Remote Training Collar PET617A

I'm the fifth owner of a misunderstood hound. I adopted her when she was 5 years old and she apparently never had a true structured life or training. I 've had her for going on 21/2 years and been consistent in commands and training.There are a few idiocentricies I'm unable to correct when traveling in my truck. At first it was her constant whining, and pacing. Much we've worked out on our 10,000 mile journey this year. The one thing I couldn't correct is her barking at every rest stop when I took a break after walking her.After using the training collar for a day I found she had calmed her barking. Instead of the "no bark collar" I wanted something I could control and use verbal command. I never had to resort to the shock stimulus. Either the beep or vibrate worked well. I removed the collar after 12 hours. At the end of the following day there was a small but minor relapse in her memory, but just putting the device collar on she remembered her training.The training device worked very well. The key is proper guidance and consistency in commands.

This is a good, affordable product. Very easy and intuitive to use and works well for our small dog on a low setting. She obeys promptly and we only have to use the beep feature anymore rather than the shock feature. Unfortunately the remote for the first one I purchased stopped working, as soon as I contacted the company they sent a replacement within several business days and no cost to me.

We are so amazed on how easy and quickly we trained our dog. He is 18 months old and we have trained him somewhat, but when he's around other dogs he refuses to listen. After a few days of using this collar in our yard (and never even used the shock once, just sound and vibration) we took him to the dog park and he came immediately when we called - not even needing to use the beep or vibrate.We've only had it a week and haven't used it in water or anything, but as far as I can tell seems to be a very quality product. Nice that both the collar and remote can charge at the same time. One thing I would like different is if the shock button could be protected or turned off so it doesn't get used accidentally.

Update: it took over a week to get my new collar and what do you know... it's broken again. Save your money on this product and go with something else.Great training collar, except that it stopped working after about 2 weeks. Customer service was easy and a replacement collar is being sent. Unfortunately I do not like to buy products that I'll, likely, constantly have to replace.

It is fine for what we needed but buyers needed to know it is set up for 2 dogs so make sure collar and trainer piece are compatible to each other. The only other thing would like to know if it al would be possible to get 2 of the controllers as sometimes hubby has him outside but does not or cannot see where he is at but I can see him from the house but do not have one of the controllers. Be advised of this little problem with some people Thank you very much

Looks and feels good. Makes the job. My dog trainer said this is not the most reliable device but so far (3 weeks) so good. Will update for changes in my opinion.

Overall, it seems like it is a decent device, however within the first few times of using it, the tone button stopped working. I’m going to try to get a new one, and try it out one more time because it does seem to work well otherwise.And, regarding the construction of the shock buttons being on the side of the handheld device: I would actually argue that it is more likely someone will accidentally touch those buttons because if you’re holding it, it’s very easy to accidentally press it. I’m not sure where would be the ideal place to put the shock button, (maybe on the very top?), but I know that we have already by accidentally shocked the dog with the buttons in this location since it seems easier to hold the device with your fingers wrapped around it.But, I’ll guess I’ll be able to do a more thorough review once I replace the old device with a new one, and see if it lasts longer.

Update on the collar portion, definitely not made to last. The collar does not power on anymore, has the cheap touch button that is on microwaves. May have turned this unit on maybe couple of dozen times. I no longer recommend this item. Stay away from this collar. Works ok, the battery life is good. Would be better if the correction was a little stronger. Worth the money, I would recommend this item.