Sandman start in the house and get total control, no running, no door barging, lay down away from the table, no jumping, etc etc start out with very short sessions of full obedience and then crate the dog, work at it until you get absolute perfection and then get outdoors for short duration sessions and work up from there. I would not reccomend a newbie use an electric collar you don't know what kind of reaction you are going to get you could do more harm than good, the dog needs to know exactly why it is getting a correction, and how he can avoid the correction otherwise you run the risk of making your dog think a blade of grass shocked him or even worse one of the kids being nearby and out of fear the dog reacting in a way you cannot control. I could write a book on this stuff so if you got a question drop a line.
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