Top 10 Best Shock Collar For Dogs 2022 To Train Your Dog Perfectly

I’ve used this system for a few weeks and would rate it at 3.5 stars at this point, but am returning my set. I think this is a great starter e collar and for correcting simple behaviors in older and more passive dogs it should work for most people and represents a great value. I’ll start with what I see as the cons before going over the pros:Cons:1. Shock button does not wake up remote. I have had two remotes now and both suffered the same problem of the shock button not waking up the remote to deliver a correction. If this is a fluke and not the case on most remotes than I’d probably give this product a 4. As it stands now, it’s dangerous and requires me to constantly monitor the status of the remote to ensure it’s on so I can deliver time-critical corrections. Frankly, I would prefer an on/off button for the controller to save battery life and just have the controller always on when switched to on. Then I don’t have to make two button presses (one to wake up, one to correct) in case of an emergency. I think the newer versions have this improvement.2. Slow correction delivery. I push the button, and I wait nearly a second before the correction actually reaches the collar to affect the dog. When a puppy is charging toward a potentially busy street, near a potentially reactive dog, or the edge of something chasing an animal, this is just too slow. For benign environments this lag isn’t much of a problem, though it does hinder precision obedience training like heeling while walking.3. No continuous mode. In addition to the corrections being somewhat slow, they can only be delivered in a pulsed mode, which is not optimal for enforcing compliance with certain behaviors. For example, when I tell my dog to sit, and it doesn’t respond right away, I can stim the dog. But then there’s about a second delay before the next stim, so the pressure actually lets up as the dog is just beginning to move to the proper position. I have seen my dog trying to work through this, likely wondering if the letup of pressure because of the pulsed (rather than continuous) stim means they are doing what I want without completing the behavior. I think this causes confusion and makes training more difficult. A continuous stim option, where I can tap the button if I want a pulse, would be much better. However, the lack of responsiveness in the electronics would probably make that difficult to achieve with this product.4. Position of receiver charging ports blocked by wing attachment. If you use the little wing attachments to ensure a better chance of contact with your dog’s neck, they block the charging port for the receiver. That means you have to loosen and move these out of the way every time you want to charge. The good news is these receivers have very good battery life, so this is only moderately inconvenient. That said, if I want to put some locktite on the probes to ensure they don’t come loose, I can only do it on one side because I have to keep the other free to loosen so I can charge the receiver.5. Large, clunky receivers. I supposed the size of the receiver might be a tradeoff with the range and battery life, but they are large and clunky, even for my 40lb dog. And the range is less than smaller receivers from other companies.6. Waterproof charging port cover never situated. Every time I check my dogs collar the little silicone plug that sits over the charging port to keep the receiver waterproof is always sitting out of the actual port. This happens on both receivers with two very different activity level dogs. Neither one has any obstruction preventing it from closing, it’s just sitting ajar. I would not have confidence allowing my dogs to use these in the rain or any body of water.7. Non-waterproof controller. Dogs are messy, slobbery things, and I often need to rinse off my hands after dealing with them. I have the landyard of the controller around my wrist when I am using the collars, but am always afraid to get it near water because the charging port is exposed. Even something as simple as a small flap over the charging port would likely make the controller water resistant enough to give some confidence around sloppy dogs.8. Charging cord. You could easily add a three-prong cord or have a splitter so you could charge both collars and the transmitter at the same time. This is just a nuisance and means I have to monitor and swap the collars during charging rather than plugging everything in and walking away for an hour or two.9. Having to toggle between dogs. Not having a dedicated button per collar, combined with having to monitor the controller going to sleep, makes this more work than it should be and means I lose potentially critical time in correcting a dog’s behavior before something bad happens.OK, that’s all the things I can think of that make this product not get more stars. That said, there are tons of pros too:1. Price. I’ve only had this product a few weeks, but for $60 and being able to control two dogs, this is a great value.2. Good range. I have had my dogs probably 400 or 500 feet away from me and the collars worked.3. Battery life. It’s great.4. Reflective collars with clips. It’s nice to have this feature if you’re in low-light conditions and not having to remember which hole to put a buckle through each time is great. Just snap them on and go.5. Straightforward controller. The controller is easy to use and self explanatory. It also saves settings for each channel so you never overstim the wrong dog unless you set it incorrectly.6. Customer service. It’s great, very responsive and thorough.7. Good range of stim. The range from 1 – 16 is good. My chihuahua never needs more than a 3, and my hound can get up to a 10, but these collars provide the flexibility to handle both with ease.8. Ergonomic controller. I like the shape of the controller in the hand. I can hit the stim and also the up/down buttons on the side with one handed operation no problem.So overall, I would recommend this as a first e collar for most people, particularly those who are trying to correct some bad behaviors and do off-leash walking with their moderate or easy temperament dogs. If you want to stop your dog from barking, digging, chasing things, etc. these collars will work. You will be more challenged to use them to reinforce not pulling on the leash, heeling, and other more precise behaviors or those where relieving pressure is the mechanism of reinforcement (negative reinforcement).

