Ep. 1) Free: Proper Use of the Electronic Collar: Opening Lecture. Michael Ellis

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Episode 1 of 11. Michael forecasts the course, highlighting concepts & topics covered within the 4 day curriculum. He address some of the misconceptions around the tool, considerations for its use, & briefly discusses its features & potential advantages over other training tools.


Soundcast Series 1 : The Electronic Collar

'Proper Use of the Electronic Collar' is a four day training course offered at the Michael Ellis School for Dog Trainers. The curriculum gives students a thoughtful, in-depth, humane, and science-based resource for understanding, applying, and talking about the modern electronic training collar training. 

Throughout the course, and captured within this series of audio lectures, Michael discusses the tool as both an incredibly useful and widely misunderstood piece of technology, whose modern use is nuanced, governed by learning theory, and in many situations has distinct advantages over other tools. Michael believes that educating ourselves as trainers and owners, and understanding both its benefits and potential pitfalls, are critical to its fair and effective use. 

Within these soundcasts are the complete topic lectures from the course, including Q & A sessions with students. Follow them in order, or pick and choose your own based on need and interest. Levarious ways the collar is being used in today's training with sport/working dogs, as well as pet/companion dogs. The many considerations taken when planning to use the remote electronic collar, and why considering the individual dog, along with the right information, and your earnest effort as a trainer, will help you determine if, when, and how to properly use this tool should you choose. 

YOUR GUIDE

Michael Ellis
Michael is an internationally renowned dog trainer and teacher with 30 years of experience in the competitive dog sports. He has taught extensively to a very diverse group of trainers, from competitive sport trainers, police departments, and the US military, to search and rescue groups, service dog agencies, and pet dog trainers. Michael’s clear, concise, and patient style has made him one of the most popular coaches of trainers in the country. He has given over 300 seminars in the United States, Canada, and South America, that’s well over a thousand days of lecture and practical work in the last eight years alone, and as a result, has been one of the driving forces in popularizing reward based training systems for the protection sports.

Michael has competed in and done decoy/helper work for several national level competitions, both in Schutzhund and ringsport. He was also one of the first Mondioring decoys certified in the US. He has coached national champions in several disciplines, and many national and international competitors, but he is perhaps most proud of the hundreds of club level and beginning trainers that he has helped to improve their communication and physical skills. He was a past president of the American Working Malinois Association and a former board member of the US Mondioring Association.

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