In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw and Pat Stuart discuss: Utilizing e-collars for more than just negative reinforcement.  Understanding what low-level actually means with the e-collar.  Creating learning phases and utilizing more than one tool in your training tool kit.  Negative reinforcement and positive punishment.  Activation in e-collar training.    Key Takeaways: The level of e-collar stim needs to be at a level where it doesn’t derail the dog from what he was going to do anyway.  Duration matters with e-collars, and with pressure in general. Intensity and time both matter when it comes to the pressure being applied.  The e-collar is a tool in the tool kit, not the only resource available.  E-collar requires a mental reframing. Negative reinforcement can become playful for the dog, and they cannot win with an e-collar in the same way they can with a line. Just because somebody is using a tool incorrectly does not make the tool inherently bad.    "I think the way that people make a dog e-collar aware is by not using the collar enough, and by that I mean not wearing it enough, not necessarily using it and being on the buttons enough." —  Pat Stuart   Get Jerry's book Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com   Connect with Pat: Twitter: https://twitter.com/canineparadigm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecanineparadigmshow/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecanineparadigm/?igshid=rhle8hrgp6tx Website: https://www.operantcanine.com.au/ Show: http://www.thecanineparadigm.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4i8paQFojTy25xPRAR7LoA Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecanineparadigm   Contact Jerry: Website: controlledaggressionpodcast.com Email: JBradshaw@TarheelCanine.com Tarheel Canine Training:  www.tarheelcanine.com Youtube:  tarheelcanine Twitter: @tarheelcanine Instagram: @tarheelk9 Facebook: TarheelCanineTraining Protection Sports Website: psak9-as.org Patreon:   patreon.com/controlledaggression Slideshare: Tarheel Canine Calendly: https://calendly.com/tarheelcanine  Tarheel Canine Seminars: https://streetreadyk9.com/      Sponsors:  ALM K9 Equipment: almk9equipment.com PSA & American Schutzhund: psak9-as.org Tarheel Canine: tarheelcanine.com Superior Canine Website: https://superiorcanine.ca/  Aaron’s Superior Canine Email: aaron@superiorcanine.ca  Superior Canine Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/superiorcanineinc  Superior Canine Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/superiorcanineinc/    Train Hard, train smart, be safe.     Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie   Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.