E collars or not

Kyle Admonson is a first rate dog trainer that breeds and trains griffons as a specialty. I asked him about the use of shock collars. Speaker1: That's just the. Speaker2: Long arm of the law. The old days guys did a lot of different things before Shock collars. I've seen guys throw hoses. The long arm of the law just gives you that reach out and it's basically done right. It's a shock collar as much a command as it is a correction. By the time the dog is set free, I do everything on a long lead. To start. I've got a 2020 five foot check cord that the dog drags around in the field for the first, oh, at least 4 to 6 sessions. Once you've established that you have control of the dog, you have a great recall. When you call the dog, he comes on a run. You have your work done, which you give Whoa. At any point you want the dog to stop, and once those two things are done, then you can really turn a dog loose and see what you have as much as I can. I use an e-collar as a command and not a correction. It can be used as a correction and at times it has to be. But for the most part, I try to stay away from that. That's the world of Griffon, too, because Griffon would be classified as a fairly soft dog between the years, which to me is a really smart dog. Between the years. Speaker1: I used to cover dog trials when I was working for ESPN, and it entirely depended on the trainer. Some guys loved E-collars, others said, Nope, we're going to do it the old fashioned way.