4/ On day one, every hour for 6~8 hours spend about 5~10 minutes doing the following:
a/ Put the radio collar on your dog (if not already on).
b/ Attach a walking lead to your dog's usual collar.
c/ Take your dog from a holding area to the boundary so that the warning sound activates and with an Inquisitive tone of voice say
"LISTEN". Allow a few seconds for your dog to pay attention to the sound and then growl a "NO" while simultaneously pointing to the
training flags (or what ever other visual marker eg. Fence).
d/ Quickly and firmly guide your dog back to a safe area and tell your dog to sit and stay. Reward your dog's good response.
e/ Take your dog to a different part of the boundary and repeat steps c and d for up to 10 minutes. As training progresses you should
quicken the response you require from your dog. If your dog is particularly inclined to escape at specific locations then intensify
training at those locations.
f/ Take your dog back to a holding area ensuring there is no access to the boundary between sessions.
5/ During the first half of day 2 repeat the training exercises. Over these two days you should aim to follow this training pattern 30~50 times
total. The repetition is important to achieve a quick back-off response when your dog first feels the correction.
6/ Half way through day 2 switch the radio collar into containment mode and place back on your dog. Allow your dog freedom to roam the
containment area on its own. Monitor your dog’s behaviour while remaining out of sight. When your dog experiences its first correction it
should run back to the safe area as per your training. Immediately praise your dog for this correct response. Training is now complete.
General Training Principles and Procedures:
l Train with minimal external distractions such as other dogs, family members, passers by, etc.
l Try to keep the training upbeat so that your dog doesn't start to get bored.
l Always finish a training period on a positive note.
l When praising or reprimanding first get your dog's attention. This means having eye contact.
l Dogs respond to tone of voice. Verbal corrections should be given with a loud deep growl in your voice. Praise should be given in an
upbeat happy voice.
l Use consistent commands. If you growl a NO always use a NO, don't change to STOP or whatever other word.
l Don't use food treats on every reward; use verbal praise more.
l Never train after a dog has just eaten.
l If you have more than one dog you must perform the training individually. Remove other dogs from the training area.
l If you want to take your dog for a walk during the two day training period, you must NOT allow your dog to walk across the boundary.
This would appear different to your pattern of leash training and could confuse your dog and reduce the effectiveness of the training.
Instead, remove the collar and leave your property by car. After the two day training, you should start to set up a pattern of behaviour for
going walks. 1/ Show your dog the lead. 2/ In an up beat tone tell your dog it is time for going walks "GOING WALKS". 3/ Attach the lead
to your dog's usual collar. 4/ Remove the radio collar. 5/ Show your dog the radio collar and again in an up beat tone say "GOING
WALKS". 6/ Cross the boundary at the same spot every time you leave for walks and always on the lead. NEVER allow your dog to cross
the boundary while off the lead. 7/ Follow the reverse procedure on the return. Remember to tell other family members to follow your
routine.
l Give consideration to what might be motivating your dog’s wrong behaviour and try to remove this temptation. For example, if your dog
is visiting a neighbour for food or company then explain to your neighbour that you have installed an electronic containment system.
Explain that feeding or otherwise paying attention to your dog becomes a reward that might encourage further escapes or diminish the
effectiveness of the system. Another example might be your dog’s digging habits that you are trying to kerb. Certainly, install the
boundary around your garden beds but do leave at least one area where your dog can dig, because this is a natural behaviour.
DO NOT perform this training again on any dog that has already felt the correction from the collar.
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