Swosumike
Interesting. I personally wouldn't have used the collar until much later but she was already condition to the bark collars. Also, the places where I can let her run have alot of open areas where the dog can and will escape and end up on private property. The fines for that run around $250 so, I had to use an ecollar. Even so, I've been avoiding most until I'm absolutely positive I can retrieve her.

Besides doubling as a bark collar, the only time I've been using it is with the come command. This she knows real well as I've been teaching and reminding her of it every day since only a couple months old. The first real time I used it was when I saw her indecision, she was looking at me then back at the playfield then back at me etc. The collar won. LOL.

Anyway, that's a fine article you've written. Thanks.