| My e-collar doesn’t work! | Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:05:02 +0000 | | No matter the brand of e-collar you use, inevitably there will be a day when you question whether it is working properly. E-collars are similar to computers in that we humans just expect them to work perfectly every time. Thankfully, most of the time they do. When things go wrong it never fails it’s when [...] |
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| Teaching your dog to hold on ‘first scent’, and a tribute to Lou | Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:28:16 +0000 | | “My dog won’t hold on first scent!” is basically the same as ”My dog crowds birds before pointing”. A dog not stopping at first scent may indeed stop within a couple of steps of first scent while the “crowding dog” may not stop until it can count the number of feathers on the birds [...] |
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| Can a soft dog be stubborn? | Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:52:09 +0000 | | I recognize that perplexed look every time I see it in an owners face. It’s when I say “Mr. Smith, while your dog has a very soft disposition, she is quite stubborn.” That’s when the owner’s brow becomes furrowed with that concentrating look, trying to understand, but I can tell it just ain’t registerin’. It [...] |
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