The use of electronic collars for training domestic dogs: estimated prevalence, reasons and risk factors for use, and owner perceived success as compared to other training methods

Table 5 Multinominal logistic regression model of training category for recall / chasing behaviour

Training group	Variable		Wald statistic	df	P value	Odds Ratio	95% CI for Odds Ratio
Training group	Variable		Wald statistic	df	P value	Odds Ratio	Lower	Upper
Reward	Owner gender	Female compared to male reference	10.067	1	0.002	2.786	0.191	0.676
	Puppy class	Attending compared to not attending	0.156	1	0.693	1.124	0.498	1.589
	Agility class	Not attending compared to attending	10.101	1	0.001	2.711	1.466	5.014
Other aversive	Owner gender	Female compared to male reference	1.744	1	0.187	1.701	0.267	1.293
	Puppy class	Attending compared to not attending	9.916	1	0.002	2.817	0.186	0.676
	Agility class	Not attending compared to attending	0.136	1	0.713	1.134	0.580	2.220

Influence of individual variables included in the model on reward and aversive training method groups as compared to the e-collar trained group.

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