The world of E-Collar training can be a bit intimidating to start with. Maybe even a bit confusing when it comes to where to look or where to start. I felt just like that when I started using the E-Collar.

I created this guide to help people like you, because I am people like you! Hungry for information, hungry for education, hungry to help my dog… but not sure where to begin.

The E-Collar changed my life and saved my dogs. I started this journey because I had a seriously powerful out-of-control dog, who was incredibly dog reactive and had zero recall. I was at my wits end with him and where he had started to show aggression towards me and particularly other dogs, it felt like the pressure was on.

Something HAD to change. I heard about the E-Collar, and I decided to give it a try. I’ll be honest, I was reluctant at first. The E-Collar sounded scary, but I was in a really sticky situation and didn’t have a lot to lose. I had already worked with multiple trainers and tried every other method out there but nothing seemed to help. So I purchased myself a quality E-Collar and got to work conditioning it.

That same, out-of-control dog went on to become a big baby at home, a gorgeously neutral stooge dog for other reactive dogs, who recalls perfectly even when chasing prey and who learned to socialise and play with other dogs.

Through this journey, I went on to become a dog trainer. My strong desire to help my dog, and not have to resort to rehoming him or worse, propelled me to remain consistent and push for a solution. I fell in love with the process of how he learned, of how I could modify his behaviour and ultimately I fell in love with the life he was able to lead as a result of me being open-minded enough to try the E-Collar.

Because of the journey I took with my own dog, I would go on to study and learn much more about dog training, and eventually help train hundreds of clients’ dogs to properly use an E-Collar. My writing is based on the experiences of conditioning and teaching all of those dogs, and learning the common pitfalls and successes of E-Collar conditioning with a variety of breeds and temperaments.

This guide is not designed to make you a dog trainer, but if you’re headed that way YAY. It’s good fun!

This guide is designed to help you finally achieve everything you’ve been wishing you could with your dog. It’s designed to help you fully understand the E-Collar. This guide will help you:

• Understand the E-Collar

• Correctly, safely and humanely condition the E-Collar

• Use the E-Collar in real life

• Fade the use of the E-Collar if you want to

This guide will also touch on other periphery behaviours that will hugely enhance your dogs life. This includes advice on:

Structuring your dog’s daily life | Heel walking | Place training | Playing with your dog | How to utilise different rewards | Working with reactive dogs | Setting and managing expectations with your dog | Training ideas for pet dogs | Advanced E-Collar work | A range of FAQs

This is a comprehensive guide that covers every question I ever had about the E-Collar and more. I’ve put my heart, soul, facts, personal stories of blood, sweat and good god some really genuine tears into this guide. I hope that with the help of this guide and your E-Collar, you find as much joy in a newly reinvigorated lifestyle with your dog as I managed to find with mine.

Happy training!

R.W.