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Your decision to buy training collars for your dogs would depend on several factors, including how many dogs you will use the collars on, and how large is the are your dogs will run around in. These are the starters - there’s more - but you need to start somewhere that’s not complex. Some of us pet lovers own many dogs (maybe more than 2) but the similarity may end in the quantity. Martha may have four medium sized dogs she wants to roam freely on her property in the woods. Junner could have a handful of hunting dogs that need to be shown who’s boss. Mark’s working dogs shouldn’t be doing anything other than being on his farm. Different breeds, different needs.

If you go online to shop. you might find out the options or features listed under each model may not be straightforwardly simple. The variety of options regarding training collars actually contributes to the confusion. So this article was written for you, because you want a quick and easy to grasp intro about training collars, and in the end how to go about choosing a model.

The distance is important ant. A good rule of thumb is to take a distance you assume your dog will be away from you and multiply that by two. The resulting figure will be the more-or-less range you need for the transmission range of your training collar. Short range usually covers less than 500 meters. Above 500 up to double that, that’s medium range. Long range means 1000 meters and above. That should give you an idea of what range you need. It would be great to know about the place you’ll be taking your dog to, such as the park, the woods, the farm areas, and so on.

The distance, or transmission range, alone is one factor only; there are others, as you’ll see below.

Ruggedness, and other features. For those who have sheep or work dogs, the may want some ruggedness with their equipment - in both the collars and the transmitters. The last thing you want is to accidentally drop the transmitter, for example, and realize it doesn’t work anymore after that. The same should go with the collars - dogs can get rowdy or bump into trees or rocks while in the woods, or slosh in mud and run under rain - you want a collar that’s all terrain and all weather. It’s recommended you get a model that’s resistant to water, one with a long battery life, and which can survive a lot of bumping around. These along with a design that’s nothing close to being fragile. The transmitter ideally should have indicators telling you how much power is left in the individual collars and in the transmitter itself. Also, the good models also tell you how far the dogs are from you. This last feature is important so you can tell if the dogs are getting out of transmission range, so you can call them back before that happens.

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