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 On: 2008-04-28
We adopted a 7 month old dog that had been thru 5 homes. She was very intelligent, but had serious behavior problems. We tried several training techniques with her, everything from reward only, to pennies in a can, squirt bottles of water, newspapers, you name it, we tried it. They make cartoons out of some of the things we tried. Some things she learned by rewards and praise and sheer persistence on our part. Other things she absolutely refused to obey. She knew what we wanted but she stubbornly refused. The one issue in particular we couldnt break her of was to bully our other dog, who was in her teens and didnt deserve to be bullied. The new dog saw competition so she went after it. Also, we needed some way to control her outdoors.
We finally resorted to the Innotek collar, and the results were absolutely amazing. She immediately responded to it, and most of the time we only use the sound button. This collar stops her dead in her tracks if shes about to leave the yard or bully our other dog. Were working on weaning her from the need to use it.
This collar works. It does have a couple of downsides, however. Its difficult to put on her, very stiff and hard to adjust if shes not sitting totally still. She figured out very quickly that if shes not wearing it, she can go back to bad behaviors, so it will take awhile to get her to that happy place where she doesnt ever need it. The little screw to replace the battery is tiny and not very user friendly. It is one of the least bulky of the collars of this type, which is one of the reasons we chose it.
Would I recommend this collar? You betcha! It helped us take a problem dog that had been dumped at the dog pound twice in her life, who had been thru five different homes, and turn her into member of our family for life.
On: 2008-04-10
I buy a lot of things from Amazon and seldom feel compelled to write a review. I am so delighted with the results of this product that I had to review it. We have tried for 9 months, since adopting our eighteen month old Golden, to stop him from counter-surfing and jumping on guests. It was no fun to have people over because of his awful behavior, even though he is a sweet dog. I tried everything, reading books, consulting trainers, leashes, etc. etc. This collar stopped both behaviors IN ONE DAY and he only had to receive one correction!!! Now we only use the tone and he stops whatever hes doing. If your dog is trained to an invisible fence, I think the connection of the tone and the stimulation is made more quickly. I am so thrilled that we bought this collar. We had company and served food all weekend and he never jumped or counter-surfed once!! It is a new life for us with him. All our guests enjoyed being around him and praised his good behavior which has never happened. Now we are going to use it on our other Golden for excessive barking in the yard. I encourage other dog owners to try this for resolving problem behaviors. I am so glad I gave it a try
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