get used to the family.

What can I do stop the behavior and tell him that it is bad? I really don't want to go old school, but it is the only way I know to teach a dog not to do things. Anyone know a good way to reinforce good behavior and stop bad behavior?

Also does anyone know how pricey personal at home dog training is (on average)? I couldn't find any sites with rates.

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I really agree that a shock collar would be best for this situation. It doesn't hurt as long as you keep it on a low level (I should know, I try it on myself before I ever put it on any of my dogs)

When he is behaving, give him a treat and praise. This needs to be nipped in the butt now, otherwise you are going to have a full grown monster.

Ignore the other comments that say Shock collars are cruel, because I have had so many dogs that I train competitively. I have had dogs that tried to be dominate, but one shock and they usually never do it again then are happy for the rest of their lives.

It is better to stop this now than to have this dog end up getting put down for biting.REMEMBER TO KEEP IT ON A LOW LEVEL.

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• Well, I would try putting him on a leash go into a room with him with 1 family member at a time. First you will lead your dog to the person~if he makes a move quickly take him out the room,wait till he calms down for a minute and re-enter. Doing this process enough times will get him used to each individual person. Once he is right there next to them and they can pet him, praise him and you may let the other person give him a treat. Hope this helps!


• Hi there,
  
  What you could try is watch some videos on Youtube of the series "It's me or the dog" and try and get tips from it....
  Once I saw the woman make a sharp shout noise, and surprisingly the dog stopped....
  
  Give it a shot....
  
  Good luck!


• Try a remote trainer. It has a device you press that gives the dog a shock when it misbehaves.


• take to petsmart 6 weeks for $110
  training, exercise, socialzation will help
  professional trainer to teach you have to train will do wonders if you work at it


• I would not start with a shock collar. You just got this pup yesterday and he is a pup. What you need to do is when someone comes in the room tell them to call the pup's name so as not to startle him, if he growls tell him no in a stern voice. He needs some time to get used to who belongs and who doesn't. Try not to keep him from the other members of the family so he can get used to them and know they belong and it wouldn't hurt if they played with him. I do not know what a prof. trainer would cost to come to your house. I suggest you start training and socializing him yourself. Also taking him to a puppy class would be good for him to get used to other people and dogs and the both of you to learn some things. Just give the pup some time for gosh sakes.


• I'm glad you are looking for some dog training help, because this is what the dog really needs. For the dog to learn to do as he is told, including not showing aggression towards other people, he needs to learn to follow your instructions. Although a few people have suggested a shock collar instead, that can actually make the issue worst. If you zap the dog at the wrong time, the dog may think the people are attacking (causing the pain) and then the dog will become more aggressive. If the dog is in part acting out of fear, then the dog will become more fearful which can drive even more aggression. Below is a website which has some more information about dog aggression and about becoming your dog's leader.
  
  http://www.peggyswager.com/

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Dog Health Questions: Is it possible to be a "part-time" dog trainer?

Okay, well I am an 18 year old college student. I am going for Psychology. I want to get into Forensics or something in the school system. Anyway, I love dogs. I have a 5 month old pug, and he's just amazing. People say college and a dog is hard, but I find it no harder with him. If anything, he makes it easier. Anyway, I've found the time to train him and he is wonderful. At 5 months he is VERY well trained. Of course there's more to be done, but he is doing great for his age. Part of me wants to get into dog training. I love the feeling of helping a dog and their owners. (I trained my roomates' dog, too.) I feel like you can train ANY dog, and that makes a happy dog and happy owner. My question is, could there be ANY way of doing dog training on the side? Like my main career be something with Psychology, then on the side I do dog training? I know it would take a lot of work and studying, but I'm up to it. Any thoughts are appreciated. Please no rude comments.

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I work full time and teach classes twice a week. I attend seminar and other events to help me be a better instructor, as well as attending classes and competing in obedience with my own dogs.

Training is not a part time gig, even though I actually only TEACH twice a week for 3-4 hours total, I spend about 18-24 hours a week trying to make myself a BETTER instructor. Be careful about thinking you can train ANY dog - while dogs CAN be trained, some dogs can simply not be 'wired right' and while their people think they can 'fix' the dog with training - the trainer must sometimes be the voice of reason and suggest other alternatives - not ALL dogs are meant to be here on earth - for whatever reason they are not safe.

