using the electric collar to reinforce fetch is the same as other commands first you teach the command physically second you reward the command with praise third you reinforce the command with the electric collar and fourth you practice the command and practice doesn't mean to rehearse something a few times practice means to repeat the command over and over hundreds of times remember repetition is the mother of skill a command must be practiced until it becomes an automatic response a command that is obeyed without thought under all circumstances.
