Do Electronic Training Collars Work?
You betcha! When we first got Misty through a dog rescue group, she would chase our cats, steal their food bowls, refuse to come when called, break into the trash cans and strew trash around the yard, and generally wreak havoc whenever and wherever she could. After I started using the electronic training collar, her behavior vastly improved on the very first day of training — proving that all along she knew exactly what she was and wasn’t supposed to do, but that she knew she could get away with doing as she pleased. After all, she had a dozen acres to escape to. If you’ve ever tried to chase down a healthy young dog on a dozen and a half acres, you’ll understand how she could “get away with it.” With the remote training collar, she can no longer get away with it, and she knows it. We bought the Innotek ADV-1000 collar — with its 1,000-yard range and 15 levels of stimulation, it gave us the reach and flexibility we needed. Initially, Misty required only a level 3 stimulation to get her
