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What e-collar do you use?

remy

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I know many of you use e-collars, so I’m curious to see which brand/model you use. Any pros/cons to that specific collar?

I am deciding between Dogtra and Educator, however I’m open to any brand!
 
Educator hands down. I had a dogtra but I love my educator so much more. I bought the educator when I had just one dog on it and could easily bump it up to multiple dogs with the same remote in the future by buying another receiver which is what I did. It can go up to 3 dogs. Tone, Vibration, Stim. Various levels of tone and stim. I love the light feature on it for at night! I've used that often. Its an Educator PE-900 Pro

I liked my dogtra at the time too, but it was time for an upgrade and the educator was more economical with updated features vs going with another dogtra. Being able to move from 1 to multiple dogs without having to buy a whole new system is what sold me. The receiver on the dogtra was larger than the educator too. That said dogtra is a solid brand also.
 
Educator hands down. I had a dogtra but I love my educator so much more. I bought the educator when I had just one dog on it and could easily bump it up to multiple dogs with the same remote in the future by buying another receiver which is what I did. It can go up to 3 dogs. Tone, Vibration, Stim. Various levels of tone and stim. I love the light feature on it for at night! I've used that often. Its an Educator PE-900 Pro

I liked my dogtra at the time too, but it was time for an upgrade and the educator was more economical with updated features vs going with another dogtra. Being able to move from 1 to multiple dogs without having to buy a whole new system is what sold me. The receiver on the dogtra was larger than the educator too. That said dogtra is a solid brand also.
Thanks for the feedback! I am leaning towards Educator, specifically the mini (et-300) since it seems to be the most popular option.
 
One more question! I was planning on buying different contact points (the hypo-allergenic titanium ones) since he tends to itch at his prong collar. Side note, but I think I will try the curogan one now since he’s still itching with the rubber tips.

Should I buy one of the comfort pads instead? At first I thought those were more for long haired breeds, but I see there is an option for short hair (one option also says soft/short)?
 
Had the Educator 300 for my first Doberman- we both worked that thing over and then 100x more, even ran over it. It never faltered and loved to ease of controls vibrate/stim. You have the option to change vibrate to a beep.

Got two Dobermans and switched to the Dogtra 2dog. Just did not like it. Did not like the feeling of controller in my hand. The controls vibrate/stim were different and did not seem efficient to me. And there were times I just couldn’t tell if the collar was getting the signal to stim (behind a tree/car/shed). With the Educator, it did not matter where you are or where he is….100% that he is feeling the vibrate/stim. Wound up running the controller over at FastCAT races and it shattered to pieces.

Ordered the Educator for two dogs and just felt more comfortable with the controls and a lot more confident that the signal was reaching the collar. Still have this set up.

I really wanted to go with the Dogtra because I felt like the sleeker collar receiver would be less noticeable that the small box of the educator. Nope, the Dogtra sticks out just as much only difference is it’s not an identifiable box. IMO, not enough clout to warrant the Dogtra, the educator is that much better.
 
Educator here. Mine’s used pretty much daily. Heck I used to even swim with the remote. There was a time I had to keep the remote in hand while swimming in the pool with Stassi (she could get a little over stimulated and bitey). One time I actually dropped it to the bottom of the deep end. No problems at all with it.

Your dogs neck will probably become irritated if worn daily all day. Just rotate to different spots on the neck to help with that. See the sides of this dogs neck that’s from extended periods of wearing an ecollarIMG_2923.webp
 
I'm noticing a trend here 😂
Hahah…
Yes! For some reason, it feels aggravating to me when I wear the lanyard around my neck. I like to wrap the strap around my thumb>wrist until it tightens up perfectly into the palm of my hand.

Loading Ragnar and Freyja up in the truck, I would put it up on my truck bed rail because I did not want to accidentally stim them getting in. Ragnar had been known to jet out of the truck after squirrels/rabbits/dogs, so good to keep the controller at eyesight within reach.

Then shut the door, forget about it and run it over. Stupid me- happened many times. Lots of chaos at the soccer complex that would distract and disrupt my train of thought. ECollar for the win.
 
I'm using an 8 year old Dogtra. No problems at all, it's made for only one dog, but that's all the dogs I have. 🤷‍♀️ Sounds like if this one ever bites the dust, I might consider the Educator. Oh and also the internal battery died a couple of years ago and I emailed the company about it, and they verified the size/model so I could order a new battery. Very prompt and courteous service.
I was planning on buying different contact points (the hypo-allergenic titanium ones) since he tends to itch at his prong collar. Side note, but I think I will try the curogan one now since he’s still itching with the rubber tips.
Many dogs scratch at the prong collars because it's a bit irritating, your dog may not be metal sensitive if he's still scratching with the rubber tips. You could just put various loose chain collars on him while hanging around the house to see if he keeps scratching.

Your dogs neck will probably become irritated if worn daily all day. Just rotate to different spots on the neck to help with that. See the sides of this dogs neck that’s from extended periods of wearing an ecollar
A lot of people are saying the bungee collars help prevent this. I haven't used one, but if I had to keep mine in a collar that much I probably would try it.
 
Many dogs scratch at the prong collars because it's a bit irritating, your dog may not be metal sensitive if he's still scratching with the rubber tips. You could just put various loose chain collars on him while hanging around the house to see if he keeps scratching.
I will have to try that! I’ve never noticed him itch at his show chain collars, but he’s also never worn them that long. Maybe 30 minutes at most. It’s a little bit frustrating because the prong works really well for him, but all the itching caused irritation to his neck. The rubber tips seem to prevent any further problems at least.
A lot of people are saying the bungee collars help prevent this. I haven't used one, but if I had to keep mine in a collar that much I probably would try it.
I was looking into those. The shop I buy all of his biothane gear from makes the bungee collars as well. I don’t think he’ll wear the e-collar for any extended periods, but I’m trying to make it as comfortable as I can for him lol.
 
We have the Dogtra Arc Slim, lots of extra off leash privileges thanks to it. It comes with a little watch type controller in addition to the lanyard remote. We stick with the short contact points. The long ones are way too long. It has a longer range too which was one of the primary reasons to get it - Kaiser is super fast! 😆
 
It'll be a while before she's off leash still. You will want to pair the ecollar with the long line so you can teach her what the stim means while simultaneously pulling on the long line. Running to you turns off the ecollar and the leash pressure.
 
It'll be a while before she's off leash still. You will want to pair the ecollar with the long line so you can teach her what the stim means while simultaneously pulling on the long line. Running to you turns off the ecollar and the leash pressure.
I was curious about this thank you. I will be doing this exactly.

I’ve been trying to get her to not dart while on the long line, I’m fine with circles, but not a straight run. She sort of listens ans it scares me when she doesn’t.
 
I was curious about this thank you. I will be doing this exactly.

I’ve been trying to get her to not dart while on the long line, I’m fine with circles, but not a straight run. She sort of listens ans it scares me when she doesn’t.
Yes. You will want to heavily, heavily, reinforce recall now! She needs to know what it means and come a majority of the time. Keep the long line on and use it for physical pressure alongside the stim. If you just started with no long line and stimmed her, she would likely run away and not towards you, which would be scary!

 

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