8/31/2022: DON’T TRY THIS UNLESS YOU HAVE THE SKILLS! You could render your remote inoperable.I have been wondering about the internals so this morning I checked to see if they could be accessed with a precision screwdriver and they can. I haven’t opened it yet but this gives me confidence that hopefully, when necessary, the battery could possibly be swapped out. My interest goes beyond that, because I’m a geek and like messing with electronics and seeing the internals, but for now have only confirmed the ability to open the back cover.8/2/2022: Can’t say enough good things about these collars! I went from being owned by my dogs, despite my best, experienced, training efforts to back to being in charge again. Life changing is not overstating it. I no longer feel stressed by their bad behavior and it’s a million dollar feeling!7/25/2022: I am so thankful for these collars. My two, formerly wild but still wonderful, guys are much better behaved, calmer, come or stay when I say to, and I can take them outside without leashes and summon them easily when they venture too far in play. These are wonderful changes in our lives.The collar and remote hold their charge sufficiently and although we still have a ways to go with unnecessary barking, things here have improved greatly. This was a worthy purchase and I would buy them again even if they failed at this point. That’s how good they are and how well they work.7/19/2022: The most important thing to know here is that these remote collars really work. My two pups have never been so well behaved. They come to me now so I can put on their collars because they know they get extra love (and treats 😬💞) for all their good behavior!The caps will not stay closed for me no matter what but my pups don’t get into water so in the scheme of things this is an annoyance more than anything else.7/11/2022: This arrived on 7/9 and I charged it up the same day but didn’t fit it to my pup until yesterday because I was testing another model that failed miserably and showed me that I need this type of collar with remote. While it didn’t work for barking on my second pup, due to the other collar in use on pup one, he was very aware of the vibration and beeping. Did our initial test this morning both inside and out. My little guy, a 5 lb., cute as a button and annoying as all get out barker, and got positive results on behavior with the vibration and/or beep. When he’s stubborn I keep up with the vibration until he stops. There wasn’t anything to cause him to bark but he has it on today and if he starts up when Amazon delivers the second training collar for my other dog I will put this one to the extreme test and report back.I put the shock on one and tested on myself. It is far less robust than my tens pain unit, more of a tingling than a shock. When my little one got stubborn with a command I used the tingling twice and I knew he felt it by his “wait, what’s that?” reaction. He didn’t immediately comply so I did the vibration again combined with the beep and he immediately relented. I guess the tingling was enough to make him think again about doing as I said.After I get the second one setup and sized to my other guy we can do some real world outdoor testing, which is what I want it for besides the barking. My guys want to stray when I want them to stay close and these collars are a necessary evil. My guys are sweet, both small, but stubborn as all get out. I did notice this morning that when I beeped and buzzed the one dog for straying a bit the other one took note and returned to me as well. We’re definitely on the right track.

