OK, I finally found the video I had in mind, he explains how to use the E collar properly.
You absolutely can't and don't want to just throw the collar on and expect the dog to know what you're asking of it.
First step is to train the dog to the collar...if that makes sense. Once the dog knows what language you are speaking then you can use the collar to actually stop an unwanted behavior you don't want the dog doing ie; chasing other critters.
With enough training the dog will actually learn that she isn't to give chase to cats, squirrels, anything that her prey drive is coaxing her to chase, if done properly you won't even have to give her a command, she should just NOT do it, because she has learned that she isn't supposed to. She may learn quickly, she may take a bit. Zeus, my Mal will chase a squirrel straight up a tree, and I mean the squirrel and he will actually run up the tree.
EDIT: One other thing I will suggest is IF you decide to go to an E collar, when you get it home take it out charge it up and before you put it on your dog, put it on your own neck and hit yourself on a few different settings so that you understand what the animal is dealing with. It will instill in your mind not to be too button happy. And I am serious, I did it myself before I ever put it on Zeus. You will see in some of his vids that he does it to himself, and he asks the same of people that come to him to get help in training their dogs.
