Collar correction will probably only make the problem worse. Does he understand hold? Or fetch? If you command "hold" and give a collar correction, will he understand why you're putting pressure on him and furthermore, how to turn the pressure off through compliance (doing what you tell him to do)? More than likely he will have no idea why you're shocking him and will only either chomp harder or stop retrieving altogether. Force fetch is not about overpowering a dog with pressure until he delivers to hand. It teaches a dog to handle pressure, teaches you what their threshold of pressure is, and most importantly how to turn the pressure off through compliance. In summary, a properly force fetched dog will not cower down or bolt (run for the hills to escape pressure) from confusion of being corrected. He/she will understand how to turn the pressure off by complying with your command, whether it be sit, here, fetch, hold, back, or down. An easy fix like concreting a bumper or wrapping it with barb wire is only masking the problem, not fixing it.
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