I bought 2 of these for our 2 beagle pups (both are 1 1/2 yrs old). I had a couple others from different brands before and while they worked, they were a bit clunky to use.. either the remote were bulky and not pairable to a 2nd collar or they went to “sleep” and was useless if you didn’t remember to “wake” them before you headed out.Pros: These collars work great, last a while (over 3 weeks just on standby with using the vibration sporadically). They stay active during the whole time. I haven’t tested the range as my pups are pretty good at staying close.. I just use it for when they start barking/howling and to get their attention if needed. Also, you can pair 2 collars to one remote (see below for pairing instructions).Cons: There are a couple of things that could be changed to make this perfect. One is the strap.. the strap they use are a bit slippery and loosen up easily. I switched them out to rubber straps with reflectors and use a bungie cord to keep it snug (not tight) around the pup’s necks. This makes it so the collars are always the perfect length and easy to take on and off. The other is the shocker.. it’s WAY too strong. After the first time using it on the lowest setting and hearing the cries of my pups, I took off the metal prongs and covered it with electrical tape. Dogs do not need that level of stimulus.Pairing: There used to be a video on how to pair these in the video reviews list but it’s gone now… figured it out after trial and error.. I used it to pair both collars to one remote. Here’s how it’s done.1. Start with the collar off and the remote set to the channel you want to pair. Then PRESS and HOLD the power button on the collar and keep holding it for a few seconds. The collar will buzz and turn on and then, after a couple seconds, the battery indicator will start blinking meaning it’s ready to pair.2. Now on the remote, make sure it’s set to the channel you want to pair to (1 or 2).3. Press and hold the BEEP and BUZZ buttons (the 2 gray buttons) on the remote for a couple seconds and the collar will indicate when the pairing is done with the battery indicator blinking and turning off.4. It’s now paired.I may get a 3rd collar for our older Dachshund because she loves to chase little animals in the yard and does not listen when she’s in the zone. I did also figure out that you can have different remotes using the same channel to different collars without interference. So you can have more than just 2 collars with 2 remotes… So in theory, you can have 2 collars paired with 1 remote and another 2 paired with the 2nd remote and all working under the same roof.

This collar has been great for the price. I tried it on myself and it feels like one of the e-stim muscle stimulators up till about 6. Then it starts getting hurtful, but nothing lasting. The buttons are easy to find without looking. I’ve only got two real complaints and one easily corrected complaint.The easy one is the collar loosens too easily. I fixed this by stiching it in place. If I need to resize it later I can rip the stitches out and redo it.The first real complaint is the dial for the intensity. It’s too easy to accidently adjust it. It would be nice to have it positively lock into a setting. There have been a couple of times where it got turned up to a 7 or down to 0, neither of which is helpful. As long as you pay attention to the remote and don’t accidently hit it you and your pet should be fine. Also, it would be nice to have the shock and vibrate intensities separate.The second complaint is the belt clip. It’s just a bit flimsy and difficult to clip onto your pocket or belt loop. And when it’s there it’s not very secure.Once again, for the price, this is a great training collar! Just a few things to be mindful of.

We recently adopted a husky and german shepherd mix from the local shelter, and although the pup is good inside the home, she definitely needed some training outside of the house for her misbehavior. Despite using all the other methods for training her, she was stubborn about listening to us when she got too excited. So, we decided to get this static shock collar so the beep/vibration/static shock would be hard to ignore when she is misbehaving. The first time we tried it, she did not respond to the verbal ‘no’s’, so we escalated to the beep (did not respond), and then the vibration set to level 5 (did not respond to that either), so we tried the static shock set to level 1 – and she responded by stopping! The next time she repeated the misbehavior and ignored our verbal ‘no’, we beeped her collar and she stopped. After using this collar in conjunction with other training tools we learned from a trainer, we have observed a significant improvement in our dog’s behavior outside the home. We hope that some day we can get to a point where we won’t have to use the collar at all when we go outside, but so far this has really helped us train a stubborn husky!

