Re: Dog Trainer Needed
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:03 pm
I think the most important thing might be to find out what you expect for these dogs to do. If its simple obedience and pick up a duck, methods will matter little. If your hoping for a trained dog doing mutiples, and handling, then methods matter a great deal.
You can train almost anything without a collar. I can't for the life of me think of why someone would want too. But the collar is nothing to fear, improper use of it is. CF was dead on in wanting to educate you about that. And bill is right, high standards can be made without it. Using a collar as part of a training program is using the most effective tool for the job. Most people think its something you 'resort' too... its not. Its a planned part of training.
Define your goals and expectations, and then your search will be a lot easier. And before you define those, go see some 'dog people' and some pros, and see what they do. A lot of people in your postion have no IDEAL what these dogs can and willingly do. No dumb questions in this gig (cept for dib, bwhahahaha), the more you find out the more questions you'll have. travis
You can train almost anything without a collar. I can't for the life of me think of why someone would want too. But the collar is nothing to fear, improper use of it is. CF was dead on in wanting to educate you about that. And bill is right, high standards can be made without it. Using a collar as part of a training program is using the most effective tool for the job. Most people think its something you 'resort' too... its not. Its a planned part of training.
Define your goals and expectations, and then your search will be a lot easier. And before you define those, go see some 'dog people' and some pros, and see what they do. A lot of people in your postion have no IDEAL what these dogs can and willingly do. No dumb questions in this gig (cept for dib, bwhahahaha), the more you find out the more questions you'll have. travis
