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If the once small puppy you used to have is now a big dog that runs at cars, jumps on people, and barks at night, keeping you and your neighbors awake, then it’s time to get a remote trainer. A humane breakthrough in dog training, a remote trainer is a package deal where you get a remote dog training collar and an owners device, which is the control unit. In this way, there’s no need to be right next to the dog at all times to control it.

Make sure that you take off the dog’s regular collar before making it wear the remote trainer collar, in order to avoid both malfunctions and accidents. The collar contains a small box with two small electrodes that must make contact with your dogs skin, through his coat. On very long-haired breeds you may need to trim the hair to achieve this.

The remote trainer owner unit is a small remote control that enables you to send different levels of static shock into the collar to reinforce commands should the dog break concentration and stop obeying you.

How To Begin Training

Training your dog with the remote trainer starts just like any regular training, but with an added correction. For example, if you have taught your dog to associate the action of sitting with the word “sit,” you can correct it with a small static shock with the collar whenever the dog doesn’t obey the command word.

Once your dog has gotten the hang of the excercise, then it’s time to try the collar and the remote but without the leash. At first, the lowest level of correction has to be used, however, since some dogs can’t even feel it, you might need to increase the level during the training.

In addition, you can also use remote trainers to teach your dog a variety of tricks or safety features, such as calling it back to you when it runs after running cars. With time, you can forget about the leash completely when you take your dog out for a walk.