Shave valuable hours of time off your sessions with a collar - combined with the essential positive reinforcement of treats and praise, specialized collars can speed your backyard dog training along as quickly as a professional trainer could. Forget about garbage strewn across your kitchen, teeth marks on your shoes, and screaming after a squirrel-crazed dog - use an appropriate training collar and co-exist happily with your pet.

When using one of these devices, no matter what method they employ, you won't have to yell or rely on brute force to control your dog. these devices train quickly and effectively, and are especially good choices for owners whose dogs can out-muscle them. Despite some of the negative press surrounding training collars, the electric shocks are actually akin to the static shock you'd receive on a dry winter's day. Owners can often adjust the shock intensity on these collars to suit their dog's size and resistance to training. The tonal collars annoy dogs and convince them to abandon their ill-conceived activities, but aren't even audible to human ears. The citronella spray models are also harmless, but dogs dislike the pungent odor. After only a few corrections, your dog will associate the shock, sound, or spray administered by the training collar with their behavior, and begin to behave like a more civilized canine.

You don't have to be at your dog's side to administer an immediate correction when using a training collar. Any time that elapses between an undesired behavior and the correction can confuse the dog, and the use of a remote-controlled training collar eliminates this problem. Some training collar systems are scalable to work individually on a pack of dogs. Other models integrate easily with invisible dog containment systems that keep your dog in the yard or out of the bathroom. Today's models are lightweight, and will work equally well on any breed. Whatever your situation, there's a training collar designed for the needs of you and your pet, or pets.

No one likes to enforce the rules, but if you want a dog that behaves and that you know will behave safely, a training collar can be an indispensable tool. A Tri-Tronics training collar allows your dog to quickly differentiate between good and bad, your yard and the street. The two most important aspects of training, consistency and immediacy, are more easily achieved with the use of training collars. Your dog won't hate you for acting as the alpha, and your use of the training collar could end up saving his life. At the very least, a training collar will save you time, energy, and exasperation.