Manufacturers

The progressive climb of quality in dog training collars has increased. During the reign of the first generation training collars these were called “shock collars”, with the sole ability to give off an electrical charge if a command or motion is not recognized or done. Dogs were expected to turn out to obedient yet ended up not learning but fearing.

First generation dog training collars were invented to train good hunt dogs. The crude design didn't allow much for freedom not even relief when correction is done. Veteran dog trainers who had used this type of training acknowledge the lack of intensity control when it came to the original training model.

With experience and knowledge of what was needed, manufacturing of a second generation dog shock collar  resulted to a collar receiver with 3 intensity settings (depending on the brand). Though it was more streamlined, the settings were not enough. Just like the first training collar, the settings were still too strong for mild corrections.

Still in the market for a more effective training tool, manufacturers gone back to the drawing board for a more pet-friendly intensity feature. Several dog training collars brands have 3 or more intensity settings plus safeguards against mistaken corrections (signal interference or jamming).

The manufacturers were the key in refining dog training collars as they are today and will be in the future. In continuing the commitment, every dog training collars can be controlled by hand-held transmitter with several correctional levels and under that are three intensity adjustments.

With the present development, the dog training collar still has one more hurdle to overcome: misuse. As much as the design is made for the pet's comfort, its an owner's misuse of the gadget that is causing more controversy.

Some manufacturers have gone to sponsoring instruction books on how to train with a dog training collar. A step by step, verse by verse walk through the proper use of the training collar; is how the collar's misuse is addressed. Literature on the proper use and how-to's are a step to educate owners and give the public a view of how the device was meant to be used.

Despite several attacks by nay-sayers, manufacturers of dog training collars still go on looking for better ways for pets and owners to achieve best training with the use of this device.