Between full time work, teaching part time and classes/competing with my own dogs, it is VERY easy to get run down, VERY quickly. Sunday evenings or Monday mornings are my times to 'do what *I* want without the dogs' - which often means a trip to the chiropractor!

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• Of course there would be. Keep in mind if you go into Psychology, you can also do that part time as well. Many psychologists work for themselves so they can set their own hours. If they're both something you want to do, look into what you need to do to become a professional trainer.
  
  And for college and having a dog, I don't think it's hard either. I currently work full time, take 14 credit hours and have a puppy (which I have plenty of time for). It makes life a little more enjoyable and teaches you how to be organized and how to prioritize.


• I'm a successful part time dog trainer. You need some training first, you can't just become a trainer without school first.
  I'm certified through Animal Behavior College. It is a year course which is partially online and partially hands on. You can google them for more information.
  
  Either no one will hire you because you don't have any experience, or you'll mess up someones dog if you don't know what you're doing.
  Also consider the liability involved with dogs. You may need insurance if someone tries to sue you!


• by all means, yes! i work a ''regular" job but still do training on the side. I take the dogs, though, and have them for a month at a time. if you aren't set up for this it may be harder scheduling but still possible. good luck!
  p.s., i have no ''DEGREE" in dog training, word of mouth is my best tool. and any dog can be trained, just to different degrees. and the only additional insurance i carry is an umbrella policy, which costs $20/month for a million bucks.
  also, YOU DECIDE which dogs you want to train. you do not have to accept EVERY DOG for training, so the 120 lb aggressive dog quip is not an issue....


• First, no offense, but training a couple of friends' dogs doesn't mean you can train ANY dog. When's the last time you were faced with a 120lb dog with serious aggression issues that couldn't even be outdoors without a muzzle on and drags it's owner down the street? How precisely would you handle that? What about a rescue that was terrified of absolutely everything? Or a hyper-active less than intelligent puppy? You really need to take some classes and become certified as a professional trainer if you want to even think about getting into this field, part time or full time. A lot of people would be very upset if they tried to hire you only to find out that your 'experience' consisted of training a few dogs to what you believe is an appropriate level. The trainer I use is certified by AKC, including the Good Citizenship test, and has taken courses in Protection training, Agility, Obedience, and more. I trust her, but I would never use someone without such training- even the Petsmart trainers receive very little education about what they're doing.
  
  As far as the actual time constrictions, that really depends on your schedule. I don't see any particular reason why you could train dogs on the side, provided you had the time to do everything else you needed to and still found extra time for training sessions. But you might find it difficult to do all the training required for you to even be worthwhile as a trainer while you're also taking college classes. That's entirely up to you though.

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Dog Health Questions: Does this dog training company look good to you?

I'll be meeting up with a trainer from there on Friday for helping with Sasha's fear aggression and Obedience with Chopper. I know they specialize in using e-collars, but I'm open to that. I'll see how I like the training on Friday, but just by glancing through their website, what do you think, and why?

http://dogonittraining.com/

Thank you very much!

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I'm starring this for any of the trainers on my contact list.

At first glance it looks okay to me. I mean I'm sure anyone can find something wrong with any training program.
But the fact that you are trying to get your dogs professional training is good enough for me!

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• I hope you will reconsider correction based training for your dogs, especially your fear aggressive dog Sasha.Trainers that use corrections, or punishments such as shock collars, prongs, choke chains and even leash jerking dogs to stop behaviors are outdated and fail to recognize these techniques can make fearful dogs more anxious and fearful. They may work temporarily by intimidating your dog and/or hurting your dog to subdue behaviors, but can and often make fearful dogs worse.
  I don't know what your dog is fearful of, lets assume Sasha is fearful of seeing other dogs. Forcing your dog to get too close to another dog and then shocking your dog when it reacts by lunging or snarling, barking does nothing to change your dogs mind about seeing other dogs. It can make it worse because now the dogs is being hurt or intimidated when it see's another dog. Understand if your dog is reactive to seeing other dogs, it is just trying to get this scary dog away from it. Introducing pain and intimidation won't change your dogs opinion of what scares it.
  If you can find trainers who use positive reinforcement methods, they will show you methods to change your dogs mind about what it now finds scary. They may pair high value food treats with seeing another dog, at a distance that your dog is not yet reactive, thereby forming an association between the food treat and the other dog. Dog trainers call this a conditioned emotional response. Your dog likes chicken, its getting chicken when it see's another dog, your dog starts to slowly form an association between the chicken coming out whenever it see's another dog. Your dog begins to like to see other dogs. This is a kinder, more respectful way of training and it also strengthens the bond you have with your dogs. Basic obedience is also easily taught using positive methods. I hope you will reconsider.
  Amy

