@jasdksdc I see a point that if you want to allow your dog off lead, you need a recall method. And in some places, off leash is allowed with an ecollar. I don't think walking off lead is safe in city environments. E collars can be used in a painful manner. The LIMA argument is that stim is aversive. You called your dog to come and applied the stim as r-, meaning the aversive stimulus was removed when the dog arrived at your feet. You're using the tone on the collar. now, but she still remembers that the stim is the alternative and that you will play an annoying tone until she comes.
I've watched videos where a dog shows obvious signs of stress. The trainer wanted the dog to keep his head down on his paws but never taught this as a command with a different word to distinguish regular body down head up from body & head down. She just started stimmimg the dog.. The dog freaked out, tried to back away, licked his nose, pinned his ears wide, and furrowed his brow before she clarified. She then upped the ante, adding distractions. An r+ trainer would have made sure the dog understood what was expected with a clear command and rewards before adding distractions. I don't see how the ecollar was necessary on that. I feel like it was confusing and abusive, even if she praised the dog in between shocks.
Your instructions were clear to the dog and I feel like you used it appropriately, but it's still an aversive tool.
60 years ago people used whistles to recall their dogs from a distance or whistle in a pattern to mean different commands for herding or hunting. The whistles can be heard over long distances. So, I would whistle train with treats & praise, and eventually transition to praise. (I currently work with shelter dogs, and I use only r+ LIMA. My training takes longer, but I'm not in a rush.) I also don't consider off lead to be to only way to let a dog be a dog. I had a multilevel back yard with a pool and my springer & I had lots of fun.
How is this forum."open" dog training when r+ suggestions are downvoted?