Dog Training

Review by CP:

Bought one of these due to the neighbors dog barking at me and my kids everytime we are in our backyard. My wife tried to make friends with the dog a few months ago and got bit. The dog is a female mutt about 5 years old and weighing about 50 lbs. After I received the unit I put in a battery and headed outside. Immediately the dog ran to the fence and started barking and growling at me. I pointed the unit at the dog and pressed the button. The dog stopped barking turned it’s head slightly to listen to the sound, and ran away with it’s tail down! After doing this twice in a 2 day period the dog does not bark at us in the yard anymore! Anytime it sees me or my family it quietly goes back into their garage. We can finally enjoy our backyard without the constant barking noise! The noise is NOT audible to us at all. The other reviewers must have received a defective unit.

Review by Sherlock Holmes:

Before buying anything expensive and fancy to stop your dog or other dogs from barking, try this one first. I bought this product specifically for training/stopping my dog from barking. My dog pretty much barks at anything and everything. It was embarrassing and everybody is pretty much scared of my 14 pound mutt. Living in the city, it became a two person job to take our dog out to go potty; one as a lookout to check that nobody and nothing is around, and the other to hold the dog. We have tried a lot of things to stop him from barking. I was very skeptical at first since this product is sooo inexpensive and we’ve tried many things that were much more expensive that did not work. I figured, bucks…what the heck. We tried it out the same day it came. As soon as he started barking we would say “quiet” and when he didn’t(like usual), I pushed the button once and he stopped barking right away. I couldn’t believe it! I did not hear another peep from him the whole time we were outside. I’ve had this product for about a month now and it still works. We now call it the “mute button”. Now, the simple “quiet” command works most of the time to make him stop barking. We still bring it with us during walks and potty breaks for the times that he forgets or something around is too irresistible. When we do use it, we make sure that as soon as he stops barking he gets lots of praises and a treat for positive reinforcement.

I know that this might not work for all breeds but it worked for me! I sure hope that it works for you! For 10 bucks, it was well worth it!

The only con I have for this product is that the 9 volt battery(not included) does not fit well in its slot. You can’t close the battery slot so I had to jerry-rig it by taping it shut. This doesn’t bother me though as long as it works:)

Review by V. E. Cucci III:

I was very hesitant to use a shock collar on my dog so I tried everything else I could think of to control his jumping, barking and general disobedience. I worked with him myself, hired a trainer, and purchased an audio and spray correction device but nothing worked. With two small children in the house I could not afford to have an uncontrollable dog. Maybe if he were a miniature pinscher or pug it wouldn’t be a big deal but Hades was going to be a 125 to 140 pound Rottweiler when he is full grown. That would be a recipe for disaster. I purchased the Deluxe big dog trainer from Amazon (at the best price available). Five days later when I received it I still did not want to use it. After trying each stimulation setting on myself (even at level 10 it is not painful but it does command your attention), I adjusted the collar and placed it on my puppy. Saying that there was an almost instant change in his demeanor would be an understatement. He was a different dog in just a couple of days. Within 2 days I only had to use the sound to correct him. And now, only a few weeks later, I don’t even need to turn the collar on. He is a pleasure and I know that this product is the reason for his change. Thank you Petsafe for this wonderful product. I have already recommended it to my friends.

Review by D. Hardin:

We have a border collie who is very smart, and generally easy to train. For some reason, though – everytime the front door was open, he would RUN! He was so smart and so fast – very difficult to catch. For him, it was a game. He loved being chased. A couple of weeks ago, I’d had enough – and had to try something! I’d always thought of shock collars as cruel, but I was at the end of my rope.

We bought this collar, and after ONE TRAINING SESSION – he stopped running off!! I’m not exaggerating.

Now, he goes outside with me all the time. He comes to me, when I call him – and never even tries to run off. He is a happier dog now, too -because he loves going out in the front yard with his family.

This is how we proceeded: After putting the collar on him for the first time, my husband and I took Red (our dog) in the front yard. As he started to run, I would call “Red, come!” When he didn’t respond, he got shocked (just a quick press of the button – don’t hold it down.) This got his attention. (We used level 10 – the lower levels didn’t phase him.) He turned around and came back to me. I praised him for coming to me. Then, I walked away and called him again. If he didn’t respond IMMEDIATELY, he got a quick shock. He would turn and come to me. Pretty soon, he started coming as soon as I called. He got lots of praise and we were both very pleased.

We only turn the collar on for training sessions – we don’t leave it on, this saves on batteries.

A couple of hours after the first session, Red got out when my son opened the door. I called out “Red, come!” And he came!! The collar was not turned on!

We have refresher training sessions everytime we go out into the front yard. 99% of the time, Red responds immediately when I call him. If not, he gets a quick shock. I have no doubt that it will be 100% of the time soon, and the collar will no longer be needed at all. Look at how much progress we made in the first day – and after just a couple of weeks, he is like a totally different (and very good) dog. Our neighbors can’t get over the change in him. It used to be a joint neighborhood project to catch him – now he stands outside in the front yard with me, and never strays!

Like I’d said before, I thought shock collars were cruel. This collar is a blessing. It is certainly no worse than spanking a young child who runs out into the road, in order to keep him safe. Everybody involved is much happier – especially the dog.

Review by Tina:

changed our lives forever. took a day or two for our dogs to get used to stepping up onto this pad holder, but no more going off the side and onto the floor. the first night our older dog peed and pooped right NEXT to it. all we did was move her poop up to the pad and soaked a little of her pee onto the pad and she got it from then on. our younger pup doesn’t destroy the wee-wee pads daily anymore… no more taping the pads to the ground… no more ingested pee-soaked pads for our pup. and no more pee/poop on the ground where the pad was before the baby dragged it elsewhere for our confused older pup

Review by maxmillion:

Very well-made product. Holds the pee-wee pads (I use the “Pish Pads” washable pee-wee pads) securely in place. My puppy no longer drags them all over the room. I highly recommend this product.