Petrainer Upgraded Model Rechargeable & Waterproof Remote Dog Training Collar 330 yd Electric Dog Bark Collar with Beep/Vibration/Shock Collar for Dogs

EDIT 3/30/19I've had this device for less than a year now, until the buttons stopped responding. I immediately contacted Petrainer's customer support, however, and even though I had totally forgotten to register my first ecollar with the warranty, the customer service agent was very nice and immediately sent out a new collar! This one works great. I'm still sticking with giving the product five stars -- not only because of customer service, but also their prompt responses to my email, and the fact that I really do like this product. I hope this one continues working for a long while, because the first one helped with training not only my sister's GSD, but my own dog(s) and family members' dog(s), too. It's been a life-saver. I've gotten to the point with my own dog where I only have to use the beep, then vibrate sparingly, and hardly ever the shock; the very few times I had to use the shock, I've never had to go above 30 on the levels, despite the collar going to about 99, if I remember correctly.Awesome product and customer service!OLD REVIEW:My sister's new GSD ("given" by a friend who was moving...) has been a pain in the tail. I've always had GSDs (my service dog is one, and the one before her, who recently passed away, was one), but since I'm disabled, I struggle to help my sister.Then I saw this was on sale the other day, during the Amazon Prime deal. I jumped at the chance and did tons of research so that I can better assist her. This review will seem a little too quick, since the collar literally only just arrived today, but we took her dog outside to check things out. Before we did that, we read the instructions carefully, and tested the lowest level, then the highest on ourselves. We had it on our hands and throats multiple times. None of it hurt. It gave a funny feeling/tingle, but it certainly didn't hurt, which was what we were worried about. The dog is crazy, but I don't want to hurt him!When outside, we played ball, tired her dog out, etc. Now, one issue he has is with coming up the stairs. He practically runs the person who opens the door and can very nearly knock them down the stairs, of which we have 6 of them, so that's dangerous, especially for me, since any injuries are much worse due to my disability. We gave the command for him to stand at the bottom. He ignored, so we buzzed. We had to do this a few times to find his level and just kept going up by 2 or 3s. Eventually, we saw that he reacted at 16, which was surprisingly low, especially if you knew his dog's personality. He stayed at the bottom! When he tried to put his front paws up, we gave the "Down" command, and he didn't listen, so we buzzed. He immediately moved away. He moved forward again, but this time, you could see the wheels in his head turning.I stepped inside, and yet he stayed at the bottom of the stairs, waiting! My sister came in after me. We gave the command to come inside. Another issue he has is he still rushes past you, knocking you over at the second door to the laundry room. We gave the wait command when he came up the stairs/once he was indoors and past the first door. He tried to charge past us, and we buzzed, and he stopped at the closed door. This time, he ignored it after a minute and didn't back away when we told him, so we had to go up to 20, and that got his attention. We tried again and again, and it does take practice, but eventually, you get into the groove of it.Now my sister and I are in the living room with a tired dog at our feet, sleeping. Admittedly, the tired part probably comes from us playing fetch outside. We also initially got the collar because he charges the fence and gets too excited when the dogs next door are over there/by the shared fence, but they were inside today, so we'll have to try again this afternoon or in the morning. I just need to say that even just that little bit at the door is amazing, because this is a very young dog -- he's only 14 months, so he has a while to go before he's fully grown, and we need every bit of training to sink in for him as we can get!Needless to say, I recommend this collar. The collar itself is very slim and looks easy to deal with. I had to cut the end of it because it was so long, but that's an easy fix, since I left enough that when he grows a bit, I can extend it. It's very flat, too, so he's laying down really comfortably on it. I have it on his throat in the center, so he can lay either way and not worry about it digging into his skin. I know the usual signs of his discomfort, and he's certainly doing fine/not uncomfortable at all. Any other details were minor in the grand scheme, but it all seems to be on the up and up! Do keep in mind that it's only been about a day. Now that I have this, I can help my sister more, and I'll be keeping a close eye out on the battery life (we took it off when we got in the house to recharge it, just in case we need it later for our walk this evening) and how it holds up.

This is perfect for what we needed it for! My dog has always been "excitable" and has had trouble obeying commands at times. Now with having our first child in the house I needed to figure out a way to try and corral his behavior a bit, before turning to obedience school. I can honestly say that this device worked better than expected! I havent even had to attempt to use the actual shock mode of the collar yet. We started out with the vibration mode to try and deter his barking at the neighbors constantly and it worked. Also worked well when he doesnt obey on 2nd command. We are now to the point where we dont even have to use the vibration, only the tone and he listens.I do however have two complaints with this. One the collar is sort of a cheap fake leather material, thats cracked and falling apart already. So I need to try and find a collar that I can loop through the device itself. The other issue is the battery life. I seem to be constantly charging the collar (not the remote, that holds a charge pretty well). If the collar is left on, even for the slightest amount of time, like say we leave the house and kennel our dog. When we come back a couple hrs later or however long we are out, the collar is dead.Overall though, not a bad product.

There is no wall charger included but that is not made clear anywhere in the description. In fact it is not until page 9 of the manual that it says in all caps that it does NOT INCLUDE a wall charger. How many people happen to have a 5V usb to wall adapter lying around? Next problem is that my receiver does not work. Despite charging for several hours and the light flashing green, it does not beep on pressing the On/Off button so I can't pair it to the remote. I will be returning it.

I bought this for my 1 1/2 year dog because he was running off while I had him outside playing in the yard. Sometimes he'd run toward the main road about 500 feet away, so I found this collar and decided to give it a try. I used a 30 foot runner to train him for a couple of days - following the instructions that came with the collar. We trained using the vibration mode set to 50 and then I increased to 65 - that seemed to work best for him but I would guess every dog is different. He caught on quick so I started letting him out without the runner to play and he started to run, so I gave him a buzz on vibration mode and gave him the command to come back - and he did! I've been using it for about a month now and it works every time. He loves to be able to run and play. We have a trail behind our house that I walk him on just using the collar, so he is free to run around and if he goes too far I can get him back. I've never had to use the shock mode. The waterproof feature is great, we walk in the rain and he loves to play in the snow too. I must admit I was a bit skeptical before purchasing but I'm so happy I bought this!