We have had dogs for a long time and never needed a collar like this. We have a new and very stubborn puppy! So we ended up getting this, haven’t had any issues and had this for several weeks now. My only problem/issue is when u adjust the level on the tone or vibration it adjust the level for all functions. I was not aware of that and had the tone up to 12, vibrated the collar dog still just sat there at staring, so went to use shock function for the 1st time and the level was at 12 😔. Needless to say I felt awful, lesson learned – now I pay attention to the level!

We bought this one as we needed one that the device on our dogs neck was thinner. Alot of trainer collars are bulky and this one is not! Ita hard to keep the big ones in position on our dogs neck without making it to tight becuase she shakes a lot which makes the device go to the side or top of her neck. This one has stays quite well, thus farWe’ve been using for a couple weeks now and we like it. The design is sleek, small and battery life is awesome (haven’t charged eirjwe deicce yet). Beeping is loud, vibration is strong and shock works for our dog well. The shock though only goes to 18 but we haven’t gone over 5 at extreme times.Again we haven’t used very much yet so if things change I will update my review!The only con I have so far is they send you two sets of prongs that attach to the shock collar. Small set for dogs who are not to hairy, like ours, or larger ones for dogs who have long hair so it can reach their skin, assuming anyway. The issue is I screwed the small sets on and made sure they were tight. 3 days later and our dog wasn’t budging on the shock, come to find out those prongs had fallen off somehow, on their own. I’ve used quite a few of these trianing collars and never once have had this happen. I am going to contact the seller to see if they sell them separately, if they don’t then I will NOT be keeping this device nor buying another one.

We ‘inherited’ a year-old dog who was already ‘collar’ trained. All I really needed while acclimating him to a new home was the ability to ‘beep’ him if he tried to run outside our 2 acre yard. This collar has served admirably. It has worked reliably, needs charging about 1x a week. I’ve not yet had to ‘zap’ him, beep has mostly worked, used ‘vibrate’ a couple times if he was stubborn. Good range – I can use it as needed from our back porch no matter where he is on the property. Basically don’t need to even use it any more – verbal commands are now sufficient – but it did what I needed to ‘set boundaries’ and now he stays ‘in bounds’ without any prompting.

This is the second set we bought after we got the pup pictured here and we only had a single for the older dog. I say these can take a licking bc younger dog managed to get the 1st collar off the dog and we lost it outside for sometime. It was missing for a few weeks and it weathered rain and mud and a dog chewing on it, possibly being ran over with a riding mower as well. The tone is a pretty audible and the vibrate and shock settings are good. We tested the shock settings on ourselves to see how much of a kick at each level and for our dogs, level 2 is plenty. 3+ can really be counter productive on smaller dogs and might be good for Danes or other 100+ animals. You get dog eventually brought the 1st collar up from someplace in the yard and we weren’t sure if it would still work. Plugged it in for 24hr and seems to be doing fine after about a month of it appearing again. I would buy these again. They aren’t crazy costly and the are robust.

The training collar works wonderfully on my beagle. We got him when he was 2 years old from a high kill animal shelter. He is very hard to train out of certain habits without a collar we can remotely control because he will wait till we aren’t in the room or when he thinks we aren’t paying attention so he can do the bad thing. It’s a long list but I’ll at least put down what we have had to use training collars for on him.Wetting in the houseStealing our other dogs foodChewing whatever he can (he likes butter yuck btw)Digging the furniture… And I mean literally trying to dig into all cushions of furniture including our brand new couch.For the wetting in the house we ended up having to use the shock setting on him a couple of times but we would wait until we heard him doing his business and make sure to shock him soon as we heard his waterfall of a stream. Afterward we would shove him outside. Took a couple of tries but he finally got it down. This is after trying to correct him for a year without a collar btw. Our floors were starting to soak in the urine all over the house.As for the other problems usually the tone of the vibrate work best. He knows better than to ignore the vibrate because if he does ignore it then we will have to shock him. Shocking is a last resort as always.