Factors Help You Shop For A Training Collar - Range, Dog Size, And Number Of Dogs

If you're in the market for a remote training collar

, you have to seriously consider why you need one. You could be a hunter and need a remote collar to keep reign on your hunting dogs. You could be living in or managing a farm and need a training collar for your working dogs. Or you may have a backyard and need to keep a long leash on your dogs. Your motive for buying affects what you purchase. Range is key, and there's no point in getting a short-range remote collar if your farm is a large one.

One way to choosing the range you need is to estimate the range of the area where your dog will be roaming, and double that figure . The result should be the range for your remote training collar. The idea is to be able to keep your dog's safe, and be able to give them instructions when within range. The nature of dogs and the allure of the outdoors could have them running off in different directions. You want to call them back when you need to.

What follows are the popular categorization of transmission ranges. Short range usually covers a distance no longer than 500 meters. 500-1000 meters mean medium range. 1000 meters and more mean long range.

The three main considerations, which include, the range of transmission, are the size of your dog and how many dog you have. The size is easy enough, as there are only three sized collars - small, medium, and large. Deciding on the range is easy - around 100 meters covers just about any normal backyard. Upwards of that means you can bring your dog to the park, or on the farm, or into the woods. Some models of training collars can handle more than 2 dogs, and up to 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. Some transmitters can also tell how long the battery life is on each unit.When out in the field, both are important indicators. A rugged, waterproof design gains importance for hunting and working dogs. Lastly, training collars can work with tone or vibration (or both) - the stimulus with which to control the dogs' behavior. The vibration feature becomes important just in case the dog is in a noisy environment where the collar's tone might be difficult for the dog to distinguish.

by: Jill Perri.

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