re: Who here has trained their own dog?

Im border line positive/negative reinforcement. I've laid my hands on my dog twice. Once for jumping out of my truck going down our camp road and the other for chasing a nutria and not listening. She won't do either anymore.

As far as the shock collar goes, I was against them until I borrowed a buddy's. Talk about stopping breaks and ease when teaching whistle/hand signals. I put it on my lab and leave the remote in the truck, just being on her makes a world of difference.

May be a short cut in training but it sure is a nice short cut