What type of training collar for my dog?
I have a one year old lab/chow male and we have been looking into getting an affordable training collar,because of his excessive barking and to be able to take him off his long lead in our unfenced yard, i prefer a tone or vibrate collar, im not so into a shock collar. there are soo many kinds out there, any suggestions? Anything under 0
why im asking is because when i go to my dads for 6 days a month i bring my dog and he lives off a lake where you cant have fences and the lead is 120 feet thats not cruel he has plenty of area to run.
i dont care to hear peoples ignurant opinions please answer my question only and if you cant do that, press the back button!
i dont care to hear peoples ignurant opinions please answer my question only and if you cant do that, press the back button!
Mutt for the Truth
28 Mar, 2010
No need for one – exercise your dog, provide proper mental stimulation, and train it…. bring it inside when it doesn’t need to be out…. then it won’t bark. If you want your dog to have full run of the yard then put up an actual fence.
You will NOT find any quality training collars for "cheap." PERIOD. If you want quality collars that work, you’ll have to fork out the money for it – "cheap" collars will be unreliable, weak, and/or dangerous to the dog.
Tone/vibrate/spray collars may help with barking but they will NOT keep the dog in the yard. A dog can easily ignore tone/vibration or spray to get at whatever they want on the other side – plus how would you define the boundaries in a way the dog would understand? You wouldn’t.
Look into proper obedience training and continue to use the tie out – my dog lived for two years with only the tie out (she was an inside dog, her "outdoor" exercise other than walks where games of fetch on her tie out.) Now we have a fence. For me, there are not other options that are safe/reliable.
amethyst_dragon69
28 Mar, 2010
Look into a Citronella collar.
http://www.petedge.com/catalog/search.jsp?Ntt=citronella&Ntk=AllSearch&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&N=0&Nty=1
Bobbie L
28 Mar, 2010
Shame on you for having a dog without a fence. If you can’t do any better for the dog, please rehome him. It’s cruel to keep a dog tied up all the time.
♥ Doggie Lover ♥
28 Mar, 2010
how about a spray collar which sprays a horrid smell up the dogs nose too keep it under control …x
wolf_girl
28 Mar, 2010
There is a type of collar that sprays a smell they don’t like when they bark. I haven’t had experience with them, but they get good ratings. try this link: http://www.nextag.com/PETSAFE-PSBC-300-Deluxe-511478583/prices-html?nxtg=19590a1c0512-905FD25CDDBC84A9