That's good to hear. Didn't know there were some with different modes. I keep trying to figure out how to reward mine for not barking at the door when she barks at the door everytime, lol.We have an Australian Shepherd and she was a holy terror until we got a "patapet" collar. It has 3 functions: beep, vibrate and shock. It took about a week with the collar before we noticed a real change in her behavior. We have never shocked her with it. Mostly the beep was enough to get her attention. In the last 5 months I've only had to vibrate her twice, once to stop her from running in the street and the other to get her to stop humping the cat. (LONG STORY BUT IM NOT FROM ALABAMA SO NO INTERSPECIES EROTICA IN MY HOUSE)
The collar was about 35 bucks from amazon and best money I could have spent on the dog.
The functions do gave intensity settings and they are all on the weakest setting. I tried then all on myself before I put them in the dog, just in case i would ever need to shock her.
We took the collar off last night, but, in 5 months shes gone from holy terror, to what I can see will be a great service dog.
The beep works great for that. Aussies are extremely hyper, since they are used as herd dogs. Its like having another adhd kid. The beep breaks her concentration and she just gets quiet and sits.That's good to hear. Didn't know there were some with different modes. I keep trying to figure out how to reward mine for not barking at the door when she barks at the door everytime, lol.
Did you let your wife have the remote when testing on yourself?We have an Australian Shepherd and she was a holy terror until we got a "patapet" collar. It has 3 functions: beep, vibrate and shock. It took about a week with the collar before we noticed a real change in her behavior. We have never shocked her with it. Mostly the beep was enough to get her attention. In the last 5 months I've only had to vibrate her twice, once to stop her from running in the street and the other to get her to stop humping the cat. (LONG STORY BUT IM NOT FROM ALABAMA SO NO INTERSPECIES EROTICA IN MY HOUSE)
The collar was about 35 bucks from amazon and best money I could have spent on the dog.
The functions do gave intensity settings and they are all on the weakest setting. I tried then all on myself before I put them in the dog, just in case i would ever need to shock her.
We took the collar off last night, but, in 5 months shes gone from holy terror, to what I can see will be a great service dog.
well first I have to ask..anyone have experience with this ? i'm looking for a good one. for a large'ish dog.
Of course I did... I've never seen her happier.Did you let your wife have the remote when testing on yourself?
Suspected as much.Of course I did... I've never seen her happier.
Exactly where did she put that?I've never seen her happier.
Around my neckExactly where did she put that?
^^^ this^^^Not much to add just to say be careful with the shock. I’ve seen it ruin a few dogs. My uncle had one for his German Shepard because she jumped on guests. All it managed to do was make the dog aggressive toward guests. She just started to equate guests to the shock so she growled and avoided. I felt bad for the poor girl, she went from being excited about company, to dreading it. Positive reinforcement is the way I train dogs but there is no one way is the right way. Good luck with whatever method you choose to train and best wishes for success.
I couldn’t agree more, with my uncle’s dog it was 20+ years ago and the first time I’d even heard of a shock collar so I’m not sure if it even had a beep or vibrate option. I’m glad they have that now and I hope every shock collar comes with those options. Often we are trying to correct a dog that is overly anxious or just scared, these being some of the hardest dogs to work with, and a shock would just make things worse. These have been my experiences anyway but I’m not an expert, just always had dogs.^^^ this^^^
Thats why we use an escalation method
Beep, vibrate and shock as last ditch effort should we ever need to for safety sake.
The other cool things that's changed is that you can adjust the intensity..I couldn’t agree more, with my uncle’s dog it was 20+ years ago and the first time I’d even heard of a shock collar so I’m not sure if it even had a beep or vibrate option. I’m glad they have that now and I hope every shock collar comes with those options. Often we are trying to correct a dog that is overly anxious or just scared, these being some of the hardest dogs to work with, and a shock would just make things worse. These have been my experiences anyway but I’m not an expert, just always had dogs.
I'm really thankful we haven't had to shock her. BUT- If she runs in the street and a car is coming, I'm shocking her. Honestly, that's our primary reason for even having that setting turned above the minimum.Yeah, the collar we tried beeped, vibrated and had different shock levels. Only tried that option once and decided I just couldn't, so I took the thing off of her and nearly cried. Her, she acted like her goofy self.
I love boxers they are goofballs. If she don’t want him I’ll take him. I babysat for my neighbor who had a boxer for about six years. He passed almost two years ago but he loved sitting in laps. I loved it he was 80 pounds and thought he was a lapdog. He knew whose lap he could get on though so it wasn’t a problem. He was much gentler with women and older people so it worked. I miss him a ton and have wanted a boxer since he passed. I miss the personality, but my girl is fun too. Just not the same, my girl can’t read so I feel safe writing this. I always keep my dogs kinda dumb so I can write whatever I want about them. Lol nah but my pup is great just want a second dog, a boxerwow, lots of HELPFULL posts ! thanx everyone. exactly the input i was looking for.
Bob, and the other "wise achers", you guys are kill'n me . good laughs.
now. its not for me. and, i don't have a dog. its for my neighbor. she has a 1 1/2 y/o boxer, its a fairly large dog. he is a real nice guy.
so much so that he loves to jump on everyone ! and he hurts them when he does it. he was trained, but it wasn't kept up on= waist of $1500.
the collor would be to deter him from jumping on people.
I have a 98 pound lap dog, I know what you mean.I love boxers they are goofballs. If she don’t want him I’ll take him. I babysat for my neighbor who had a boxer for about six years. He passed almost two years ago but he loved sitting in laps. I loved it he was 80 pounds and thought he was a lapdog. He knew whose lap he could get on though so it wasn’t a problem. He was much gentler with women and older people so it worked. I miss him a ton and have wanted a boxer since he passed. I miss the personality, but my girl is fun too. Just not the same, my girl can’t read so I feel safe writing this. I always keep my dogs kinda dumb so I can write whatever I want about them. Lol nah but my pup is great just want a second dog, a boxer