Dog Shock Collar Choice Help Educate Yourself And Choose Correctly

Dog Shock Collar: Learn Exactly Which One You Need

 

 

Dog Shock Collars – What To  Consider Before Buying :

1.Dog shock collar &  Dog Breed
2. Range Of Collar
3. Type Of Batteries
4. Water Resistance
5. Size, Weight Of Collar
6. Size, Weight Of Transmitter
7. Functionality And Ease Of Use
8. Reliability
9. Buying a second-hand
10. Price Range

Need help to decide on dog shock collar purchase? Learning to ask yourself the right questions will help you more than listening to others opinions!

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Dig even deeper and see what exactly has  to  be known :

 

1. Dog shock collars & Dog Breeds

Dog breeds are obviously different so electric dog collars  differ from one another . Will speak about dog and collar sizes later, what is discussed here is how a typical dog behavior can influence the choice of dog shock training collar.
The dog shock collars are in fact  2 main types:
- for dogs with normal sensitivity
- for dogs with lower sensitivity

 

 

Here is the Secret about dog shock collars:

Learn to filter the information about the dog shock collars!
Separate the personal opinion from the  facts!
How? Analyze like this:

- What info will give you a person who tries to sell you a training dog collar? From them you will hear what you want to hear. Most of them do not believe firmly or have a stable opinion on what they sell, they will twist like snakes to find your weak point and offer you what you will like, not what you need.
- What people say in forums or over the internet? Most of them don’t have the slightest idea or usually have experience first hand from only one product. Not to speak about the crappy webs with stolen content or written by asian “article writers”.
- Will you fall into the trap of the false humanity talk? is it more human to have a dead friend from a car crash, cause he did not listen to you when you called him?

So be smart and understand: There are no bad dogs, difficult to handle dogs, aggressive dogs, lazy dogs, whatever…etc.
There are dog owners who treat the dog in different ways and the dog behavior is influenced by the breed, owner and living conditions, in that order and equal by importance.

Hence you control 2 of 3 in total, so more than 60%  of dog behavior is dependent on your actions.
And that is not interesting right now, the real interest is to understand the previous when buying a dog shock collar, so our only concern should be :

 

Has my dog low, normal or high physical sensibility? Nothing more, nothing less! That is exactly what you need to know making the choice!

With the psychical sensibility you will deal later, when choosing the way to start and train him with the dog shock collar.
Below on the buying guide there will be a clear hint against each dog shock collar about this.

 

2. Range of the dog shock collar

 

The usual ones from exact distance point of view, self explaining:
1. up to 100m or yard
2. up to 300m
3. up to 500m
4. up to 800m
5.up to 1000m
6.up to 1500m
7.up to 2km

For better understanding they should be grouped like this:
1.Short range : up to 100 to 300m
2.Medium range: up to 500 to 800m
3.Long and extra long range:up to 1 to 2+ km

 

 

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How not to fall in the trap of : “up to x00 meters”:

Very simple. “Up to” means at plain place without any obstacles like trees, hills, bushes, houses, buildings, etc.

Rule of a thumb choosing remote dog trainers: “up to x00 meters” / 3= real range in mountain, forest, town, etc.

Rule of a thumb on cheap chinese knock-offs “up to x00 meters” / 3= real range / if it works at all/

Note: Not all knock offs are bad, one of the main purpose of this page is to review them and find the good ones in the pile of totally unuseful dog training collars. Cheap is the word.

3. Types of batteries that dog shock collars run on

 

Straight to the point. Two types of electric dog collars:

 

1. using one time disposable batteries
2. using rechargeable batteries
Nothing wrong to go for a cheaper collar with disposable battery, however must make shure that these little batteries are available locally and they doesn’t cost a fortune.
Below rechargeable batteries ordered by the less desired  first to most desirable last, hence from heaviest , slowest to recharge, least holding charge, lowest life time :
1. Nickel–cadmium battery (NiCd)
2. Nickel–metal hydride battery (NiMH)
3. Nickel-Zinc (NiZn) Batteries
3. Lithium-ion battery
4. Lithium-ion polymer battery
Note on Li-ion and Li-po batteries. They must have IC / integral circuit/ integrated in each battery otherwise they can burst some day on your dog’s neck/ yes i read this happened/ or can explode while charging. Take a screwdriver and check if yours say :”IC protected” , if not check the number and buy some new ones from eBay or amazon or your trusted seller.