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Dog Health Questions: Dog training, confused Lab?

Well, A Week Before we moved we had this Lab show up at our doorstep.
We Spent That Week Looking for Her owner, But No Luck. when We Moved We Couldn't Leave Her Alone So We Packed her Up And brought Her Along and Are In The Process Of Spoiling Her (In a good way)
Now heres were the problem comes in..sorta..
When She showed up apparently she had known the command sit.
Well im going trough agility and tricks training with her.
Every-time I Try To Teach her A trick, I can Spend 2 Days Trying To Teach her The command Limp. (holding her paw and pulling her gently forward until she 'hops' on 3 legs like a limp, giving her the command and then rewarding her.) This has worked on other dogs but with her when i go to give her the command with out showing her I get her to walk then say limp and she sits, she thinks every command means fr her to sit.
Is she confused, maybe from a rough past? Im not sure..shes a labrador..any advice? (Oh yeah her rewards are little pea sized hot dog bits. and a verbal praise and pat on the head=] )

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I think that it's not so much that she thinks all commands mean "sit", as much as when she doesn't understand what to do, she sits down, thinking that's a good thing. It probably stemmed from you praising her a lot when she initially showed up on your doorstep and you asked her to sit and she did.

Now, when you are teaching her a different command, if she sits, just say "No", and repeat the name of the command and show her again what to do. When she does what you want, say "Good command name" (e.g., "Good Limp"). I have found that following "Good" with the command name works really well, rather than just saying "Good girl" each time.

By the way, awesome job in adopting this lab who showed up on your doorstep. Taking her into your home and heart was really a wonderful thing!

Take care, and all the best.

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Dog Health Questions: Dog training advice please?

My puppy is 1 year old. She has not had any training. she is a chocolate lab. i took her to a parade and it was HORRIBLE! she barked and every dog and would try to run after them. how am i suppose to react when she does this? do i give her a negative NO! or do i try to console her to let her know everything is fine? do i distract her? our neighbors got a dog and this morning she was barking at him through the fence. when i socialize her with other dogs and she acts this way....how do i react?????

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Take her outside on a leash when the neighbors dog is out. When she sees him and starts to go for it STOP, stand your ground, don't allow her to move toward it and tell her STAY. A prong collar will help with this, but don't let her pull against it. When she starts the first move toward the other dog give her "STAY" and a solid snap on the leash so the collar 'bites' her. If she does not comply, take hold of the flat collar and lead her away from the other dog say "THIS WAY." After a few (dozen or so) bites from the collar and seeing she won't get toward the other dog she will learn to stand and look. Once she learns to stand, the barking will ease up because you've stopped the excitement of getting to the other dog.
I practice "STAY," "HUSH" every time a dog walks past the house.

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• show the dog what right, say no ! bad dog. and point ur finger at him, so she knows who your talking to. when a labadors a puppy thats its best time in life to learn whats right and wrong so when it becomes a older dog, she will get into the habbit of being a good dog sense she learned how to sense a little doggy.
  it s a breezy day outside for the perfect exercise walk with your dog( for atleast 15 minutes is good for the dog to exercise) and sometimes its nice to give the dog a nice little treat for its well training and exercise for the day . because you cant always say no to a little dogs eyes. :)


• Keep her on a leash at all times with other dogs around, and when you see one about to approach, distract her with a treat, and once the dog has passed give her the treat. However if she does react still, move her across the street. You'll need a lot of persistence and patience for this, but it will pay off.


• The best thing would be an obedience class.

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Dog Health Questions: Agility dog training for kids?

