shock collar

[time2hunt]

Looking at the sport dog 2500 pro hunter V.S. tritronics g3 exp Anyone have any pro and con on either one.

Thanks
Brian

[Old Dog]

That question has been asked and answered in several other threads.  Just do a search on training collars.

[Donaye37]

Shock collars just used to get them to go on the scent you want them to be on right

[KFhunter]

I have the tritronics http://www.tritronics.com/sport-upland-g3-exp-new.html

no complaints, USA made.  It is a 1/2 mile transmitter though, if you need more range get something else.  I work my dog on pheasant/grouse and have never been out of range. 


If you havn't used a shock collar before its probably not what you think it is, read up on them and use them with caution.  Think of it as an invisable check cord.

[BlueDevilBrew]

Tritronics have proven themselves to make the best e collars in the business. Just make sure you use it to enforce commands the dog already knows, not to punish them or teach them something new. An e collar is a great way to ruin a dog if you don't know what you're doing.

[Donaye37]

where cab read up on them cuz im a little confused on there purpose.

[KFhunter]

there are a ton of books, dvds and even youtube vids out there.  Start with some youtube vids, some books or join a busy 4m like gun dog forum http://gundogforum.com/forum/index.php

If you got deep pockets then find a good trainer in your area, or heck join a local bird dog club. 

Its a lot of commitment to bring a pup into a good bird dog, and a whole nother ball of wax to bring it to competition level.

me, I'm still working on the good bird dog part 

[Donaye37]

Oh I got a beagle for rabbit. Is a shock collar just for bird dogs cux I thougjt someone recomended me to get one for my beagle?

[turnloose]

Tri-tronics, the only way to go!

[Donaye37]

Tri-tronics, the only way to go!

Turnloose what do you hunt?

[rosscrazyelk]

I have a tri tronics and have never had problems. My two friends that  used sportdog went thru a couple and now have tritronics.

[time2hunt]

Thanks guys for the input I had a friend loan me his dogtra collar and its working great I have only had to nick her once and know is on page only. Going to start working scent next week and exposure to more wild game animals and see how we do.