As you know we have a large dog at home, and he can be a pain in the butt.
Dog digging
He digs in places where he is not supposed to, bark at things that are not irrelevant (trees and falling leaves), and is very hyper around new people (he just wants attentions from people).
We did take him to training classes and he did well for a while, but it is very difficult to stop him from digging; especially when our back yard is quite large.
I tried to stop him by yelling at him or just saying “no” or run after him or putting his fecal matter in places where he digged , but he thought I was joking/playing so he runs around barking and wagging his tail.
So, I read many reviews and talked with a dog trainer about getting my dog a training collar – the one with beeping warning sound option and “shocking” option.
My trainer didn’t believe in punishing the dog – she was all about positive reinforcement and gave me plenty of advice and instruction, but it’s not her backyard that he’s digging.
Last year we spent over $3,500 for re-sodding our backyard, and we had to call our lawn service people to fix AREAS where he destroyed.
I am pro-animals, but I am not pro-wasting money either – we work very hard for our money! We had to save our money to pay for our outdoor renovations.
Alright, back to the shock collar.
PetSafe
First I went to Petco store and purchased PetSafe Delux Big Dog Trainer for $149.00 (even with my 15% discount coupon), and discovered it was not waterproof (it didn’t say anything about being waterproof so I just presumed it wasn’t).
I take our dogs to our local park all the time so it would defeats the purpose since they go into the water all the time.
Furthermore, it didn’t have a great distance/range control – according to the manual it has a range up to 100 yards, but I couldn’t initiate the warning sounds to my dog.
Also, the buttons would stick. One day I was out in the back yard with my dog and the dog ran towards the fence and started to scratch up the fence to get to the squirrel.
I gave him a warning sound couple of time, and decided to sit on my deck; little to my knowledge that the button was stuck and started to beep at the dog for no good reason.
Unfortunately, I was at a distance where I couldn’t hear the sound, but my dog head his head low and looked at me with those puppy eyes.
Finally I noticed that the receiver’s light was on and had to literally dig the button out – it was pain in the butt.
So, for a product that closes to $150 I was really disappointed.
Fortunately, Petco has an awesome return policy so I returned the product and got my money back.
I have read many people are very happy with this product, but for me I was quite disappointed.
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Training Collar…
I tried to stop him by yelling at him or just saying “no” or run after him or putting his fecal matter in places where he digged , but he thought I was joking/playing so he runs around barking and wagging his tail….
Training Collar…
I tried to stop him by yelling at him or just saying “no” or run after him or putting his fecal matter in places where he digged , but he thought I was joking/playing so he runs around barking and wagging his tail….