Hi I am a kid who is interested in training my puppy in agility. Is there any training classes in Washington? Hopefully near the Tri-cities.

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Agility is an extremely fun sport for you and your dog. It's all about having fun, and eventually you will be able to enter trials and earn your dog titles.

I am assuming you are talking about Washington state - hopefully I am right. Here is a start. Adding your city to the search bar will give you a better search, but here is a list. If there are none near you, try typing in dog training centers instead of agility training - many will have agility training too.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&i…

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Dog Health Questions: Free Dog Training eBook?

Dose anyone know where i can find a free dog training eBook, or send me it please, =) Thanks in advance!
gm_pluto@yahoo.com

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Well what are you looking for?
Basic pet training, advanced pet training, puppy training?
Just google what your trying to train your dog to do and generally you'll get some good tips (example: "Puppy crate training").

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• I'm not sure there are any free dog training ebooks. I do know that if you type "dog training tips" into Google, you'll get LOTS of pages that tell you about dog training. And here on Yahoo Answers, people have a lot of tips about how to train your dog.


• http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseac…

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Dog Health Questions: Basic Dog Training Methods?

I just rescued a abandoned dog and she seems to be house broken but I am having a tough time keeping her on a leash, begging for food and sitting. Does anyone have any good advice to help me out or direct me to a good dog training web site? Also i am having trouble getting her out in the backyard as well.

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It is kind of early to try to train her...try loving her and talk to your vet about a good training school.....also, something bad may have happened in a yard. Go with her and stay with her and take her on a tour of the backyard to let her see it is safe.

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• I trained my rescued dog using clicker training. Basically you first teach them a behavior is good by marking it with a click and then a treat. You then label the behaviours with words once they get it down.
  
  try www.clickerlessons.com
  
  for the backyard thing you can't reinforce her fear by babying her whenever she gets afraid. Throw her on a leash inside the house and then sprint out the door. She'll have no choice but to follow. Once outside give her some treats and lovin.


• have a lot of treats like dog food every time she does good you give her a treat and she will learn quick. as far as the leach thing get a choker and put it on her lead her out side in the yard and give her a treat , begging just say no or bad dog or you can call a vet and ask questions


• First give her plenty of time to bond with you and know she now has a home.Then check out petsmarts trainning course.It is usually fairly good for just simple obdeience trainning.


• Good for you! Start training right away. Join the yahoo group Clicker Solutions to learn about clicker training.


• I agree with everyone here. You need to time to bond with the dog. The yard thing has probably beena bad experience for her in the past. Do go with her and let her know you are not leaving her. Bring lots of treat and toys and play, play, play!!! Once you have her trust, you can begin training. Rescued dogs are great. Good for you!!! Good luck

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Dog Health Questions: Http://www.dog-training-online… Is this a good site to learn from?

http://www.dog-training-online.info

I really want to learn how to look after my puppy as best I can,
has this site "http://www.dog-training-online.info" ever helped anyone here before?

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Your dog is lucky to have such a caring owner! I can't find that site, but the web is a wealth of good info. Find several sites for the specific issue, and see which one fits your style. You can search for almost any problem, stated in common language, and get advice from experts. here is a good one>> http://www.dogtrainersearch.com/

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• Check out Cesar Milan's site. He is known as The Dog Whisperer. Has a show on National Geographic channel that is very informative and cool to watch. Check it out!
  
  cesarmilan.com or NGC.com/dog whisperer

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Dog Health Questions: What Dog Training/Competitions can a Goldendoodle be entered in?

I was told that UKC Obedience is the only one that Goldendoodle's can enter in. However, I don't see that breed as a choice on their website!

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There are agility, flyball and the like competitive events that are open to mixed breed dogs.

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• i'm not sure about showing if thats what you're looking for, but I know there are several agility competitions that any dog of any breed can join. one might be through AKC, but I'm not 100%.


• In order to enter in UKC or AKC events the dog MUST be a purebred. Golden Poodle mixes are NOT nor will they ever be purebred.


• That would be because you don't have a breed, you have a mutt.
  
  Any competition usually has a mutt section, divided by weight/size.


• I believe that ASCA (Australian Shepherd Club of America) opens its obedience trials to mixed breeds.
  
