E-Colar

[katjoy]

I am in the market for a training colar for my laborador retriever. What do you use? I'm seriously looking at the Dogtra 1200NCP and was looking for some advice. If you use this colar - Please let me know what you like and don't like about it. Thanks.

[Casper]

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I use that very same collar. My only gripe is the dial can be a bit of a trick to find the best setting for an idividual dog and if you need to give your dog just a bit more you have to go back and find that setting again.

[tradhuntr]

i use the sportdog 2400 with my german shorthair and it works great if you are only going to have one dog. i would go with the tritroic if i were to get more dogs. the reson i went with the sportdog coller was it was cheeper and had a liftime warrenty on it unlike most e-collers out there. would recomend it to anyone. i guess the only thing bad is the transmiter antena is long and can get in the way wile hunting.

[Greg Jennings]

The ergonomics of the Tritronics is far superior to anything else I've had in my hands.

I have a Dogtra 2002 Train and Beep that I use as "hunting collars", but when I'm training, on goes the Tritronics.

I haven't used Sportdog E-Collars, but I recently purchased two top-end Sportdog bark collars and they flat don't work. Whoever designed the on/off/test/intensity switch was a total idiot.

Regards,

[tradhuntr]

why do you use dogtra hunting and Tritronics when training? i would use Tritronics 100% of the time.like i said in my post the only reason i didn't go with the Tritronics was the cost.

i haven't had any trouble with my sportdog collar at all. most the the sportdog bark collars are made by petsafe, they just put a diffrent sticker on it.

[Greg Jennings]

The Dogtra is a two-dog and is also a beeper collar.

The Tritronics I have is a one-dog and is only an e-collar.

When I bought the new collar, I was looking for something reliable but less expensive.

The battery life of the Tritronics is better, but I have nothing negative to say about the Dogtra. It's just that the ergonomics of the Tritronics are worlds better.

Best,

[TAK]

I haven't used Sportdog E-Collars, but I recently purchased two top-end Sportdog bark collars and they flat don't work. Whoever designed the on/off/test/intensity switch was a total idiot.

Regards,

I think my bark collars are Sport dog or maybe petsafe? I think they are the same thing? I have had great luck with mine. Mine must be a little different cuz I don't have any switch?
Try the cheap 40 dollar collars Wally world sales. THis is the ones I bought in a pinch and work great!

[Greg Jennings]

Hi TAK, thanks for the info.

I got mine from Lion Country. I e-mailed and asked if I could swap them for Tritronics and pay the difference.

Several times I went in to check on the dogs and the switch had migrated from one of the lower settings to "Off" or, worse yet, to "Test".

Grrrrr,