jesusreigns4ever
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I have been conditioning my dog to the e collar for about a month now. following larry krohns method and everything was going fine until recently he started just shutting down whenever its physically on him. since i've been conditioning it i have been basically putting it on him all the time whenever he's not in the crate. things were going well, using extremely low levels (my martin systems chameleon III collar only has 18 levels and i'm using a 1) I would alternate between a nick with the command or a few nicks after hte command and it always resulted in an excited dog bolting to me or to place tail wagging waiting for the next command. I did'nt USE it for heeling but he'd heel off leash, excited, lots of focus. Now, whenever its physically on him, he just lays down chin on the floor. doesn't want to play. When he does do off leash heeling with it he is nose to th ground, not really sniffing just kind of seems bummed.He will recall and go to place but he will kind of saunter over. I have the feather contacts in it (4 of them) and i dont put it on too tight since the collar itself confirms whether its making contact. I experiemnted with just having it on him with no contacts in and he behaved the same way. I never used it aversively or at high levels. a 1 feels like a 6 on a mini educator and a 2 feels like an 8-9. he's 8 months old. not really sure how to proceed aside from just stopping altogether for a while. has anyone else experienced anything like this?
A few weeks ago video:
Sulky default down that he does whenever its on him:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qFWaw1KnJnQ5T0cP0MvK30gZgqshsmiM
This is from yesterday. watch the change in behavior as soon as i take it off of him.
A few weeks ago video:
Sulky default down that he does whenever its on him:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qFWaw1KnJnQ5T0cP0MvK30gZgqshsmiM
This is from yesterday. watch the change in behavior as soon as i take it off of him.