Just as with humans, one of the biggest health problems today for dogs is obesity. Many owners think their pudgy dogs are adorable, when in fact they are extremely unhealthy. Overweight dogs can develop the same kinds of problems that overweight humans can, such as diabetes mellitus, which can be very tricky to treat. Obesity can also reduce your dog’s life expectancy.

If you are not sure if your dog is overweight, there is a very easy way to do so visually and by touch. A dog of normal weight should have an indentation at his waistline, and his ribs should be easily felt under his skin. An overweight dog will not have a waistline and there will be a thicker layer of fat over his ribs.

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We do not believe in using the electronic collar as a punitive device, because that eliminates half of all of the good things that you can do with it, and it’s the better half that is being forgotten for those that do it. Sure, there are times it can be used as a deterrent just like a leash or your voice can be, but also like your voice and leash, it also has many positive values as well. A leash is nothing but a restrictive device. Cookies do not come falling out of a leash, nor does a tape recording that says that the dog is a good boy. However, when a person takes their dog for a walk, the dog comes running with his tail wagging to put his leash on! Our dogs do the same with our Sit Means Sit dog training collar. Then again, people don’t always just put the leash on only when the dog is bad, nor do they take it off when he is doing good things like having fun on a walk. The leash is neutral. Training with our remote electronic dog collar, or e collar as some refer to it as, should be the same. Here is a good video with explanation of what the dog looks like with out the collar on, done by Ashton Fitz-Gerald from our Las Vegas dog training office.

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