[Wagmore]

Just running through these suggestions I don’t see any tips on your e-collar use in general. You might want to go back to basics, being sure to groom his ruff (neck) each time and keep the prongs clean too. Have you tried Robert’s collar hacks? Even just changing the prongs to the outside can make lots of difference in these dogs with all that hair. I’m a do-over trainer so I would want to reshape my e-collar training in your situation. Since your main concern is his refusal to walk with you appropriately it sounds like you haven’t taught him that…yet. My thinking is you’re going to have to solidify that before using the e-collar for so much correcting. My goal is always the solid recall. If you have that then you build from there. I’m trying to say I think you’re using the collar too much for too many reasons without phrasing it like that. A good way to find out is put it away for a couple of weeks and you’ll find out where you are with Levi. I share this with a grin cuz I too live in wildlife lands and trained two Coonhounds on a 2-dog Dogtra. Fun times. Hope you post updates.