Operation Guide

and those threats still live in their minds today. In your training

program, you must totally condition the responses to the obedience

commands to such a degree that your dog trusts you more than its

own instincts. That is a tall order, and you must take it seriously or

you will not have success. Simple repetition is the only way to

properly condition a dog. Simple repetition to the tune of around

1,000 repetitions per command will do this nicely. That might seem

like an undoable task but if you will train consistently, it will take

only a short time.

Substitution:

This is where we use a stimulus to cause a response

and then add another stimulus simultaneously until the second

stimulus evokes the same response as the first. You might

remember Dr. Pavlov’s work with ringing the dinner bell as he was

feeding his dog. It did not take long before simply ringing the

dinner bell caused the dog to salivate. You will use this same

practice in training your dog, beginning with a leash, progressing to

words and then finishing with electrical stimulation. It may sound

overwhelming right now but you will be successful and your dog

will accept this without question if you follow the steps.