I have used a ecollar for recall. It's a great way to teach your dog to come when they would rather go chase the deer or bunny while off leash. For retrieving I think the Labrador dog people would be the people to consult. Rottweilers are NOT retrievers, and honestly I would not try to mold one using an ecollar. Of all of the Rottweilers I've owned they were never too interested in chasing after a ball or item and bringing it back. I think at the most I could get them to fetch maybe 3-4 times and then they got bored. This is a protection guardian breed...not a retrieving breed.
Training with an electronic collar
Rolo just got a new Garmin Sport Pro electronic collar. So far I used the beep function (gets his attention well) and the vibrate function (not sure if I got any reaction). I did not use the zap function (I only intend to use it in a extreme situation, hopefully never).
My goal is to first work on his recall (currently not terrible but definitely imperfect - he likes to "think about it for a while", and when distracted, recall is non-existent).
Then, I would like to use the e-collar for fetching and retrieve training.
Question: does anyone have any good quality E-collar resources they could recommend? Specifically for retrieving training.
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My goal is to first work on his recall (currently not terrible but definitely imperfect - he likes to "think about it for a while", and when distracted, recall is non-existent).
Then, I would like to use the e-collar for fetching and retrieve training.
Question: does anyone have any good quality E-collar resources they could recommend? Specifically for retrieving training.
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If he has a good nose....then teach him to track. Tracking really makes them use their nose and brains...and half an hour of tracking...wears them out much more than physical exercise. I'm sure there are all sorts of tracking videos on Youtube. With one of my Rotties (Baxter)...I self taught him to track. With Jemma we took tracking classes...it was more formal tracking because I wanted to get a TD on her. She was an excellent tracker.
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