Do you have a dog that actually sits in front of the TV and watches it?

We have a Labrador (2 years old) that sits in front of the TV and watches it. Is this normal? We thought she might think the sound was someone talking to her and put the remote on "mute" and she still sat and watched. She is a smart and lovable dog and learns/trains easily.

yes, my dog "watches" tv as well, she is intrigued by the movement on teh television.

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Which should you train your dog to learn first? The remote trainer or the underground fence barrier?

We bought an underground fence with a collar that also can be used as a remote trainer. Should we train the dog to learn the electric fence barrier or start by using the remote trainer. (Will the dog be confused if we start one before the other?)

Neither.

The remote trainer is far too easily misused and IMO should not even be available to the general public. They are only useful for training hunting dogs who are working hundreds of yards away from their handlers, and then they are used only sparingly. Electric collars can only give your dog punishment. While he's being trained, he should get a minimum of punishment and a maximum of praise. The collar can't do that.

I read of a training club that rented a zap collar to teach their tracking dogs to be afraid of snakes, since their area (Florida) had many kinds. They put a rattler in a cage, collared the dogs one at a time, and let the dog find the cage. When the dog approached the cage, and the snake moved, the handler zapped the dog at full power. Many of the dogs cried and ran for their owners... but they never again would willingly approach a snake, and that was the point of the exercise: to save the dogs from dying of snakebite.

Invisible fences only confine small and meek-willed dogs. Any dog chasing a squirrel is going to run right through the fence and then, if the dog survives and tries to come home, the fence will punish the dog for trying to come home. And they don't protect your dog from stray dogs, wild animals or humans bent on hurting or stealing your dog.

Return them both and get your money back. Invest instead in a plain buckle or martingale collar and three leashs: 6ft, 12ft and 30ft. Buy a real wire fence and T-posts to put it up.

Take the money you have left and take the puppy to puppy kindergarten and then to beginners obedience classes. It's much more effective than an electric collar.

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