  There are also AMBOR (American Mixed Breed Obedience Registry) obedience trials:
  http://www.ambor.us/
  
  Mixes are also allowed in NADAC agility trials:
  http://www.nadac.com/


• That's because a Goldendoodle isn't purebred. It can be registered as an Ambor (American Mixed Breed Obedience Registry) and I think the fee is around $25-$35.
  
  I know the UKC has a website and I'm pretty sure the American Mixed Breed Obedience Registry (or Register) has one also. Try googling for more information.


• You are partly correct. The United Kennel Club and Australian Shepherd Club of America, welcomes mixbreeds in their agility and obedience programs.
  
  The reason your not seeing your "breed" is because Goldendoodles are not a breed, they are a mixbreed. So in UKC, your dog will be listed as an AMBOR (American Mix Breed Obedience Registry), which is the Parent Club for mixbreed dogs.
  
  With the UKC, you will need to send proof of spay/neuter in order to get your Mix an ILP # to compete in Obedience, Agility, Rally Obedience, Weight Pull or Dock Diving.
  
  With Australian Shepherd Club of Ameirca, they only register Aussies, but they do give Non-Aussies, including Mixbreeds a tracking number so you can enter the performance events: obedience, agility and tracking. With ASCA also, you dog will be listed as a MixBreed, not as a oodlesomething.
  
  AMBOR (American Mix Breed Obedience Registry) as I mentioned, is the Parent Club for Mixbreeds. They require that all dogs registered with them are spayed and neutered. They track your qualifying scores in the various venues that are open to mixbreeds and give out yearly awards for Top Ten.
  
  For agility, the venues that are open to mixbreeds are: United States Dog Agility (USDAA), NADAC, CPE, DOCNA. Since these are not breed registries, but agility registries, you can call your dog whatever you want.
  
  Lastly, for Rally Obedience, there APDT (Associate of Pet Dog Trainers), where you will also need to show proof of spay/neuter to register the dog. There's also UKC for Rally obedience.
  
  edit: Zuzia..you don't have a clue of what your talking about. You obviously have never been to a show or seen how these dogs are trained.
  
  My old beagle mix (who is passed on) used to smile when she was running. When she did obedience, her tail went a mile a minute, she absolutely loved working and was heartbroken when she had to retire.
  
  I currently train dachshunds, my boy has a wonderful work ethic, he loves agility. How do I know? By his body language, by the fact that he barks at me until it's our turn. Training has been nothing but a positive experience for him and highly rewarded with very tasty treats and his squeeky ball, so thus, he loves to learn.


• wrydachsie has some great info, so I won't repeat it :) except to say that you can register your mix with the UKC and participate in a lot more than traditional obedience. Take a look:
  http://www.ukcdogs.com/WebSite.nsf/WebPa…


• I would not send you dog into competitions this is not a good life for a dog

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Dog Health Questions: What kind of collar does the Don Sullivan dog training technique use? Does this training method work?

I watched the infomercial and am considering purchasing the training DVD's and collar but want to make sure this works.

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I have yet to see ANYTHING on an infomercial that works. I personally used a shock collar to train my 4 Rotties and if used properly and NOT ABUSED some people do because they are idiots, it works just fine. And works on the same concept. When a pup does wrong what does the mom do.....nips the pup on the neck. What does Cesar Millan do....acts like a mother biting on the neck. So the shock collar acts the same way, except with the bonus of it being surprised. The dog won't know it is coming so they tend to learn quicker not knowing it is coming. It is all a matter of timing no matter what training aid you use. If corrected at the right time, they would all work the same anyway. Most everything is just a gimmick anyway. Or a fancier version of something already on the market. All the Don Sullivan program is going to tell you is correct your dog at this moment, that moment, at this time...etc etc. So why spend the money on something that is common sense??? Correction is timing. plain and simple.

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• The "Command Collar" link 1 bears a striking resemblance to a martingale collar Link 2. The circle can be either of chain or nylon.
  I prefer these collars for training as they are much more humane than choke chains or prong collars.
  I cannot say anything about his methods. I am unfamilier with him. Generally any training that uses positive renforcement gets my seal of approval (for what it's worth)

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