( 64 reviews )
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Posted: Jul 26 2009
I've had this collar for 2 years. I do not use it often, mostly when people come to the house because if he's wearing the collar, the dog behaves very well by not jumping on people when they walk in the door, etc. (I have a very large labrador retriever, so he can overwhelm people easily) I like the beep feature because I can't even remember the last time I've used the shock button....I really don't want to use the shock feature on my dog. If I just beep my dog, he corrects his behavior immediately. Recently, friends have been coming over with small children, so I've put the collar on before they arrive. But over the past couple of weeks, immediately upon putting the collar on him, my dog cowers at my feet. This is strange because I haven't used the shock button in at least 1 1/2 years, so he shouldn't fear the collar. I really couldn't understand why he was so frightened by the collar, especially since he never reacted to the collar like this before...if he had, we never would have used the collar to begin with. Well, last night, my husband realized why the dog was terrified of the collar...as soon as the collar is powered on, it's releasing a continuous shock to the dog!!! I feel awful for even putting this collar on my dog at all! We've had the collar for 2 years, and we maybe use it once a month at best. I believe this problem started a couple of weeks ago when we replaced the battery, so I don't know how long the collar would last for anyone who uses it regularly with their pet. I'm really upset that this happened...if the collar just stopped working, I would buy a new one, but this type of dysfunction makes me never want to buy another collar again. No one wants this to happen to their dog.
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Posted: Jul 20 2009
My 9 month old black lab, T-Rex is a very affectionate but very naughty dog. He would grab onto my 6 year olds clothes and try to shake him and pull him around the house. He would nip at people, steal, jump on the counters, and more. He ate remotes, my husbands hat, flip flops and sneakers. I was at the end of my rope and wanted to get rid of him. My husband wanted a dog trainer. After spending 350 dollars on a trainer she recommended a shock collar for him. After reading reviews and seeing the very good price, I decided on this one. It came from Amazon quick and I put it right on him. After a 2 or 3 days, he is a different dog. Rex is now the dog we always wanted. He behaves and listens, no longer bites, no longer chews, and is no longer a pain in the [...]. My advice though is that your dog does know basic commands before using the collar. Commands like down, leave it, off, here, and drop it. I have only shocked him a few times because he knows his commands (just chose not to listen), I only need to use the tone most times now and use the shock for when he is in one of his crazy moods.
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Posted: Jul 14 2009
I have an 8 month old Chocolate lab. He weighs about 75 pounds and is very stubborn. I purchased this collar because he only listened when and where he wanted to. The first day i got this my dogs behavior was amazing. The second he was still good come the third he was back to his normal self. The funny part is that i hardly shocked him because i did not want to get him used to the shock. So he was only shocked when needed yet he seemed to have gotten used to it. I had it a month when i dropped it on my patio and that was it. It never worked again. I have now upgraded to a more expensive unit and am very happy with my choice.
