| For many dog owners, training their pets | | | | |
| means teaching them to use an outside | | | | Not All Dog Training Supplies Used For |
| bathroom, not to chew up the furnishings and | | | | Hunting |
| not to jump up on every person who walks in | | | | |
| the door. Many forget there are other jobs | | | | For those who do not use a dog for hunting, |
| dogs can do and specialty dog training | | | | dog training supplies can be useful for |
| supplies may be needed. For example, a good | | | | teaching limits of confinement without the |
| hunting dog may be born from a family of | | | | need to erect an unsightly fence around their |
| hunting dogs, but they will still need | | | | property. A special receiving collar can be |
| appropriate training to learn what the human | | | | worn by the dog with an underground electric |
| half of the hunting team expects from them. | | | | fence that gives the animal a small |
| | | | electrical shock if they attempt to pass the |
| Even the best breeding cannot prepare a dog | | | | line. |
| not to jump at the sight and sound of a | | | | |
| sudden flushing of a bird from hiding. Quail | | | | It does not take long for the animal to |
| and chukars are used with funnels made for | | | | understand where the limitations are and once |
| pointing the birds flight in a specific | | | | it has remembered the boundary, the fencing |
| direction. The funnels, considered dog | | | | can be turned off. The dog will most likely |
| training supplies, are also used to recall | | | | not attempt to cross the line fearing a |
| the training birds into their cages or | | | | repeat of the jolt from previous attempts. |
| hutches to be used over again. Chukars, a | | | | Another of the collar related dog training |
| member of the pheasant family are better | | | | supplies is used to control barking and as |
| thought of as training birds since they flush | | | | the dog learns that a bark causes a shock, |
| faster and louder than quail. | | | | will be hesitant to bark. |
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| For those who do not like using live birds | | | | A similar system exists which enables the |
| with their dog training supplies, bird | | | | user to apply a shock by remote control to |
| launchers can boost artificial birds in a | | | | help training for behavior modification. For |
| sudden fashion, similar to a real bird being | | | | example, confined to the yard the dog |
| launched from the brush. Some use a manual | | | | attempts to dig up a flower bed. A short push |
| launch mechanism while others can be | | | | of the remote control will remind the dog |
| activated by remote control with a few | | | | that behavior is unacceptable and helps train |
| available for up to eight separate launch | | | | the animal to leave the flowers alone. |
| controls. | | | | |