8 Responses to “REPOSTED- Does the Illusion Dog Training Collar Work?”

1. admin on July 21st, 2009 6:30 pm
   I don´t really know what an Illusion Dog training collar is (sorry I´m from Germany never heard about anything like that). But maybe you want to try to put a Halti (I think it´s also called Gentle Leader) on her? It works great on my female Aussie mix who is afraid of almost everything. (Got her as rescue 6months ago). You can can direct where she looks with it and she can´t drag you anywhere when correctly used. Works great for us. Maybe this helped at least a bit.
2. admin on July 21st, 2009 6:30 pm
   OB training will help but there's no point that the dog just learns how to do commands but the behavior is still the same. The important thing is that you got to have control over ya dog. You need it to obey you & respect you. The OB classes will help your dog to socialize with other dogs & people. I'd suggest you use a choke collar. By the way, what's an Illusion Dog Training Collar? Never heard of that. So anyway my point is, bring your dog for training, make sure it socializes with other dogs & people. If your dog still gives you problems, I suggest you call for a dog behaviorists to help.
3. admin on July 21st, 2009 6:30 pm
   My dog is the same way. He is great walking until he sees a distraction, then he's crazy. He hasn't bit me though. I use a gentle leader on him and that keeps him under control.
   I adopted him 3 months ago and he is in obedience training at petsmart. He is doing so much better now from 3 months ago. It's like a 120% improvement. I highly recommend enrolling him in a class.
4. admin on July 21st, 2009 6:30 pm
   Excuse me……. the dog is NOT good on lead if she goes crazy and bites you. Again I will say al these cute little collars are useless unless you train the dog.
   Enroll the dog in some classes.

   You really need to listen to some of us idiots. We do know a few things about dogs

5. admin on July 21st, 2009 6:30 pm
   I would try a harness first to see if it works better. My dog obeys better on her harness.

   Do what the Dog Whisperer does (if you watch it). Simply turn her away from the other animal, and keep her attention on you with a treat or something.

6. admin on July 21st, 2009 6:30 pm
   Doesn't matter how long you've had the dog. The collar is still just a gimmick, and not a substitue for training.

   Sign up for obedience classes.

7. admin on July 21st, 2009 6:30 pm
   RE-POSTED ANSWER!!!
   NO,it's not freaking MAGIC!
   YOU are the problem…& it will not correct until you ACCEPT that fact!!
8. admin on July 21st, 2009 6:30 pm
   I don't know anything about the Illusion Collar. Although I am not I big fan of Caesar Millan, the demononstration on his Website of the Ilusion collar is impressive.
   I had to come in on this because it is apparent that your dog is frightened when she is on the lead and there is no collar that will cure this.However this type of collar will give you confidence.
   Perhaps she would be friendly with other dogs if she was loose, however with a new dog it's too risky to try this out.

   I know from experience that some answerers will suggest training classes, however at this stage it would be like throwing a none swimmer into the deep end of a swimming pool.
   When dogs are loose they never walk towards another dog or another animal, they both curve it's a natural instinct. Let your dog follow its natural instinct and avoid walking straight towards another animal or allowing her to get too close. You must curve or cross to the other side of the road.
   If your dog is frightened don't add to her fear by acknowledging this in any way. Try not to pull on the lead or rebuke her in any way and don't placate her.
   When you are in the garden/yard, get her to do things like sit, stay, down or come and give her a special treat when she obeys you. When your dog does what she is told make a daft excitable sound like WOW followed IMMEDIATELY BY A TREAT, always make the same sound. (Clicker training would help enormously instead of an excitable sound).

   Eventually your dog will associate this sound with good behavior, when you are sure that she does and she looks at another animal from a distance and does not pull, make your daft excitable sound and give her a treat, however if she shows any signs of fear ignore this.
   If is hellish when you don't know anything about your dogs history and we both know about the idiots who frighten and abuse dogs deliberately.

   It is easy to read a dogs body signals when they have been with you for a long time, unfortunately until you really get to know your adopted dog you may have to keep her on a lead. Hopefully if you have a fenced garden/yard you can do stuff in the garden to keep her happy and ammused. I have a very friendly dog and I do the moves for heel work to music in my garden or in the house. Training and mental stimulation is tiring and dogs love training.

   You can see Hanna my ten year old GSD on Youtube. Go to Youtube and on the searchbar type in "9rhubarb9". If you want any info on the moves for heel work to music you can email me.

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