Not much training I did with my dog but he knows the basics and can catch onto what we want pretty easily. Just be careful with the shock collar, my dog ran after a cat one day in our neighborhood and I had it on medium intensity. When he didnt come back I figured that I had the collar loose and popped it up to max, big mistake. My dog let out alot of yelps and came right back now. That wouldnt be so bad, but now when I try to put the collar on him, he shakes uncontrollably and runs away from it. Needless to say I dont use it anymore, I do plan on trying to get him used to it when I get back home by just leaving it on and having him get used to it. Dont know if I will be successful. Use it sparingly.

Ive seen one of my neighbors really misuse those collars and it makes me sad, not only are the collars left on the dogs so it starts to dig it, but the shock is used for everything. Im sure its effective, especially when that dog takes off, just make sure to use a slightly untolerable setting.

Also, ive never taken my dog hunting but hes an american staffordshire terrier mix and he loves retrieving, neutering him at 6 months didnt do anything. I barely notice a loss in energy, the only difference we saw was no balls, and no white man juice hanging from his dong all the time along with less red rockets.