Fantastic Product!!!
I have a 2 year old mix breed Maltese-Shih Tzu and he is trained to the point where when I snap my fingers, he would lay down; give him commands such as, "sit", "lay down", "come", "stay", "leave it", "eat your food", "drink your water", "get in the house", "crate", "go to bed", and "get your toy". He can also roll over, play dead, beg and stand up on his hind legs.
Yes, my dog is trained (I trained him myself)and knows all these commands, but, he would only follow these commands, when HE wanted to (or when treats were available to him). He was also very very hyper. When I come home from work, he would rip and run through out the apartment without stop for the entire evening until it was time to go to bed. He would bark randomly at whatever, whenever and would not stop barking even after I give him the command "leave it!" or "be quiet!". When I would take my naps on the couch, he would jump and hop on me, bite and scratch me and would not listen to the commands "No!" or...
This is as accurate a review as you'll get...NOT STRONG ENOUGH
I had bought this from PetSmart for $160 and saw the same exact unit on Amazon and other sites for less than $100. To be fair, I"ll give the positive as well as the negative of this product and be as accurate as possible. They may have a new design but same product number, as the ones you may buy at a store will be like mine with more buttons on the hand unit and the hand unit is much smaller. There is a small dog and big dog version of this model, exact same thing just different size collar and box. I spent the extra money and got it from a store because I thought the store would have a warranty return policy...but I asked and they don't. These have to be returned to the company so it defeats the purpose of buying it from a store thinking you can just bring it back if it breaks. Keep that in mind.
It takes 2 watch-style batteries in the hand unit and 2 more in the collar. You WILL go through batteries often, so buy a lot if you purchase this. The unit has 16...
Amazing results, BUT READ AND FOLLOW instructions
Somehow, even though this was supposed to be the same product as purchased from a local vendor at almost twice the price, it wasn't anything similar in packaging.
Assuming it is the same product though, our results with training our 83 lb dog with puppy enthusiasm to stop jumping when greeting people was almost unbelievable.
It is a shame these are referred to as "shock" collars, as it makes one very hesitant to even try it. Yes, positive reinforcement training is definitely the first line you should take, along with crate training (doing it correctly, not punitively), but when you have tried and exhausted those, for a behavior as dangerous as jumping up (when the dog is as big or bigger than the people), this collar may be what you need to communicate to the dog.
FIRST -READ THE ENTIRE TRAINING DIRECTIONS. Once you have done that, DO IT AGAIN! Keep doing this, until you actually UNDERSTAND how to use the product.
Before you even set the aversive "shock" level...
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