No joke!

 

4. Water resistance of dog shock collars

 

“Waterproof” is not the same as “Water resistant” Dog shock collar!
“Water Resistant” usually is used by sellers to trick you and most cases refers to “Rain Resistant”
“Waterproof” mostly means –  can be submersed  a bit. But NOT always. Dont get caught by marketing tricks!
Apart from the misuse of such statements there has to state somewhere IP Code / Ingress Protection Rating/. This is the real thing!
Like IP67 or IP68 , that’s what is needed if the dog will swim with the collar.

The info below is for the more technical,so don’t bother if not interested, what you can do is simply make sure yourself that it can be submerged, reading carefully in the description or asking the seller.. Any way, in the recommended categories of collars to buy, below in other post , there will be note about this, so there is no real need to worry and waste time.
Note that many times sellers refer to “water-resistant” or “waterproof” and they mean the receiver, not the transmitter, so this has to be checked also as mostly they don’t have the same protection
The first number means protection level of the case against particles:
0. no protection/ 1. >50mm /2. >12.5 mm /3.>2.5 mm/4.>1 mm /5.Dust protected/6.Dust tight
The second number means protection against water:
1. Falling drops/2.Dripping water, tilted up to 15°/3. Spray at any angle up to 60°/ 4.Splashing water/5.Projected water / 6.Powerfull jet/7.Immersion up to 1 m/8.Immersion beyond 1m

Some additional letters can mean:
H High voltage device W Weather conditions

 

5. Size and weight of the remote dog shock collar receiver

 

Common sense is all needed. Dogs can carry a lot of weight without bothering them. Simply is not a good idea to buy a collar meant for small dogs and try to fit it on a large one, and vice versa.

 

6. Dog Shock Collar Transmitter size and weight

 

The smaller the antenna and transmitter, the more expensive However the ones with the long-range that are cheaper have detachable antenna, so that will not be a big problem if they can do the job.

 

7. Functionality And Ease Of Use

 

Should be considered what is needed now and what features can become handy in the future. Mostly has to be taken in account if it can control more than one receivers and up to how many. Most of the dog shock collars can control 2, 3, 6 or more dogs at once. Just adding extra receivers.
Ease of use is connected with the quantity of functions. The choice has to be balanced. Most people prefer the exact functions they need with simple operation. After all it can be quite challenging to browse complicated menus in the dark to find a simple function even if it has LCD display. Personal choice there, people usually stick with no more than 5 buttons, often without LCD is preferred.

 

However before making the right choice the following should be absolutely clear to avoid unsuspected future frustration:

1. How the transmitter pairs to the receiver and how long it takes, should this be repeated every time battery is changed or down on charge, etc.
2.Does the receiver ”sleep” by going on standby and how long it takes to waken the receiver?
3. Does the receiver show by light or via the LCD on the transmitter its state and battery?
4. Is there step by step user manual?

 

8. Reliability of dog shock collars

 

How buttons react, does it have a dial, pistol grip, belt clip and so on.
Most importantly:
Can a button stick? Does it have protection against malfunction?
Can a button accidentally be pushed while in the pocket?

 

9.Buying a second-hand used dog shock collar

 

Not recommended. Every year there are so many changes, new better batteries, smaller dog shock collars, more functions, some previous manufacturing mistakes are fixed and so on. For saving usually a couple of $ it may result in a waste of money or even more expensive at the end when batteries are changed, etc.
If this is the way to go: only good brand ones, no chinese and from reliable sellers. Ebay is a good place to look.

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10. Prices Of Dog Shock Collars

 

These are generally the price ranges:
1.  Up to 100$ – Cheap
2.  100- 200$ – Normal use
3. 200-400$ – Professional use
4.  More than 400$- Extreme use and functionality
Anybody can decide for himself about what he needs and how much he can afford. At the next post there will be information about the real deals in every price range and what we try to find is : Could there be Pro and Normal dog shock collars at under the 100$ tag. Also will be first hand reviews, video and pictures, so stay in touch!