Installation Guide

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BEFORE TRAINING YOUR DOG WITH THIS PRODUCT
You will have the most success using this Remote Trainer if you always remember to teach a command
before trying to reinforce the command with a Remote Trainer. We recommend that you read the following
Basic Training instructions before training with this Remote Trainer. Your training will be easier and proceed
faster if you follow the guidelines in this teaching assistant.
BASIC TRAINING WITH PRO TRAINER CHARLIE JURNEY
TRAINING YOUR DOG TO PERFORM OBEDIENCE COMMANDS
ON A LEASH
It is mandatory that you control your dog’s actions during every training session. Initially, controlling your dog
during obedience training sessions is accomplished in two ways: 1) the leash and 2) the tone of your voice. While
on the leash, your dog does not have an opportunity to escape through the instinctive mechanisms all canines
possess. Bolting, biting, and quitting are no longer options. Your tone of voice will later take the place of the leash.
Later the e-collar will replace both and you will be able to put the leash away until you train your next dog.
Your dog should always work for you because you are the most important relationship in its life, and pleasing you
should be at the top of its priority list. The positive reward any dog appreciates most from a trainer is a thank you
in the form of a loving shoulder stroke, aff ectionate eye contact, and a sincere “good dog.” If your dog does not
light up on any of those three, you need to reevaluate your relationship. Each command should be followed with a
positive reward of some fashion when your dog follows your lead.
THE FIRST COMMAND: NO
The fi rst command your dog will learn is “No.” Usually your dog will understand this command by the end of its
fi rst day with you. Your dog hears this command each time it is doing something wrong and it comprehends the
command by the way you say it. Your dog may have been running around the house with your wife’s pantyhose in
its mouth or chewing on your prized decoy when it hears that dreadful word. Intonation expresses your feelings
to your dog in a language that is universal. The tone of your voice tells your dog that it is in trouble and through
repetitive use, the word “No” comes to mean the same thing. Voila! Our fi rst conditioned response! (Thank you,
Dr. Pavlov).
“No” means stop what you are doing immediately. Put yourself in your dog’s place when it hears this command
and understands it. The dog is thinking it must quickly stop what it is doing. Your dog would gladly obey you, if it
only knew what you desired. For this reason, when your dog does stop doing whatever it was that bothered you,
you must give another command expressing what will please you. “No” is always followed with something that
will make you happy. When you are happy, your dog will see it through your eyes, feel it by your touch, and hear
it in your tone. And, that is your dog’s positive reward. Even when it makes a mistake and is corrected by the word
“No,” it receives a reward by following your next command. This is a simple and foolproof method.