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Do you have a dog that’s so nice to other people? This can be so bad (or good, since other people think it’s cute) that your dog keeps running away from you. A simple morning of going to your garden can end up with you wishing to tie up your dog, else you have to keep calling him back and running after him. If your dog has increasing moments of ignoring your calls just to run after people, other animals, and even cars, you’re dog needs a remote dog collar.

Background

Some dog owners wish they could make their dogs heed their call at the click of a button, like using the remote control for your television. With a remote dog collar, that wish can actually come true. Before this technology became widespread in obedience training, teaching a dog to stay put, or to obey commands took a long time. One had to expose one’s dog to a situation where the problem behavior could be manifested, and then one had to punish the dog right after. Naturally, rewards came when the dog heeded your calls.

How technology eased up the dog obedience training program

The same waiting still does happen, but it takes a shorter time to teach your dog what to avoid doing; the remote transmitter in your hand means an instant punishment/correction that the dog experiences. The possible doggie problems are as varied as a grocery list – from chasing cars, to chewing on shoes, to running after small kids.

Results at your fingertips

You won’t have to keep your dog on a tight lease, ready to be yanked back, should it not do as you say. The modern leash-yanking happens with a transmitted in your hand an remotely activated collar on your dog’s neck. That means, whether your have one small dog that keeps running around, or several sheep dogs on your ranch, a remote dog collar can help you keep a “leash” on them.

How it works

Essentially, a remote dog collar just waits for your transmitted signal to release a static correction. You might get exhausted with a leash – you may even have to yank it when restraining your dog in public – but that fatigue and inconvenience is gone with a remote collar. Your dog gets “annoyed” by a static every time it behaves in unwanted ways. Over time your dog links the behavior with the onset of a static shock and soon it will avoid the behavior to be spared of the shock.

When you have hunting or working dogs, you’re going to need several remote dog training collar to train them all with. To make sure you can safely send out signals to the receiver-collars, you might as well chose models that can reliably send/receive signals as far as 1000 meters (more so if you want to be safe). Here’s a concise guide to the features you want in your remote training collars, to help you in reaching in an informed buying decision.

Ergonomics – easy to grab, store, and use. You want a collar that does not protrude or bulges – else you might have problems fitting it snugly around your dog’s neck. The transmitter should also be easy to figure out and easy to handle, like a cellular phone. Compactness and ergonomics may not be at the top of every dog owner’s list, but it pays to know you have choices.

Transmission clarity. One complaint by dog owners is that their dogs can run off or run after any smaller animal in the open that gets their attention – and that means the dogs can get outside of transmission range. Prevent a scenario where your dogs may run off too far, in possible harm, and out of your transmitter’s range. You can do this by getting a training collar that can send out signals, clearly, even in wooded, hilly, or areas where there are many buildings.

Resistant to wear and tear. If you’re getting several collars, you might as well get the kind designed to take punishment from your dogs. When your dogs are in open fields, they could expose the collar’s device to mud, rain, and banging. You want to be able to “correct” unwanted behavior from afar at all times. So you need a remote collar that can take a punishment.

When you don’t approve of static correction. Static shocks maybe common, but not every dog owner approves of it. There are some models that use sprays, in place of low voltage shocks. With some models you can even select the spray content. Lemon and Citronella are the common choices.

Can be expanded to accommodate more than one dog. Go online and compare features, and see which models come with more than one collar, and which can accommodate more than one collar. This is crucial since the price may be affected – vital if you are working with a budget in mind. So if you have three dogs, and you think you won’t need more collars than that number, by all means go with a package that only includes that.

Where to charge. A docking station for your remote dog training collar mean convenience – a single platform-cradle for the transmitter and collars.

You want this feature if and only if the model claims faster charging via the station compared to a normal mode of charging.

It rarely stops on its own, without some behavioral change thrown in. Just because you bought a remote dog training collar for your dog and snug-fit it on your pet, means the nuisance behavior will stop. Your dog will have to get used to the device around his neck, as well as its effects. You also will need to acquaint yourself with relevant know-how on how this electronic training gadget works. The research prior to the purchase and use comes in handy – you don’t want to get a training collar not appropriate for your dog’s size and breed.

This is when online search and shopping are useful. Although you can always talk to your vet and a fellow dog owner, you may miss out on the opportunity to know about other dog owners experiences relative to the product you intend to buy. That means you may have to read up on some customer reviews posted about certain products, like dog training collars.

In an ideal world, every dog owner can block out weekends or hours after work to spend it with his or her dog; but time is not a luxury for everyone. But the gains outweigh the possible inconvenience if you care enough for your dog, and your peace of mind. There are a lot of possible dog problems you can help curb, ranging from chasing cars to aggression to constant barking.

The main benefit you get from using a remote dog training collar is the immediate behavior correction you can instil – or at least immediate stimulus you provide, until the dog gets the message. The collar releases a static correction the moment you activate that command from a transmitter you hold. This set up is different from that of an electric bark collar, which only sends out the static correction upon barking. The moment you see, for example, that your dog is about to chew someone’s shoes, you can correct him.

There are some standard procedures used to introduce dogs to their new training collar. These cover some basics, from seeing to the collar fits snugly on your dog’s neck, to getting the right collar size for your dog’s breed and size. The electronic component on the collar should touch your dog’s skin. This will allow for the sensation of the stimulus – the shock – to be delivered upon your activation via the transmitter. When starting your dog on the training collar, it’s customary to begin training it using only the lowest level of stimulation.

The remote transmitted in your hand means that, at any time and at long distances, you can correction your dog’s behavior with the shock from its collar; over time, the dog avoids the behavior you shock it with. Hence you need to spend some time with your dog, with the training collar in place.

Every dog that is adopted needs at least a bit of training. That’s because you want a fun and enjoyable companion, but you don’t want that companion to create you problems unintentionally with the people you live or with your neighbors. You might remember a time where you wanted to work, study, or sleep, but you couldn’t because a neighbor’s dog kept barking. If this has happened to you, I bet you don’t want to put someone else in such a situation either.

There are different products that offer solutions to get dogs to stop their barking or to reduce it to much more acceptable levels. One of the most popular anti bark products available today is the remote trainer.

The Principle

The remote collar works differently than the way other types of training collars work, like the citronella collar or the electronic bark collar. The biggest difference is that you control the collar yourself. Because of this, you can get much more focused training sessions than with the other types of collars, which work on their own while the dog wears them.

Of course, in order to have effective training with the remote collar, you need to be right next to your dog when it wears it. You will teach commands or behavior patterns to the dog, one at a time, and if the dog doesn’t obey, you’ll use the collar to correct it. The remote control that comes with the collar should be in your hand at all times during training, and the moment you press the button in it, the collar will correct the dog with a small static electricity shock delivered through two prongs that are located on the inside of the collar.

When you strap the collar onto your dog’s neck you will see that there are two probes coming out of the collar, which must come into direct contact with the dog’s skin in order to work

If you are worried about the remote trainer harming your dog, don’t. You have felt static electricity when you walk on a carpet and touch a steel doorknob, so you know that it just scares you, but doesn’t hurt you. Many people consider the remote dog collar to be cruel but unless you’re willing to test it yourself (which many people are afraid of) you won’t know the exact feeling it gives. In the event that you are too worried about it causing pain know that there are other options available to you.