Originally Posted by
mimms2
Based on...?
I'll admit that I'm old(er)-school, but I don't see any advantage.
Slow learning dog? They happen.
But if a student fails to learn, the teacher has failed to teach. And if he needs "active management" with a prong collar??
Noise exposure. Feeding time is good (for all kinds of training). I sit mine before food. Drop steel bowl on concrete floor, have someone else crash and bang, hell, pop a few shotgun rounds off. If he breaks the sit, put him back on it, then feed. Eventually he'll start to ignore the noise. (his goal is food, he should be focused on you for the release command, noise should be incidental)