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Innotek Training Collar Review

Shock Collar Reviews

I love having Dobermans dogs, but I also love having a nice garden. Unfortunately my dogs don’t really care for the garden or the beautiful flowers. This causes problems for not only me but most people since dogs are known to dig and destroy landscaping. Determined to find a solution I looked into dog training and suggestions on this issue. The best bet so far for my dogs, is through the use of a training remote collar such as the innotek training collar.

Now before you all start lecturing me on that using shock collar dog training is being inhumane, (shock collars are not cruel), hear me out. I love my dogs and I would never do anything intentional to hurt them. Having said that although, dogs shouldn’t be allowed to do whatever they want and must learn what’s acceptable in their master’s house. I believe certain shock collars are a great training tool.

I purchased an Innotek shock collar and it’s worked great so far. It comes with a remote control so you can carry it around your neck and give the negative reinforcement when the dogs are up to no good. I tested the collar on myself, (yes I was brave enough), placing it around my arm and giving myself a shock. The good thing about this collar is that it has varying levels of shock intensity. I found level 3 was enough on my arm to get my attention, (it felt like an uncomfortable sting not a painful shock). The dogs seem to need level 4 on their neck. Obviously start at the lowest level and work your way up. My dogs are pretty sensitive but if your dog is stubborn or has lots of thick fur, he might need a higher setting.

Whenever I see my dogs either digging, barking excessively or chewing something inappropriate I press the shock button on the Innotek remote trainer. No yelling, no running after them, just a quick little shock to get their attention and stop doing whatever it is they’re doing. This can be extremely important if it’s a life or death issue. Ideally you don’t want them to associate the shock with you or the remote. The dog should just think, “Hmm, I better not dig here since something feels uncomfortable in this spot”. Done deal, eventually your dog will stop going to the trouble spot. I would usually watch the dogs in the backyard from the kitchen window and shock them without them even seeing me. These collars seem to have a really good distance range too (and they’re rechargeable).When starting out with these collars, you really should supervise them with it. You want to catch them in the act every time so they get the idea. My Innotek remote works two dog collars.

I tried a different shock collar before the Innoteck collar but stopped using it for a few reasons. You can find bark collars that will automatically give a shock whenever it senses a vibration (usually of the dog barking). What I found happening with these collars, was that the shock collar was getting set off at other times, not only when the dog was barking excessively. When my two dogs played together, the movement of them jumping around would set off the shocker, not good. Also there were times when the dog would bump into something and it would also go off. Finally I found the shock level a bit too intense even at the low setting. I definitely would not recommend these automatic bark shock collars. But I do give a thumbs up to the Innoteck training collars with a remote control. They can be pricey but at the link below you can also find used shock collars.

So if you’re having problems with your dogs try out the remote control shock collar and see how you feel about it. Now I’d love to hear you’re experiences with shock collars, please leave a comment so others can benefit from your experience. I once met a lady who told me her dog shock collar left marks on her dogs neck, (not sure what brand) or why this happened. Anyone else had any good or bad results from any shock training collars.

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