Ecollars Podcast

1: Robin and Steve discuss why you should use a remote collar? Is it right for you and your dog? 

Topics include Off leash ability, Distance control

Working dogs: Hunting ,Herding etc

Just being able to call dog in from the yard, large properties

Even urban dogs that may spend a good part of their life on leash opportunity when at parks, trails, beach, travel

Leverage for individuals that lack physical capability (older clients/disabled/children)

Easier for people to project unemotional communication via tactile cues is often better for the relationship.

Easier on the dog for learning due to consistency, non emotion 

Timing as an interrupter (distance) with no command from handler versus command enforcement for obedience. (Example: poop eating & garbage raiding)

2. Remote collar history - Where did they originate from, how has it advanced. Dates back to when? Retriever training - Rex Carr Intensity and what techniques were used prior to remote collars Where we have advanced to Jim/Phylis Dodds, Alice Woodyard, Brian Mowry (work with patrol and detection dogs) How advancement in tech has lead to advancement in training. (And yet the misconceptions and lack of education remain…which is what lead us to do the projects we’ve done Where do we think the future will take us?