Thanks for the feedback! I am leaning towards Educator, specifically the mini (et-300) since it seems to be the most popular option.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.
even ran over it.
Wound up running the controller over at FastCAT races and it shattered to pieces.
Hahah…I'm noticing a trend here![]()
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 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.
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.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
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.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 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.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 curious about this thank you. I will be doing this exactly.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.
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!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.