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I used to foster dogs and used shock collars with all the fosters, and the two dogs that were family members. Not all dogs take to it as well as others. You need to be able to train them as to what the collar means. If they don't understand they will just freak out, and possibly run farther away (happened with a foster). The shock collar isn't an easy button, but it can be a good training tool. With all my dogs, I used the collar for several weeks *without even bringing the remote*. I would get the collar out, and the dogs get used to the beep sound of the collar switching on being associated with going to do something fun outside. They never associated the collar with something negative. All my dogs would go to the moon with positive excitement when they would see the shock collar come out of the closet. I also trained them to associate the "beep" function with the shock, so eventually you didn't have to use the shock to get the dog's undivided attention. I bet I only shocked my pit mix 10 times in her life. I hated shocking her, but it was for her own good and she got to go along on some really fun adventures off lead that she never would have been able to experience without the collar training. As for brand, I always used Sport Dog. They're affordable and available at most farm stores. I don't really think the brand matters much, as long as it has decent range of voltage adjustment, and a beep function.
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