How to Determine Which Training Collar You Need for Your Dog

If you're shopping for a remote training collar, determine first how are you going to use it? A hunter will nee a training collar for his dogs, which he takes with him on his hunts. Those who live in a farm may want to control their working dogs' behaviour. Do you just need a way to keep your dog reigned in while in your backyard? These scenarios are the usual ones, and these fits specific types of training collars. Range is key, and there's no point in getting a short-range remote collar if your farm is a large one.

You should take the range you assume you'll be using the remote training collar in, and double that. The resulting figure should be the range your remote collar should be capable of. This is so that you can keep your dog safe. Dogs can be curious and playful, and these can result in their running off in unexpected directions. Should you need to call them back, you can; no worries there.

There are three transmission range categories. Short range means a range less than 500 meters. Medium range covers 500-1000 meters. Long range involves 1000 meters and greater.

Two other considerations, apart from range, are how many dogs you have and their sizes. The size is easy enough, as there are only three size ranges - small, medium, and large. If you're only taking your dog out on your backyard, then you only need a transmission range of around 100 meters. But if you're venturing out in a park, or taking your dogs out hunting, or out on the farm, you need a considerably longer range. There are training collars equipped to handle dogs more than 2, as many as 6.

Some other features to think about

Some training collars' transmitters can tell how far away your dog is from you, via a display on the transmitter. The same feature can also be available for telling your about the collar's battery life. When you're hunting, or on the farm, these indicators become important. Also, you might want a ruggedly design transmitter and collar, meaning sturdy and waterproof. Lastly, training collars can work with tone only or vibration (or both) - the stimulus with which to control the dogs' behaviour. The vibration becomes crucial when the dog gets into a noisy area where he might ignore the tone.