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Okay, so a brief video while we're taking a break here of how your e-collar works. So this is my remote, but yours has the same buttons. Um, pretty much all we need to know is that our red button means no, and it will boost the level on the screen by a certain amount, not to a certain number. So I'll set your boost to 20.
So we will say no when we want her to stop doing something. So, eating something off the ground is no. Jumping up is no. Um, pulling all her weight and dragging into the leash is no. And we're going to use this red button. Anytime I give a no, I'm going to give like two or three taps to get the point across. So, no. Boop. Um, and when we give a no, again, no means stop. So, I will continue to give the no until she stops. If I'm still tapping, tapping, tapping, tapping, and nothing's happening, that tells me I need to dial up as I'm tapping and continue to give that no until she stops.
So, anytime we give a no, we need to then let our dog know what they're supposed to do instead. So, only uh difference with that is like getting in the trash or jumping up. Um, those pretty much are self-explanatory, like don't jump up, don't get in the trash kind of stuff. But let's say she's pulling on the leash. Um, like ignoring you, putting all her weight and pulling on the leash. It would be no.
And then this black button is our command button. And I'll write on your remote command. So if I need to repeat a command or if I need to get my dog's attention while I'm saying the command, I can tap on this black button and that will give whatever number is on the screen. So usually anything below like 20 is not any way uncomfortable. It's just a tap on the shoulder. So just like me saying sit and then using my leash to get her to sit. This is now my leash button, the command button. Um, so I can say sit. I can say place. I can tap until she finishes the command. So let's say I say sit and I don't know if she felt me or heard me. I can say sit and keep tapping until her butt's on the ground or place and keep tapping until her butt's on place. Um, so it's not really super complicated. I can say place and tap once. Let's say she goes to place and then stops halfway. All I have to do is place again and tap again or I can keep tapping.
So it's just like if you imagine using your leash, right? If I say place um and she doesn't, then I would give a place with the leash and then send her there. If she is resisting the leash, it would be a no, right? If you're resisting my help, it would be a no. Otherwise, you're going to follow the leash. If she stalls out and it's like, "Oh, I don't know what to do. I'm going to use that command button. my leash again, this black button to give her more help. So, if she's ignoring this black button, then it's going to be a no. Um, because you should be saying what you want while also tapping her, she should know.
So, those are your two stimulation functions here. Um, and what level should your collar be set at? People always ask that question. It is whatever level your dog is responding. I will always see if they can go lower because I always want a higher range if I need it. Um, so if I'm regular number on the screen is a 20, let me see if I can work on a 15. And if she's working on a 15, let me see if I can work on a 10 or a five. Because if I'm lower, if I need to dial up, I can. But if I get her used to working high and we need to dial up, we have a lot less freedom there to dial up. Um, so always work as low as the dog responds, not for any other reason than I want more range for emergency sake. Um, and again, usually 20 and below is a um level that your dog just feels you touching them. It's not super uncomfortable. Um, it's a responsive level. And then typically 20 and above, and again, it depends on your dog is more of a correction level. So, if I give my dog a 30 with a no and she just keeps going in the trash, I'm obviously going to dial up. So, that's how we use our stimulation function.
This side here is our vibrate function. Um, I know that you have used collar before. I want to make it very clear. We do not use vibrate in place of stimulation. We can be a lot more gentle with our stimulation than our vibrate. And our vibrate only has one setting. Um, and she has been conditioned that vibrate means come to you. So, if you don't want to use your stimulation for some reason, if you tell her down and she doesn't and you use vibrate, she's going to come to you and then you're going to have to give her a no, which isn't fair. Um, so our vibrate is only for getting her attention typically when she's off leash. So if she's like far away or out of sight and I'm going to call her, I'm also going to use that vibrate so she knows it's a pager, right? Hey, someone's calling me. Pager function and I'll say brownie come. Um, and if I see her look up at me with a vibrate and doesn't come, then I will say come or no come.
Again, this is our command. This is our no. So this is our breaks. And then this is typically just for recall. So, if I'm walking in one direction and I don't necessarily want her to come and stop because come means come and stop. It's just, hey, we're moving east now. We're moving west. You're not paying attention. I'm just going to tap that vibrate button and say, "Hey, let's go." And she should change direction. Um, this paired with come means come. This and you're just moving means like move with me kind of stuff. So that is our e-collar functioning.