Many people, even many dog trainers, believe that the use of e-collars for dog training is inhumane. Nothing could be further from the truth. While it’s true that there is an ever growing segment of the dog training world that believes that all training should be done with positive reinforcement alone, it really doesn’t take a professional dog trainer to know that it rarely works. Just think of your own dogs. Do you believe they will learn to always obey and always do the right thing simply because you’ve convinced them with treats and praise? Not very likely, is it!

That said, most of our training at Rapid Results is done with positive reinforcement. We use a system called “Reward Marker Training”, which is a powerful method of communicating with dogs. It’s fun, fast, and it helps build wonderful relationships between dogs and their owners. We only wish it was just that easy! But in the real world when your dog bolts out of the house and heads for a heavily trafficked highway, a treat, should you coincidentally have one at hand, is probably not going to bring him back. 

That’s why the Rapid Results Dog Training method uses occasional corrections along with the positive reinforcement. They can vary from simple vocal corrections, to light tugs, to minimal e-collar stimulations. More on that later.