I've been training my dog now for several months using Freddy kings self trained retriever series on YouTube. Me and the pup have made TREMENDOUS strides using this system. My pup is a year and six months old, black lab that we rescued 6 months into his life. This is my FIRST dog, and my FIRST time training a retriever, but am absolutely hooked. Now to my question, I'm not sure if anyone is following his videos, but we're on video seven were you introduce the sport dog collar. My question is how do I introduce it without giving him such a negative out look. I understand the association rules, like make positive associations, but he can't stand this thing. On setting one when I knick him he's yelping. They specify that you should never hear your dog vocalize, but that's the FIRST setting. What I've been doing to try to avoid him hating it so much is using the vibrate part of the system, and he listens well with it, but I know the shock will be needed further on. Any and all advice is welcomed, even the negative. Thanks in advance.
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