Tom Dokken - Come/Here Command - www.sportdog.com

[crazed20000]

How old should a Lab puppy be before you use a e collar with them?

[SportDOGBrand]

@crazed20000 Sorry we just saw this. The age really depends mostly on the dog, but we recommend about 6-8 months. We have seen people start as early as four with great success and some that need to wait as long as 12. Just make sure you are moving at your dog's pace and level of training. Patience and consistency are the most important aspect of training. Remember the e-collar is a reinforcement tool for learned commands. Hope this helps. If you have anymore questions, just let us know!

[froglickable]

what if your do already knows these commands but has not had an e collar. should you start back from scratch and add the e collar in?

[SportDOGBrand]

@froglickable If you're confident your dog is solid in his commands, there is no reason to start from scratch. If he was not check cord/leash trained, it would be good to give him the commands a few times using this method, just to introduce him to the neck pressure. Also, have him wear the e-collar for a few days before you ever correct him, just to get him used to the collar. Then move forward with your e-collar as reinforcement for commands. For most dogs, this is a very smooth transition

[SportDOGBrand]

@froglickable Do keep in mind that every dog is different, and it's important to move at your dog's pace. Hope this helps. Thanks!

[MuffinP00]

This is a really great video, I'm getting my 15 month old chocolate lab one of these, because he is a very intense hunter. Once he locks onto a object/target he wants, it is near impossible to break his distraction by simply calling. This video is an awesome tutorial on how to properly and positively reinforce his come command.

[SportDOGBrand]

@MuffinP00 Thanks! Tom is seriously one of the best in the business when it comes to everything training. Obviously, everyone has their own training style, but Tom Dokken and Rick Smith are great places to start for advice and guidelines. I have actually had the pleasure of having Tom train myself and my newest pup for three days and I cannot even describe the improvement it made in our communication skills. I think my dog and I both understand each other more after our time with Tom.

[musicofnote1]

Why in the world? Are you somehow saying that e-collar training is the only way to get a reliable "come". And why do you have to have a choke collar and an e-collar. Our 2-year old Flattie has no problem . never has - coming without leash, without choke collar, without e-collar. 200 yards or more.

[SportDOGBrand]

@musicofnote1 We are certainly not saying that an e-collar is the only method of training your hunting dog. Every dog is different. Our goal here is to help people understand how to correctly use an e-collar training program. The training collar is for use in training your dog the command originally. The remote dog training collar should be used to reinforce commands your dog has already learned.

[musicofnote1]

@SportDOGBrand - "The remote dog training collar should be used to reinforce commands your dog has already learned. " Excuse me, your dog may have been introduced to the command, but why use aversives to reinforce? Why reinforce the positive for the successful, making the success more attractive than the failure?

[giodog2000]

Very informative video ...thx . Good job.